Chapter 14 Flashcards

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What was the ka’ba

A

A popular shrine in Mecca

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After Meccas conquest what happened to the ka’ba

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It want destroyed and became a site of pilgrimage

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Muhammad established a government dedicated to who

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Allah

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When did Muhammad and his followers conquere Mecca

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630

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Caravanserais

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Cities with places for traders and their camels a place to rest and get food

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Why did rulers maintain roads

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Military and administration

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What did mariners borrow from the Chinese

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Compass

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The Hijra

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Muhammad’s move to yathrib

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Mariners borrowed what from Asian and Indian mariners

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Lateen sails

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Borrowed what from Hellenistic mariners

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Astrolabe

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Qadis

A

Judges

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Who ruled during Abbasid high

A

Harun al- Rashid

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12
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What does caliph mean

A

Deputy

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Capital city of Umayyad dynasty

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Damascus

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14
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Hindi numerals became known as

A

Arabic numerals

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15
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Where did Islam get numbers

A

India- known as Hindi numerals

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16
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Island one true god

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Allah

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17
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Where was Muhammad born

A

Mecca

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18
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What Persian empire did Islam borrow gov techniques

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Sassanid

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19
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What’s did al ghazali believe

A

Human reason was too frail and confusing

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Muhammad’s first wife

A

Khadija

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21
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Sufis

A

Islamic mystics

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22
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How were nomadic Bedouin people organized

A

Family and clan groups

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23
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Where did paper maunfactoring begin

A

China

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24
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New industry

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Paper manufacture

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How did the Umayyad rule (interests)

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Internets of Arabian military aristocracy

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What problem did the Umayyad dynasty temporarily solve

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Succession

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27
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Who were the Sunnis

A

Traditionalists

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28
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Who did the Shia support

A

Ali and his descendants

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29
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Islamic school of higher education

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Madrasas

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30
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Saljuq Turks rulers who were the true source of authority over later Abbasid

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Sultan

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31
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Dar al Islam

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House of Islam

Rendering to the entire Islamic realm

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Hajj

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Pilgrimage to the Ka’ba in Mecca

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33
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Who controlled al andalus Islamic Spain

A

Muslim Berbers

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34
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Who ruled locally during Abbasid

A

Ulama and qadis

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35
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Effects of new crops

A

Increased variety and quantities of food

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36
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Where did they adopt ceiling of women from

A

Mes and Persia

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37
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What did the caliph rule/ become

A

Head of state chief judge religious leader and military commander

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38
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Where did Islamic world get the language for lit poetry and history

A

Persia

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39
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Who was Islamic Spain loyal to ( dynasty)

A

Umayyad

40
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What spread Islamic faith

A

Missionaries

41
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What was Islamic Spain known as

A

Al andalus

42
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When did paper spread beyond china

A

After the battle of talas river

43
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What became the basis for textiles

A

Cotton

44
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Who ended the Abbasid empire

A

Mongols

45
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Who won the battle of talas river

A

Abbasid

46
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Who fought in the battle of talas river

A

Abbasid and china( tang)

47
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How did Umayyad end

A

Rebellion in Persia lead by Abu al Abbas

48
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Who did Abu al Abbas side with

A

Shias and Muslim Persians

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Where was the Umayyad capital

A

Damascus

50
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When did the Umayyad dynasty come around

A

After Ali’s death

51
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What does umma mean

A

Community of the faithful

52
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What does Quran mean

A

Recitation

53
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Who were the army people who lived on Arabia

A

Bedouin or nomadic people

54
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Muslim means

A

One who has submitted

55
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When did the sharia emerge

A

After Muhammad’s death

56
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Who brought the visions to Muhammad

A

Archangel gabriel

57
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What did ulama and qadis do

A

Developed public policies and dispensed justice according to the Quran and sharia

58
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Who founded the Umayyad dynasty

A

The Sunnis

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Islam means

A

Submission to the will of Allah

60
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Sharia

A

Islamic law

61
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What are the five pillars of Islam

A

Obligations taught by Muhammad

62
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What enhanced women security

A

Quran

63
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What reinforced male dominance

A

Quran and sharia

64
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Tried to understand the world in a purely rational way

A

Ibn Rushd

65
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Pilgrimage to Mecca

A

Hajj

66
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Founder of the Abbasid dynasty’s

A

Abu al Abbas

67
Q

Islamic code of law

A

Sharia

68
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Revelations of Allah as given to Muhammad

A

Quran

69
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Sect that proposed that the caliphate should go through Ali’s line

A

Shia

70
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Ruling dynasty centered at Baghdad

A

Abbasid

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Ruling dynasty after Ali’s assassination

A

Umayyad

72
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Muhammad’s journey to yathrib

A

Hijra

73
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Who seized Baghdad I’m 945

A

Persian nobles

74
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Who ruled provinces during Abbasid dynasty

A

Governors

75
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Capital of Islamic Spain

A

Cordoba

76
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Where did the Abbasid central authority rule

A

Court at Baghdad

77
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Who did the Abbasid dynasty borrow statecraft techniques

A

Persia

78
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What did Muhammad call himself

A

Seal of the prophets

79
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Umma

A

The community of Muslims in medina

80
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What is the starting point of the Islamic calendar

A

The Hijra

81
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Where did Muhammad move after conflicts at Mecca

A

Medina

82
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What are the five pillars of Islam

A

Acknowledge Allah as the only god and Muhammad his prophet
Pray to Allah daily while facing Mecca
Observe fast during the day of Ramadan
Hajj

83
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Medina means

A

The city of the prophet

84
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Yathrib became known as

A

Medina

85
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Hijra

A

Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to yathrib

86
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Who stares the Abbasid dynasty

A

Abu al Abbas

87
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Umayyad head tax

A

Jizya

88
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How were non converts treated

A

Had levied taxes

Discriminated against

89
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Who was influenced by Aristotle

A

Ibn Rushd

90
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Hadith

A

Sayings and deeds is Muhammad included in the Quran

91
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What was included in the Quran

A

Muhammad’s revelations

92
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What was the Quran

A

Holy book of Islam

93
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Ulama

A

People with religious knowledge

94
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Who did Abu al Abbas ally with

A

Shias and non Arab Muslims

95
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After Muhammad’s death who served as the first caliph

A

Abu bakr

96
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What caused Islam to become a way of life

A

The sharia

97
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Sakk

A

Letters of credit that functioned as checks

98
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Muslim scholars development in math

A

Algebra trig and geo