Islam
This was Muhammad's father in law and early convery to Islam; He became the first caliph or succesor to Muhammad.
A. Who is Abu Bkr?
B. Who is Ali?
C. Who is Ibn Rushd?
D. Who is Ibn Battuta?
A ruler of an Islamic empire who is the political leader but not the religious leader is known as this.
A. What is a Grand Vizier?
B. What is a Caliph?
C. What is a Sultan?
D. What is a Shah?
This city, formerly Constantinople, became known as this during the Ottoman Empire.
A. What is Ankara?
B. What is Izmir?
C. What is Antalya?
D. What is Bursa?
E. What is Istanbul?
These were called "ships of the desert" due to their importance for Trans-Saharan Trade, although they are not native to the Sahara.
A. What are camels?
B. What are horses?
C. What are oxen?
D. What are llamas?
Trade among such east African cities as Mombasa, Zanzibar, and Kilwa all resulted in this shared language.
A. What is Ge'ez?
B. What is Igbo?
C. What is Khosia?
D. What is Swahili?
E. What is Oromo?
This group of Muslims believe that the spiritual successor to Muhammad does not need to descend from Muhammad.
A. Who are Shia?
B. Who are Sufis?
C. Who are Ibadis?
D. Who are Sunnis?
Early Muslim empires declined due to invasions from this group from central Asia.
A. Who are the Mongols?
B. Who are the Persians?
C. Who are the Scythians?
This Safavid ruler who helped stabilize the empire in the 1500s early 1600s.
A. Who is Saladin?
B. Who is Mehmed the Conqueror?
C. Who is Abbas the Great?
D. Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
E. Who is Babur?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all benefitted from the trade of this precious metal.
A. What is gold?
B. What is platinum?
C. What is silver?
D. What is palladium?
E. What is rhodium?
Mansa Musa gained great wealth as ruler of this West African empire.
A. What is Ghana?
B. What is Mali?
C. What is Kongo?
D. What is Songhai?
E. What is Morocco?
In Islam, this is a set of rules that regulates acceptable behaviors, business practices, and everyday life.
A. What is Dar-al-Islam?
B. What is Sharia?
C. What is Qadis?
D. What is Hajj?
The Umayyad Caliphate established its capital in this city (now in Syria).
A. What is Philadelphia?
B. What is Baghdad?
C. What is Beiruit?
D. What is Basrah?
E. What is Damascus?
This famous church became a mosque 🕌 after the Ottomans conquered the Byzantines.
A. What is the Blue Mosque?
B. What is the Hagia Sofia?
C. What is the Great Mosque of Samarra?
D. What is the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba?
What grassland region supported the establishement of trade networks in early Africa?
A.What is the Namibia?
B. What is the steppe?
C. What is the savanna?
D. What is the Sahara?
While some African societies societies traced ancesty and inheritance through their father's side. Others used their mother's side, making them this:
A. What is multilineal?
B. What is patrilineal?
C. What is rectalineal?
D. What is matrilineal?
If they are able, Muslims complete the hajj -- a journey to see the Kaaba 🕋 in this Arabian city.
A. What is Mecca?
B. What is Medina?
C. What is Jeddah?
D. What is Riyadh?
Many mosques have towers that are used to call people to prayer known as these.
A. What are flying buttresses?
B. What are minarets?
C. What are mihrabs?
D. What are muezzin?
This Ottoman ruler was known for his extensive military campagins and expansion of trade into Europe.
A. Who is Saladin?
B. Who is Mehmed the Conqueror?
C. Who is Abbas the Great?
D. Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
E. Who is Babur?
The migration of this group across southern Africa spread a shared culture and technical knowledge.
A. What are the Xhosa?
B. What are the Bantus?
C. What are the Zulu?
D. What are the Yoruba?
E. What are the Hausa?
The Ge'ez language emerged in this kingdom which declined in the 600s.
A. What is Aksum?
B. What is Great Zimbabwe?
C. What is Ethiopia?
D. What is Kongo?
E. What is Songhai?
Mystics who use elaborate rituals in Islam are known as these.
A. Who are Shia?
B. Who are Sufis?
C. Who are Ibadis?
D. Who are Sunnis?
As part of the 'Islamic golden age' scholars Ibn Rushd and Ibn Khaldun made significant advancements to this field of study, the first arguing for a 'cyclical view' of the subject.
A. What is Philosophy?
B. What is Mathematics?
C. What is Medicine?
D. What is History?
E. What is Astronomy?
After the fall of the Safavids, this tribe converted to Shia Islam and ruled from a new capital in Tehran.
A. Who are the Pahlavis?
B. Who are the Ottomans?
C. Who are the Umayyads?
D. Who are the Qajars?
This 'forest kingdom' created a trade network with peoples of savannah, trading such goods as peppers and ivory while producing elaborate bronze sculptures.
A. What is Kongo?
B. What is Benin?
C. What is Hausa?
D. What is Ghana?
Until the late 1900s, most of the Beta Israel practiced Judaism in this African kingdom.
A. What is Aksum?
B. What is Great Zimbabwe?
C. What is Ethiopia?
D. What is Kongo?
E. What is Songhai?