Chapter 9 Review Questions Flashcards
As the caravan trade across Arabia developed, Arab pastoralists
Became primarily provider of an animal power throughout the region
Muhammad became a caravan merchant
Through his marriage to Khadijah
In Arabic, Islam mean
One who makes submission to the will of God
In medina, Muhammad and his followers formed a community of believers in Islam and in Muhammad as the “messenger of God”. this community was called the
Umma
The schism in Islam was caused by
That Muhammad didn’t clarify his successor
The Muslims who supported the first three caliphs came to be called “people of tradition and community” or
Sunnis
Which of the following is true of the southern Arabia by the 600s
Most people in the region had some familiarity with Africa, India, and the Persian gulf region
Between 636 and 639, the Muslims wretched both Syria and Egypt from
Byzantine empire
By the early 700s, the Islamic empire stretched from
Spain to India
Which of the following is true of the regions conquered by the Muslims between 636 and early 700s
The majority of the people lived their lives unchanged
Which of the following is true of the Umayyad caliph
They ruled over an ethnically defined Arab realm rather than an Islamic empire
The Abbasid caliphs
Ruled over an increasingly Muslim empire
One of the major problems of Abbasid caliphs faced was?
Frontier revolts that were slow to reach
By the late 8th century, it is known that the Muslims had expanded their trade empire to
Ghana
Which of the following is true of the early rule of the selijuk Turks
Their rule was accompanied by an economic decline in Iran and Iraq