Islamic Vocabulary #3

The Abbasid caliphate's highly-_____________ government style eventually led to its downfall.

The __________ in ancient Baghdad was the center of knowledge and tech advancements during the Golden Age

The early Muslim _______ were responsible for the expansion of the empire, not cultural exchange or religious conversion

Baghdad was a __________ city where commerce, knowledge, and ideas were exchanged freely

Islam became a _____ religion in many areas where it came into contact and mixed with new cultures

The Rashidun caliphate quickly expanded the new empire's territory by way of _______________

The Arab-Muslim Empire, or _________, ruled over a territory on three continents at its most expansive.

Caliphs are the political and religious leaders of the _______ (Islamic world)

The _______, or scholars of the Golden Age, made great advances in medicine, math, astronomy, philosophy and more.

Conquered peoples living under the Arab-Muslim empire _______ the religion for practical and spiritual reasons

Islamic culture & religion spread much more during the _________ dynasty 750-1258 than during the early conquests

The Umayyad caliphate was the first ___________ to rule the Muslim empire (661-750 CE)

_______ missionaries made Islam appealing by ___________ it into a region's existing customs.

In the early empire, non-Arabs and non-Muslims were given secondary status, called.....

A ____________ is a government led exclusively by one family, leadership passed down through generations