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Ch 8 Map Activity – The Rise of Islam
Map A – The Expansion of Islam to 732 CE
1. The peninsula where Islam first arose:
2. The city to which Muhammad fled from persecution in 622:
3. The city to which each Muslim must make a pilgrimage once in his or her lifetime:
4. The farthest point east that the first caliphate took Muhammad's message:
5. The western-most country which the Muslims succeeded in conquering by 732:
6. The channel of water that Muslims in Africa usually crossed to reach Cordoba:
7. The kingdom that served as a barrier to Muslim expansion into most of western Europe:
8. The empire that kept Athens and Constantinople free from Muslim influence:
9. The river that marked the extent of Muslim expansion eastward by 732:
10. The holy Christian city taken by the Muslims in the time of the first caliphs:
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Ch 8 Map Activity – The Rise of Islam
Map B – The Islamic World, ca. 900 CE
1. This city was the center of the Islamic world:
2. Muhammad made a significant journey to this city:
3. A Muslim force defeated the Visigoths here:
4. At this site the Franks halted the northern advance of the Muslims:
5. Muslim forces completed the conquest of Persiawith a victory here:
6. This was referred to as “a Muslim lake”:
7. These islands were taken over by Muslims:
8. This city was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate:
9. This city became the center of Muslim control in the east:
10. What economic and political factors may have played a role in Muslim expansion from Arabia?
11. What were the most important contributions of the Abbasids to Islamic culture?
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Ch 8 Map Activity – The Rise of Islam
Map C – Rise and Fall of the Abbasid Caliphate
1. This was the center of Muslim government up to 750 C.E:
2. By 713 C.E., Islam had spread as far east as this river:
3. The Abbasid dynasty moved the capital to this city:
4. An independent Umayyad state was established here:
5. By 969, Fatimids had captured these three areas:
6. The Fatimids established a new capital in this location:
7. Seljuk Turks adopted Islam near this city:
8. Seljuks defeated the Byzantine army at this site:
9. The establishment of a governing complex here by the Fatimid family marked Egypt's emergence as a major center of Islam:
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Ch 8 Map Activity – The Rise of Islam
Map D – Major Trade Routes of the 13th and 14th Centuries
1. The overland route to the east began in this city:
2. These two locations were major trading sites in India:
3. This was a great commercial center in Mali:
4. A major trade route developed across this desert:
5. These two cities were the starting points of the Trans-Saharan route:
6. This city once controlled the Red Sea route:
7. Which European cities were hubs for trade from China and the Middle East?
8. The most northern European port in the trade routes was this city: