Chapter 6 Study Questions APWH Coach Mattox 2015
1. What was the nature of Bedouin society before Muhammad received his revelations?
2. How did Islam address the fundamental problems in Arabian society?
3. How as the succession dispute over the office of caliph finally settled?
4. What was the nature and extent of the Umayyad Empire?
5. What events led to the fall of the Umayyad Empire?
6. How did the Abbasid Empire differ from the Umayyad Empire?
7. What were the achievements of the Arab phase of Islamic development ending in 750?
8. Did women in the Islamic world have more or less freedom than women in other contemporary societies?
9. What was the basic social group of the Bedouins?
10. What clan was responsible for the foundation of Mecca?
11. Who ruled Medina prior to Muhammad’s flight there?
12. The Islamic umma was
13. The theological and political faction that supported the Umayyad concept of succession within Islam were the
14. What was the nature of citizenship within the Umayyad Empire?
15. Discuss how a nomadic pastoral society produced a religion capable of achieving global dominance.
16. Discuss why the disputes over authority after the death of Muhammad served to hinder future Muslim unity.
17. Describe the rise of the Mawali under the Abbasids.
18. Describe the “people of the Book.”
19. What were the Ridda Wars?
20. List and describe the universal elements of Islam.