Quiz #4 Chapter 9 And Some 12 Flashcards
As caravan trading across Arabia developed what did Arab pastoralists do?
Became primary providers of animal power throughout region
How did Muhammad become a caravan merchant?
Marriage with Khadija
What does Islam mean in Arabic?
One who makes submission to will of God
Muhammad and followers made a community of believers in Islam and Muhammad as the messenger of a God in Medina. What was this group called?
Umma
What causes the schism in Islam?
Muhammad hasn’t clarified a successor
What’s true about Umayyad Caliphate?
Ruled over ethnically defined Arab realm rather than Islamic
What’s true of regions conquered by Muslims between 636-700s?
Majority of people lives weren’t changed
By early 700s how far did Islamic empire stretch?
Spain to India
Between 636-639 who did the Muslims get Syria and Egypt from?
Byzantine empire
Who were the Muslims that supported 1st 3 caliphs came to be called “people of tradition and community”?
Sunnis
What’s true about Quran?
Abu Bakr reportedly ordered it to be written down
What did the Abasid Caliph do?
Ruled over increasingly Muslim empire
What was a major problem the Abbasid caliph face?
Frontier revolts that were slow to reach
What’s true of early rule of Seljuk Turks?
Rule was accompanied by an economic decline in Iran and Iraq
Where did Muslims expand trade empire too?
Ghana
What did Islam emerge from?
Nomad pastoralists and caravan traders of Arabian peninsula
What city grew up as a pilgrimage site identified with Jewish and Christian stories?
Mecca
Why did Muhammad flee Mecca?
Hostility
What did Abu Bakr confirm?
5 pillars of Islam
What succeeded Muhammad?
A caliph
What did the Umayyad caliph result from?
Civil war against Sunni and Shi’ite
Where did Umayyad caliphs govern from? What influenced them?
Damascus; Sassanid and Byzantine methods
Describe women’s roles
Some high status; urban women lived in seclusion
What influenced Abassid?
Persian culture
