Muslim Caliphates
Muslim Scholarship
Sudanic Kingdoms
Trade Networks
Abrahamic Religions
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The Islamic caliphate that established a capital at Damascus, conquered North Africa, the Iberian Pennisula, Southwest Asia, and Persia, and had a bureaucracy with only Arab Muslims able to be a part of it.
What is the Ummayad Caliphate?
100
Arab ships used in the Indian Ocean trade; long triangular sail
What is the Arab Dhow?
100
First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E
What is Ghana?
100
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This trade network helped to develop trading cities on the east coast of Africa.
What is Indian Ocean Trade or Maritime Trade?
100
The three Abrahamic religions.
What is Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
200
A "holy war" waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty. The early caliphs used this to grow the faith and the territorial control of the caliphate.
What is jihad?
200
An ancient library used to preserve Greco-Roman texts. This important Muslim library translated texts into Arabic and was a center for Islamic scholarship and learning.
What is the House of Wisdom?
200
The kingdom in West Africa that followed the Kingdom of Ghana; its wealth is also based on trans-Saharan trade; this kingdom encouraged the spread of Islam.
What is Mali?
200
Named for its most valuable product, this is one of the oldest trade networks that connected the far east (China) with the far west (Europe).
What is the Silk Road?
200
This is the holy text for Muslims that records the teachings of Muhammad.
What is the Quran?
300
The holiest city of Islam and the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad.
What is Mecca?
300
The monument in Jerusalem that characterizes Muslim architecture with a domed roof and calligraphy.
What is Dome of the Rock?
300
A West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591; fell to Moroccan invaders with guns.
What is Songhai?
300
This trade network was only made possible with the use of camels that can carry large loads long distances with little or no water. This network gave rise to some very wealthy empires of Africa.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade or Salt-Gold trade?
300
The holy city for all three religions and a focal point for the Crusades.
What is the city of Jerusalem?
400
A body of religious law that forms part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam and is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith.
What is Shariah Law?
400
Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time and spread the Islamic faith and scholarship where he traveled. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
400
Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East. One of the richest men in human history.
Who is Mansa Musa?
400
This trade network was controlled by the Greeks, then the Romans, and later the Byzantines. It eventually became very populated with Italian merchants from Genoa and Florence. It was always an important connection between Africa, Europe, and Asia.
What is Mediterranean trade?
400
The name given to Jews and Christians by Muslims.
What are "People of the Book"?
500
This is the destination of a hajj for Muslims in the house of Islam.
What is the Ka'aba or Mecca?
500
The form of mathematics that is witten in a Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing written by Muslim scholar polymath Muḥammad ibn al-Khwarizmi around 820 CE.
What is Algebra?
500
Capital of the Mail empire and center for Muslim faith and scholarship.
What is Timbuktu?
500
The trading cities on the East coast of Africa that developed in relation to the Indian ocean trade networks.
What are Swahili trading cities?
500
Which historical figures claim to divinity do all the faiths have a differing view of?
Who is Jesus?