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Arabian Empire Flashcards

1
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Which early people were based around Petra in Jordan?

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Nabataeans

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2
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Which early people were based in Yemen?

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Himyarites

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3
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What was the Himyarite capital?

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Sana’a

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4
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What was the Nabataean capital?

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Petra

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5
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Who conquered the Himyarites?

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Axum

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6
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Which early people emigrated from Yemen to the Levant, and converted to Christianity?

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Ghassanids

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7
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Who conquered the Ghassanids, and in which century?

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Arab Caliphate, 7th century

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8
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Why didn’t the Romans conquer the Ghassanids?

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They were a buffer between Rome and the raiding Bedouins

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9
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Which early people were based in southern Iraq?

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Lakhmids

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10
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Through which years were the Lakhmids prominent?

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300-602

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What was the Lakhmid capital, and which major river was it situated on?

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al-Hirah, on the Euphrates

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12
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Who were the Lakhmids conquered by?

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Chosroes II, King of the Sassanids

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13
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How did the Lakhmids help the Arabs to defeat the Sassanids?

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They acted as spies

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14
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When and where was Muhammad born?

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c. 570, Mecca

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15
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What profession did Muhammad likely hold?

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Merchant

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16
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When did Muhammad’s revelations start, and what age was he?

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Around 610, 40 yrs old

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17
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How were his revelations handed down?

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Orally

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18
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What two subjects dominated Muhammad’s revelations?

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  1. End of the world

2. Transcendence of a unique God

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19
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When did Muhammad die?

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632

20
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Detail the expansion of the Arabic Caliphate between 630 and 644

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  1. 630 Mecca
  2. 634 Damascus
  3. 642 Alexandria
  4. 644 Persian empire
21
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What six factors made the Arabic Caliphate so effective?

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  1. Weak enemies
  2. Desert masters
  3. Channelling of a warlike people
  4. Jihad
  5. benign rulers
  6. didn’t plunder people
22
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Who did the Arab Caliphate tend to plunder?

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The Church

23
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Who were the four first successors to Muhammad?

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Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali

24
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Who oversaw the transcription of Muhammad’s messages?

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Uthman

25
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Why was Uthman assassinated?

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Trying to bring the caliphate into his own family

26
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What family did Uthman belong to?

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Qoraysh

27
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What was Ali’s relation to Muhammad?

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cousin and son-in-law

28
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Who killed Ali?

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Mu’awiya, governer of Syria

29
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Who was the first Umayyad ruler?

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Mu’awiya

30
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Where did Mu’awiya move the capital to?

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Damascus

31
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Which faction refused to acknowledge Mu’awiya as Caliph?

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Sh’ia

32
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Which two decisive losses marked the Umayyad caliphate?

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  1. Constantinople,717

2. Tours, 733

33
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Who fought against the Umayyads at Tours, and in what year?

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Charles Martel, 733

34
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Between what years did the Umayyad dynasty hold the Caliphate?

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661-750

35
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Name the two major dynasties of the Arab caliphate, and the years they held power

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  1. Umayyad, 661-750

2. Abbasid, 750-1258

36
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What happened to the Umayyads after they were deposed in 750?

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Fled to Spain where they ruled for 200 years

37
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What relation of Muhammad’s were the Abbasids descended from?

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His uncle

38
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Where did the Abbasids move the capital to?

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Baghdad, a constructed city

39
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What year was Baghdad crippled, and by whom?

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1258, Mongols

40
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What change in orientation did the Abbasids make?

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Away from the Mediterranean, towards Persia, India and Afghanistan

41
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What year did the Arab caliphate cease expanding?

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750

42
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What did the Abbasids do to the Umayyads?

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Slaughtered them; leather cloth

43
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What financed the Abbasid rule?

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Tax, not expansion

44
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What 4 factors caused the Abbasid collapse?

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  1. Overstretching
  2. Shi’ism/Sunni strife
  3. Dynastic struggles
  4. Mongols
45
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Why did the Umayyads so easily conquer Iberia?

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Iberia ruled but not populated by Visigoths, so population had no reason to fight once Visigoths were defeated

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