2.2

Question 1

Dar-Al-Islam

Answer 1

Everywhere Islam is

Question 2

Abbasid Caliphate

Answer 2

Islamic traditions, Arabic language, loosing power but Islam remained spreading through Afro Eurasia

Question 3

Influence on India

Answer 3

political state: Delhi Sultanate (north),

Question 4

Major carriers of Islam

Answer 4

Arabs, Persians, Turks

Question 5

Delhi Sultanate

Answer 5

conflict: difficulty converting India’s citizens to Islam from Hinduism

Question 6

Hinduism

Answer 6

Polytheism, Caste, idols

Question 7

Islam

Answer 7

Monotheism, no idols or images of god, social equality

Question 8

Sufis

Answer 8

Islam w/ emphasized emotional experiences, accommodated Hindu’s gods

Question 9

Ways that Islam spreads:

Answer 9

travel of merchants, military conquest,

Question 10

Islam merchants in Africa significance

Answer 10

West African converts (urban centers especially: Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Mossi) and adoption is Islam at elite and governmental levels

Question 11

Mali and Islam

Answer 11

Mansa Musa, went on pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) and displayed wealth

Question 12

The hajj is…

Answer 12

the pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 13

Muslim Economic Innovation

Answer 13

Merchants highly esteemed: dominant merchants
Business contracts
New banking forms
Credit systems

Question 14

Muslim Tech Innovation

Answer 14

Improved rockets for naval warfare w/ more accuracy
Advanced paper making: led to more governmental power worldwide via accountability/tracking

Question 15

Muslim Culture Innovation

Answer 15

Greek philosophy, natural science translation to Arabic: medical, scientific, philosophical: preservation, the House of Wisdom

Question 16

House of Wisdom

Answer 16

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