WHAP Unit 3 Chapter 9 Reading GuideName:

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Read Chapter 9 and explain the significance of these terms:

Bedouins:
Kaaba:
Quran(Koran)-pgs. 415-416:
Quraysh:
dar al-Islam:
Muhammad:
Allah:
The Quran:
Mecca:
Muslim:
Hijra-pg. 417:
Umma:
Sharia- pg. 418:
Five Pillars-pg. 416:
Hajj:
Jihad:
Medina: / Battle of Talas:
“people of the book”:
Dhimmis:
Jizya- pg.420:
Caliph:
Rightly Guided Caliphs:
Abu Bakr:
Shia:
Sunni:
Ulama-pgs. 432+437:
Imams:
Umayyad (Caliphate) Dynasty- pgs.423-424:
Abbasid (Claiphate) Dynasty – pg.424:
Baghdad: / Sultanate:
“honor killing”:
Hadiths:
Mullahs:
Sufis- pg.424-425:
Sikhism – pg.430:
Ibn Battuta- pgs. 432-433:
Mansa Musa- pgs. 434-435:
Cordoba:
al-Mansur:
Madrassas:
Shaykhs:
House of Wisdom – pg 440:

Read Chapter 9 and takes notes on these Key Concepts:

Key Concept 3.1 / Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
I. Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade, and expanded the geographical range of existing and newly active trade networks.
A. Existing trade routes flourished and promoted the growth of powerful new trading cities.
C. The growth of interregional trade in luxury goods was encouraged by significant innovations in previously existing transportation and commercial technologies, including more sophisticated caravan organizations; use of the compass, astrolabe, and larger ship designs in sea travel; and new forms of credit and monetization.
D. Commercial growth was also facilitated by state practices, trading organizations, and state-sponsored commercial infrastructures.
E. The expansion of empires facilitated Trans-Eurasian trade and communication as new peoples were drawn into their conquerors’ economies and trade networks.
II. The movement of peoples caused environmental and linguistic effects.
A. The expansion and intensification of long-distance trade routes often depended on environmental knowledge and technological adaptations to it.
C. Some migrations and commercial contacts led to the diffusion of languages throughout a new region or the emergence of new languages.
III. Cross cultural exchanges were fostered by the intensification of existing, or the creation of new, networks of trade and communication.
A. Describe the geographic development and expansion of Islam
B. In key places along important trade routes, merchants set up diasporic communities(locations)where they introduced their own cultural traditions into the indigenous culture.
C. The writings of certain interregional travelers illustrate both the extent and the limitations of intercultural knowledge and understanding.
D. Increased cross-cultural interactions resulted in the diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions.(Arabic examples)
E. Increased cross-cultural interactions also resulted in the diffusion of scientific and technological traditions.(Arabic examples)
IV. There was continued diffusion of crops and pathogens throughout the Eastern Hemisphere along the trade routes.
A. New foods and agricultural techniques were adopted in populated areas.
B. How did the spread of epidemic diseases, including the Black Death occur?
Key Concept 3.2 / Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions
I. Empires collapsed and were reconstituted; in some regions new state forms emerged.
B. In some places, new forms of governance emerged; including those developed in various Islamic states.
II. Interregional contacts and conflicts between states and empires encouraged significant technological and cultural transfers.
Key Concept 3.3 / Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
I. Innovations stimulated agricultural and industrial production in many regions.
A. Agricultural production increased significantly due to technological innovations.(examples)
B. In response to increasing demand in Afro-Eurasia for foreign luxury goods, crops and good were transported from their indigenous homelands to equivalent climates in other regions.
II. The fate of cities varied greatly, with periods of significant decline, and with periods of increased urbanization buoyed by rising productivity and expanding trade networks.
A. Multiple factors contributed to the declines of urban areas in this period.
B. Multiple factors contributed to urban(city) revival.
C. While cities in general continued to play the roles they had played in the past as governmental, religious, and commercial centers, many older cities declined at the same time that numerous cities emerged to take on these established roles.
III. Despite significant continuities in social structures and in methods of production, there were also some important changes in labor management and in the effect of religious conversion on gender relations and family life.
A. As in the previous period, there were many forms of labor organization.
B. As in the previous period, social structures were shaped largely by class and caste hierarchies. Patriarchy persisted; however, in some areas, women exercised more power and influence.
D. The diffusion of Islam often led to significant changes in gender relations and family structure.
How did the rise of Islam change the lives of women? (Pgs. 425-428)

Ch 9 Big Questions:Short Essay Response required! (2-3 sentences)

  1. What political, economic, religious, and social motives led to the creation of the Arabic Empire?(Pgs. 419-422)
  1. How might you account for the political and military success of Islam as it spread?
  1. How did the early history of Islam reflect its Arabian origins?
  1. What did the Quran expect from those who followed its teachings? (Pgs. 414-416)
  1. How was Arabia transformed by the spread of Islam? (Pgs. 416-418)
  1. What accounts for the widespread conversion to Islam and how quickly or not did it occur? (Pgs. 421-422)
  1. Compare the Sunni and Shia Muslims after creating a Venn diagram to document their similarities and differences. (Pgs. 422-423)
  1. In what ways were Sufi Muslims critical of mainstream Islam? Explain Sufism. (Pgs. 424-425)
  1. What cultural distinctions does the Islam world possess? (Pgs. 437-438)
  1. Define cosmopolitan. Explain why the world of Islam can be described as cosmopolitan. (Pgs. 438-439)

Chapter 9 Visual Image recognition and explanation:

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  3. Visual 9.3
  4. Visual 9.4