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Status of Women
Early Caliphs and Umayyad Dynasty
Abbasid Dynasty
Islamic Cultures
Influences of Islam
100
What could women legally inherit?
What is property?
100
The Umayyads established capital here; the thriving commercial city in Syria
What is Damascus?
100
True or False; Like the Umayyad Dynasty, the Abbasid dynasty showed special favor to the Arab military aristocrats
False
100
This has served as the cornerstone of Islamic society; regarded as the only definitive and reliable scripture for Muslims
What is the Quran?
100
What traditions deeply influenced Islamic political and cultural leaders?
What is Persian?
200
In some respects the _______ enhanced the security of women in Arabian society.
What is the Quran?
200
The establishment of the Umayyad dynasty came after the assassination of who?
Who is Ali? The cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad
200
In designing their administration, the Abbasid relied heavily on their techniques of statehead
What is Persia
200
the "house of Islam", a term for the Islamic world
What is Dar al-Islam?
200
What region influenced Arabs with mathematics, science, and medicine from?
What is India?
300
What was outlawed by the Quran?
What is female infanticide?
300
The policies reflect the interests of them
What is the Arab military aristocracy
300
Central authority came from the court at ___; the magnificent new city that early Abbasid caliphs build near Ctesiphon
Baghdad
300
__ and __ held positions at all Islamic courts; prominent in the public life of all cities in Islamic world.
What is ulama and qadis?
300
In Greek philosophies, Muslims became especially interested in two philosophers.
What is Aristotle and Plato?
400
What were women allowed to practice that they couldn't practice before?
What is birth control?
400
Arabs allowed conquered people to observe their own religions but levied a special head tax, ___.
What is jizya?
400
1. People with religious knowledge? 2. Judges?
What is ulama? Qadis?
400
The Persian theologian that was the most important of the early Sufis; argued that human reason was too frail to understand the nature of Allah
Who is al-Ghazali?
400
What served as the principal language of literature, poetry, history, and political reflection?
What is Persian?
500
As a sign of modesty, what did the upper class urban women do?
What is covering their faces (veiling)?
500
The chief leader of the rebellion that brought the Umayyad dynasty to an end?
Who is Abu al-Abbas, descendant of Muhammad's uncle
500
High point of Abbasid dynasty came during his reign
Who is Harun al-Rashid
500
The symbol of the Islamic cultural unity was the ___ at Mecca
What is Ka'ba?
500
What Muslim scholar followed Aristotle in seeking to articulate a purely rational understanding of the world?
What is Ibn Rushd (Averroes)?