The Origins Of Islamic Culture Flashcards
What part of Europe fell under Muslim control for the next 600 years?
Western Mediterranean
Who led the first Muslim kingdom following the death of Mohammad?
Abu Bakr
Where is Jabal Tariq?
Between Africa and Europe
What was the significance of the Battle of Tours?
Stopped the spreading of Islam and let Christianity flourish
What does the word “Sunni” mean?
The way
What is the belief of the Shi’a sect of Islam concerning who should be a Caliph?
For sole spiritual and secular authority
What percentage of the worlds Muslims identify themselves as Shiite?
10%
Hijrah
Flight or migration
Qur’on
Holy book of Islam
Jihad
Struggle to defend the faith
Mosque
Place of worship
Caliph
Successor to the prophet
Imam
Ali’s successors
Mohammad
The prophet of Islam
Khadija
Wife of Muhammad, first person to convert to Islam
Abu Bakr
Successor of Mohammad, his oldest friend and one of his early converts
Mohammad Ali
Caliph
Moors
Muslims of Spain
Bedoin
Arabic herders
Berbers
North African people
Where and when was Mohammad born?
Mecca and 570
In 570, most Arabs followed what religion?
Polytheistic, Pagean (hanifs)
Ka’bah
A stone building filled with the statues of many gods. Holiest shrine of Islam
Who were the hanifs?
Arabs who rejected old gods and worshipped a single deity, were neither Jewish nor Christian
What great religious experience occurred in Mohammad’s life around 610?
A vision identified as the angel Gabriel (Jibreel) ordering him to teach the word of Allah, or the one God, to the Arabs
Why was Mohammad’s new religion so unpopular in Mecca?
The rulers feared it would threaten both the pilgrimage and the merchants livelihood
Compare and contrast the people’s living on the Arabian Peninsula during the Early Middle Ages
In the desert, the people were nomadic tribal herdsman and on the coast the people were merchants and tradesman, more sophisticated
Where were Mohammad and his followers forced to flee and for how long?
Yathrib and 10 years
