The Islamic Empire - 3/24/23

Question 1

Who’s Muhammad:

Answer 1

1. Born in the city of Mecca
2. A prophet
3. United tribes in Medina

Question 2

Caliph

Answer 2

Successors of Muhammad

Question 3

The Islamic Division:

Answer 3

1. Division between the Sunni and Shia
2. Lots of inter-clan fighting

Question 4

Sunni

Answer 4

After Muhammad’s death, they believed that Abu Bakr should be his successor

Question 5

Shia

Answer 5

After Muhammad’s death, they believed that Ali should’ve been Muhammad’s successor

Question 6

The Rashidan Caliphate

Answer 6

The 4 rightly guided caliphs, who all studied from Muhamad

Question 7

The Umayyad Caliphate:

Answer 7

1. The second caliphate
2. Minted the 1st coins
3. Assembled the 1st standing army
4. Fell to the Abasid revolt

Question 8

The Dome of the Rock:

Answer 8

1. An Islamic shrine
2. Site of the 2nd Jewish temple

Question 9

The Abbasid Caliphate:

Answer 9

1. Est. the city of Baghdad
2. focuses on ed. and discovery
3. Goverment practiced religous tolerance

Question 10

Al-Andulus Cordova

Answer 10

World’s largest and greatest city with huge library containing 400,000 books

Question 11

The battle of Tours:

Answer 11

1. Franks VS Umayyans
2. Franks win, preventing Umayyan expansion

Question 12

Viziers

Answer 12

Advisors that run the day-to day empire

Question 13

The Islamic Golden Age:

Answer 13

1. Translation movement
2. Sciences expanded
3. Cultural flourishment

Question 14

The house of Wisdom:

Answer 14

1. Like Plato’s academy
2. A library of scholars conversing
   3.

Question 15

Sultant:

Answer 15

1. introduced at the fall of the Abbasids
2. esentialy king

Question 16

Every thing is great until…

Answer 16

they attack Byzantium

Question 17

Date of the 1st crusade

Answer 17

1071

Question 18

Date of Mongols invading Baghdat

Answer 18

1258

Question 19

The 3 art forms:

Answer 19

1. Arabesque
2. Tesalation
3. Caligraphy

Question 20

Arabesque

Answer 20

Usually a painting with a flowing leaf-like design

Question 21

Tesalation

Answer 21

Geometric and pixelated

Question 22

Caligraphy

Answer 22

Fancy writing

Question 23

The fromer Aladin story

Answer 23

The Thousand and One Nights

Question 24

Where the Ottomans settle:

Answer 24

1. Antolia Turkey
2. Decaying Sejuk empire area

Question 25

Mehmed II :

Answer 25

1. Became sultan at 21 2. Conquered Constatinople 3. Called himself the "Caesar of Rome" 4. Converts the Hagia Sophia into a Mosque 5. Lots of trade with Venetians

Question 26

Suleiman I :

Answer 26

1. Known as Suleiman the Magniicant 2. A lawgiver 3. Similar to Justinian 4. Lead Ottoman military towards Golden Age

Question 27

Named after the Ottoman Turks

Answer 27

Turquoise

Question 28

The end of the Ottoman empire

Answer 28

1922 (World War 1)

Question 29

The Safavid Empire:

Answer 29

1. Located modern Iran 2. Shi-ate dynasty dominated 3. Shah = King 4. They capatilized off the silk road going directly throught them

Question 30

The Mughal Empire:

Answer 30

1. Found in India 2. Also expanded on Silk Road 3. Hindus gained money and power 4. Britain invaded and exploited them

Question 31

The Taj Mahal

Answer 31

Amazing Muslim Tomb

Question 32

3 gunpowder empires:

Answer 32

ottoman safaids Muhgals