Spread Of Islam Flashcards
1
Q
Caliphs
A
Successors
2
Q
Reasons for successful expansion
A
Tolerable rulers – portable ( easy to convert) – 3Cs – Persia/Byzantine decline– non-believer tax
3
Q
Arabic
A
Source of unity
4
Q
3Cs
A
Conquest–commerce–conversion
5
Q
Sunni
A
Majority, elect caliphs
6
Q
Shiite
A
Aka Shia– caliph=descendant of Muhammad
7
Q
Sufi
A
Missionary, fasting & rituals
8
Q
4 rightly guided caliphs
A
Spread Islam, 3Cs, division