Rise Of Islam Flashcards
According to Islam, Mohammed was last in line of ——- that included
Last in line of prophets that included Abraham and Jesus
Mohammed was able to conquer and bring most of the ——– under his control
Arabian peninsula
Muhammad’s goal was to unite the disparate tribes of Arabia (how)?
By putting them under the articles of a single religion
Mohammed’s death
632 ad
After death predecessors brought what regions under Islamic control?
- Mesopotamia
- Persia
- North Africa
- Southwestern Asia
Through flourishing —- Islamic advances were deciminated
Flourishing trade
What Islamic advances were spread to the rest of the world
Government, commerce, science, and arts
Muslim institutions
Hospitals, medical schools, libraries, universities
Muslim agriculture
Cash crops, crop rotation, irrigation
Muslim mathematics
Algebra, algorithms, Arabic numerals, decimal point
Muslim medicine
Forceps, bone saw, scalped, surgical needs
Muslim globalization
Exploration, work of scholars, trade
Muslim trade locations
Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, China sea
Muslim science
Methodology, astrolabe, alchemy
Muslim art
Calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts, glazed pottery, Persian and Arabian mythology
Muslim technology
Mechanical clocks, pointed arch, stained glass, windmill
Islam is based on the teachings of —-
Mohammed (570-632ad)
Spread of Islam started in the (—) century
7th century
What was the center of Islamic moral and ethical conduct
The Koran
Mohamed established a —- based on Islamic law
Theocracy
Theocracy
A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. the commonwealth of Israel from the time of Moses until the election of Saul as King.
The Muslim empire was ruled by whom?
Arab caliphs
Caliphate
Oct 29, 2014 - Caliphate, the political-religious state comprising the Muslim community and the lands and peoples under its dominion in the centuries following the death (632 ce) of the Prophet Muhammad. Ruled by a caliph (Arabic khalīfah, “successor”), who held temporal and sometimes a .
What halted Muslim expansion
Battle of Tour
Battle of Tour date
732
Battle of Tour
Franks won. The battle pitted Frankish and Burgundian[21][22] forces under Austrasian Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel against an army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by ‘Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Governor-General of al-Andalus.
Where/what did the Arabs conquer
The Byzantine and Persian empires (including North Africa and Spain)
Muslim Spain lasted from ——-
711-1031
Battle of Tour resulted in —– halting —-
Resulted in the Franks halting Muslim expansion
Umayyad dynasty increased
Arab lands
Umayyad dynasty dates
661-750ad
Muslims empire divided (part 1)
Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads (the capital moved to Baghdad)
Muslims empire divided (part 2)
Iberian and North African Muslims broke with Baghdad’s control
Turks assumes —– of the —- world
Turks assumed leadership of the Muslim world
Who fought the crusades and regained lost land
Seljuks
Who invaded the eastern Muslim empire
Mongols
The Ottoman Empire (did what)
Expanded territory (lasted for many centuries
What was the center of the Ottoman Empire
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire details
With Constantinople as its capital and control of lands around the Mediterranean basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries. Following a long period of military setbacks against European powers, the Ottoman Empire gradually declined into the late nineteenth century. The empire allied with Germany in the early 20th century, with the imperial ambition of recovering its lost territories, joining in World War I
Turkish Empire
Same thing as the Ottoman Empire (established 1299)
Emerging from the deserts of Arabia—— appears as a messenger of Allah
Mohammed
Islamic civilization (what developed framework for prosperity)
Government and religion
Arab preserved the culture(s) of
The people they conquered
Religious pilgrimages lead to—–
The spread of new ideas
The caliphs improve what method (Islamic production)
Farming methods and crop yield
Trade and commerce in Islamic civilization lead to—–
A high standard of living in cities
Islamic civilizations (military expansion also served as a vehicle for —— (international relations)
A vehicle for cultural exchange between Arab and western world
Islamic civilization (what helped trade expand)
No taxation and strong banking practices
Ibn Battuta
1305-1368 (spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Muslim STEM
Muslim works in medicine, astronomy, and mathematics were highly advanced
Language arts in Muslim culture
Literature flourished, architecture and design, poetry and philosophy were common themes in books
