Ch. 14 Review--World History

Islam teaches that Christians and Jews

Eventually the term Arab came to mean only a resident of the Arabian Peninsula, not just a speaker of Arabic.

What were the desert herders who traveled from oasis to oasis in search of water called?

Group that believed Umayyad caliphs should rule

Arab numbers that were passed on to Europeans by Persian Arab scholars were actually borrowed from which culture?

Muslim tradition says that Muhammad began preaching

The geography of the Aranian Peninsula could best be described as high plateau and grassy plains.

The Quran provides Muslims wih guidelines on how to live and stresses the need to teat others fairly.

Followers of Muhammad who believed his son should-in-law should rule after Muhammad's death

The Sufis were missionaries, or traveling preachers, who spread the teachings of Islam.

Merchants were well respected in Muslim culture because they

Caliphs who governed the Arab Empire from Damascus.

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

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

In Muslim Spain, the Jewish community in Cordoba