Mapping
Map 1
Saudi Arabia, Mecca, and Medina
What the messages in the Quran are believe to be.
What is the direct word of God (Allah)?
After Muhammad's death and during the reign of the first rightly guided caliph, it was the area controlled by the Islamic Empire/
Who are the Abbasids?
The name for the groups who controlled the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad.
What are bedouin tribes?
Map 2
The Tigris, Baghdad
What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
The First Rightly Guided Caliph. He was Muhammad's close friend and was elected to lead the empire after Muhammad's death.
Who is Abu Bakr?
The institution built during the Golden Age of Islam with the purpose of preserving knowledge and making new advances in science, math, and art.
What is the House of Wisdom?
The teachings and stories from Muhammad's life that many Muslims use as traditions for guidance
The Sunna / Hadith
The previous name for the city of Istanbul, before it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
What is Constantinople?
The language in which the Quran is written. The only language that is believed to have the capacity to carry the full meaning of Quran.
What is arabic?
The Fourth Rightly Guided Caliph. He is Muhammad's son-in-law and was backed by the Shia Muslims (Shi'ites).
Who is Ali?
The name of the movement with the goal of preserving ancient knowledge from Rome and Greece and making it accessible to people throughout the Islamic World
The Translation Movement
It means "submission" in Arabic.
What is Islam?
Map 4
The Mediterranean, The Red Sea, The Persian Gulf, The Indian Ocean
The name for all people who follow the three major monotheistic religions of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
"People of the Book"
The dynasty that took control of the Islamic Empire after the period of the 4 Rightly Guided Caliphs
Who are the Umayyads?
Something not so golden. Many people who were forced to do work and fight in the military.
What is slavery during the Abbasid Dynasty?
Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) in the year 622 CE. A date so important in the history of Islam that it marks Year 1 of the Islamic calendar?
What is the Hegira/Hijra?
Explain what makes the Arabian Peninsula a great location for trade.
Crossroads between 3 continents, surrounded by water, lots of things!
A legal framework used by Muslims for arguments and reasoning. It can be interpreted differently by different people.
Sharia Law
The two main groups of Muslims. One wanted succession to be based on elections, one wanted succession to be based on relation to Muhammad.
Who are the Sunni and Shia Muslims?
Sunni = Elections
Shia = Relation
The instrument perfected during the Islamic Golden Age that used the position of the sun and stars to tell time.
What is the astrolabe?
Who is Husayn?