Means "cube" in Arabic, and it is a holy shrine in Mecca.
Kaaba
100
Title given to one of Muhammad's successors; leaders of the Islamic empire.
Caliph
100
Empire created when Muslim Turkish warriors conquered Constantinople
Ottoman
100
A person in West Africa who was in charge of memorizing and retelling stories of history
Griot
200
A wet, fertile area within a desert
Oasis
200
He is the creator of Islam, and according to Muslims, the last prophet
Muhammad
200
Muslims who believe the caliph must be related to Muhammad.
Shia
200
The names of slave soldiers, who were kidnapped and forced to fight
Jannisaries
200
This river allowed civilizations to thrive in West Africa
Nile
300
The two was of life in Pre-Islamic Arabia
Nomadic and Sedentary
300
The holy book of Islam
Qur'an
300
Muslims who believe the Caliph should be elected
Sunni
300
Name of the empire formed when Muslims defeated the Persians, today known as Iraq and Iran
Safavid
300
This legendary figure was the founder of the Mali Empire
Sundiata
400
Because it was a "crossroads," Pre-Islamic Arabia became the perfect place for what?
Trade
400
The birthplace of Islam
Mecca
400
This leader, the first Caliph, held the Muslim community together, fought and converted Arabian tribes, and united the Arabian peninsula under his rule
Abu Bakr
400
Empire formed when Turkish Muslims migrated to central Asia and conquered Northern India
Mughal
400
The reason it was easy for the Songhai Empire to trade with Berbers in North Africa was because they were both this...
Muslim
500
This word best describes religion in pre-Islamic Arabia
diversity
500
Blending religious laws from Islam with the laws of society
Shariah
500
The two neighboring empires did the Arab Muslims have to defeat in order to expand their empire
Byzantine and Persian
500
The branch of Islam that promotes a more personal relationship with god
Sufism
500
West African religious belief that things in the natural world have spirits