AP WORLD HISTORY, AMSCO CHAPTER 8

Period 3: 600 C.E to 1450 C.E

Islamic World Through 1450 C.E, Pages 146-160Absence Date: ______

"Allah will admit those who embrace the true faith and do good works to gardens watered by running streams"

The Quran, Chapter 47

  1. What is the Fastest major growing religion in the world?
  2. What was the Bedouins culture like in the sixth century?
  3. What was the Supreme beings name at the time of the Bedouins?
  4. What was the relationship between the sacred stone's and the Bedouins?
  5. What was the affect of peace between the Byzantines and the Sassanid's on the Bedouins?
  6. What cultural continuity to the Bedouin occurred when Muhammad continued to call his chief God Allah?
  7. What was the expansion of Muhammad's religion like in the Beginning?
  8. What did the people of Mecca do to the followers of Islam?
  9. Why did Muhammad return to Mecca to conquer it after ten years?
  10. Why did Islam expand outside of Arabia?
  11. How did Islam expand?
  12. How does Islam refer to Christians and Jews?
  13. What are the five core principles of Islam?
  14. What are the dual views of the Islamic word Jihad?
  15. What are some things you can't do under Shariah law?
  16. Shariah law is an example of what type of political government?
  17. Who was Abu-Bakr?
  18. Who are the Sunni?
  19. Who are the Shiite?
  20. Who did Abu-Bakr attack as the first caliph?
  21. Why did political conquest by Islam not always lead to conversion?
  22. What political entity replaced Ali as the governing body of the Islamic World?
  23. In reaction to the destruction of a centralized religious theocracy the Shiite developed what kind of leader?
  24. Who conquered the Umayyad Dynasty?
  25. Why is Baghdad influence considered a Golden Age of learning?
  26. What did the Persians object too, and how did they their Persian culture while being Muslim?
  27. What did the Persian poet Rumi (1207-1273) contribute to the Islamic world?
  28. What led to the internal decline of the Abbasid Dynasty?
  29. What led to the external decline of the Abbasid Dynasty?
  30. What did the Seljuk Turks do to the leader of the Abbasids?
  31. What was it that the Seljuk Turks did that created the Crusades?
  32. Who finished the Abbasid Dynasty off in 1258 C.E?
  33. What were some of the economic factors that led to the decline of Baghdad and hence the Abbasid Dynasty?
  34. What group had great success in Spain?
  35. Where was the Islamic invasion of Europe halted?
  36. What was the cultural and religious tolerance shown by the Moors in Spain?
  37. Who are the two great scholars of Spain during the twelfth century?
  38. What cultural items were left as legacy items for the Islamic world after it fractured politically?
  39. How common was discrimination towards non-Arabs in Arab controlled lands?
  40. What was the role of Merchants in Islamic society?
  41. What was the role of Islam and Slavery?
  42. What was the gender role of women who were made slaves?
  43. What is interesting about the dress of women in regards to the Hijab in relation to the Byzantines?
  44. How did Muhammad's first wife influence his behavior towards women?
  45. What comparison can you make towards the Christian treatment of women and the Islamic Women?
  46. Why is Sufism important to the expansion of Islam into India and Southeast Asia?

Time Line:

622 C.E
Muhammad Flees Mecca to Medina / 632 C.E
Muhammad conquers Mecca / 632-642 C.E
Abu Bakr is Caliph / 656 C.E Islamic Civil War over succession to Muhammad / 656-661 C.E
Ali is Caliph Assassinated in 661 C.E / 661 C.E
Death of Ali Islam splits into Shiite & Sunni / 678 C.E
Islamic blockade of Constantinople Ends / 692 C.E
Sunni Umayyads win 2nd Civil War / 711 C.E
Umayyads in Spain / 739-742 C.E
Berbers, & Kharijite rebel against Umayyads
750 C.E
Abbasid Dynasty Defeats Umayyad's / 756 C.E
Spain Umayyad emirate created / 760 C.E
Arabs begin using Indian Numerals / 786 C.E
Harun al-Rashid
-The Arabian Nights / 800 C.E
Islamic Merchants trading in East Africa / 820 C.E
Al-Mamun founds House of Wisdom / 837 C.E
Christians and Jews rebel in Spain / 890 C.E
Al-Battani calculates exact length of the year / 935 C.E
Text of Koran is finalized / 945 C.E
Military group the Buyids rule in the name of Abbasids
1018 C.E
Mahmud raids Holy Indian city of Mathura / 1125 C.E
Minarets are common features of mosques / 1187 C.E
Saladin retakes Jerusalem from Crusaders / 1206 C.E
Muhammad Ghuri establishes Islamic Delhi Sultanate / 1244 C.E
Muslims retake Jerusalem after 6th Crusade / 1250 C.E
Mameluke Dynasty takes power in Egypt / 1281 C.E
Uthman founds Ottoman Dynasty in Anatolia / 1291 C.E
Acre conquered by Islamic Mamelukes / 1324 C.E
Mansa Musa ruler of Mali makes pilgrimage to Mecca / 1453 C.E
Ottoman Dynasty Conquers Constantinople

Key Terms:

Abbasid

Viziers

Seljuk Turks

Sultan

Mamulks

the Battle of Tours

Bedouins

Allah

Mecca

Quran

Medina

Ka'aba

Jihad

Shariah

Ramadan

Abu-Bakr

Five Pillars of Islam

People of the book

Dar-al-Islam

Umayyad Dynasty