Muslim World 7.15-7.20

caliphs who governed the Arab Empire from Damascus

the name given to the followers of Islam

the man who believed along with the Muslims that he had a vision & was supposed to preach Islam

Among his many talents, Omar Khayyam is best known as the poet who wrote

How did the harsh desert climate affect the early Arabs who lived there?

The first caliphs were opposed to the teachings of Muhammad.

Merchants were well respected in Muslim culture because they

This great Mogul ruler brought peace and order to India in the 1500s.

a group of traveling merchants and animals

In AD 622 Muhammad led his followers to Yathrib(Madinah) because Mecca was too dangerous.

SuleimanI was the most important leader of Ottoman empire, after he died the Ottoman E.declined

Most Muslims believe in the same basic principles of Islam.

Even though farming was important, most Muslims lived in cities.

All of the following are aspects of Muslim life, EXCEPT

desert herders who traveled from oasis to oasis in search of water

provides Muslims with guidelines on how to live and stresses the need to treat others fairly.

Muslim astronomers improved a tool which sailors used to determine their position at sea.

The people at the lowest level of Muslim society who had no power at all in government

The Moguls invaded & burned Baghdad and ended the Arab Empire

Mecca is located on which peninsula

Muslims, Jews, and Christians have a common belief in

In Muslim society, social groups were based on

The first caliph to take over after Muhammad’s death was

A Muslim house of worship

followers of Muhammad who believed his son-in-law (Ali) should rule after Muhammad’s death

The geography of the Arabian Peninsula could best be described as high plateaus &grassy plains.

the leader or head of an Arab tribe

group that believed Umayyad caliphs should rule

the holy book of Islam

Muslim Achievements include all except

a green area in a desert fed by underground water

During the Abbasid Empire trade & culture declined.

Muslim cities had marketplaces that were filled with shops & stalls where goods were sold.

a tower from which believers are called to prayer.