islam midterm

Question 1

five pillars

Answer 1

pilgrimage (hajj)
religious tax
fasting
confession
debated: jihad

Question 2

what year was the first capitulation treaty signed?

Answer 2

1740

Question 3

what year was the battle of siffin between ali and marwa?

Answer 3

657

Question 4

under which caliph did persia fall?

Answer 4

Othman

Question 5

What are the Seveners of Shia Islam

Answer 5

those who stopped counting after the seventh imam, only those are the true ones. also referred to as Isma’ilis and call themselves the people of truth, looking down at sunni muslims

Question 6

who did the crusades happen between?

Question 7

battle of Karbala

Question 8

what religions did Uthman’s opposition came from when they traveled from Medinah to talk to caliphs

Question 9

battle of nahrawan in early dismal- who won who lost?

Question 10

what was the capital of persia during the shia dynasty

Question 11

who were the wives of prophet Muhammad?

Question 12

Imam huessein

Question 13

who was each caliph? learn all four and what they did

Question 14

who established shia islam in persia?

Question 15

the hadids

Question 16

what was the 1,001 night?

Answer 16

a tale about islam’s golden age, talked about the cultural richness and dynamism. reflects on unrealistic perception of golden age by younger muslims

Question 17

who actually benefitted from the crusades? the west or islam