ch. 2 studying Flashcards
Who were the Shias?
Minority
who were the Shias?
Believed that only Muhammad’s relatives should become the first caliph
minority
Supported Ali, Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law±
The first Muslim dynasty was called the…
Umayyad dynasty
Muhammad moved from ______ to ______
Mecca to Medina
Judaism had the Torah, the Muslims had the_____
Quarah
The Islamic law code is the ____
Sharia
The Umayyad dynasty moved its capital to ____
Damascus in Syria
In which dynasty did the empire achieve its greatest size?
Umayyad dynasty
Ali was assinated because ____
The Sunnis didnt like him.
The Arabs rebeled against the ___ dynasty and started the _____ dynasty
Umayyad
Abbasid
The abbasid dynasty moved the capital from ___ to ___-
Damascus in Syria
Baghdad, Iraq
The capital of ____ was the center of a golden age
Baghdad
The ___ Dynasty hired ___ as soliders and gained conrol of Baghdad.
Abbasid
Turks
After the Turks, came along the ______
Mongols
The ____ invasion ended the golden age
Mongol
After the MOngols, came along the _____ empire
ottoman *
Turks
What are janissaries?
boys taken from the Christian provinces of southeastern Europe, raised as Muslims, and trained as elite soliders
_____ introduced Islam to India
Trade
The _____ was formed by a turk in india
Delhi sultanate
a group of muslim mongols and turks overran the ____ and founded the ____ empire
Delhi Sultanate
Mughal empire
who was the ruler of the Mughal empire
Shah Jahan
What did Shan Jahan do?
Built the Taj Mahal
The ___ _____ fought the Mughal empire and founded a powerful kingdom in ____ -____
Sikh kingdom
northern india
Where are most of the Sikhs today?
India
What is the order of the dynasties and empires and where their capital is?
Umayyd - Damascus, Syria Abbasid - Baghdad Turks Mongols Ottoman empire - Asia minor Safavid empire - persia Delhi sultanate - northern india mughal empire Sikh kingdom
Who were the Sunnis?
majority
believed that the leader should have political skills.
supported Muhammad’s advisor, Abu Bakr, who became the first calph
hold the Sunnah in high regard.
The _____ ___ reached its greatest extent from Mehmed II
Ottoman
empire
Who brought about the fall of the byzantine empire by conquering constantinople?
Sultan Mehmed II ( Mehmed II)
Mehmed II ruled untill
1481
Suleiman invaded _____ , but ended up taking ____ instead
Vienna, Austria
Hungary
____ reigned during the ottoman empire’s golden age
Suleiman
Who was the leader of the Safavid empire?
Shah Abbas the great
The ____ ____ was the most influential
Safavid empire
what is the kaaba?
an islamic holy site
