Ch. 4 - Expansion of the Muslim Empire

What did Muslim art emphasize?

Which Islamic tradition helped unify the Muslim Empire by allowing the sharing of culture and language?

Abd al - Rahman III built a huge standing army that included Muslims and non-Muslims to defend al-Andalus?

A "Golden Age" is when a society or culture is at its ______?

Who fled after Abbasid massacre to create Al-Andalus?

By the early 800's, what was the population of Baghdad?

Cordoba, which had roughly 500,000 people in it, was bigger than which of these cities?

Umayyad caliphs partnered with their govt. to established this type of SYSTEM

Al-Andalus became a golden age for Muslims as well as

Muslims made huge advancements in all of these fields of study except...

What was a Muslim governor called?

Which led to the downfall of the Abbasids?

Who created a geographic encyclopedia?

___________ is known as the art of fine handwriting.

What was the name given to Muslim Spain?

Which group of people slowly took control back of the Iberian Peninsula and conquered Al-Andalus?

What is a soldier who is paid to fight?

Omar Khayyam was a famous Persian-born, Muslim poet?

Which continent did the Muslim Empire NOT expand into?

In 732, Christian forces stopped the Muslim armies advance at the Battle of ?

Who did the Abbasids learn how to make paper from?

What was the capital of the Muslim Empire

In 685, which Caliph united the Muslim empire under the official language of Arabic and created a common coinage?

Sephardic was a Portuguese-Jewish Culture that developed in al-Andalus

al-Zahrawi was considered the greatest doctor of the time in the late 900s?

Which book became a favorite among Muslims?

Which group took power after supposedly murdering the majority of the Umayyads at a feast?

A _________ army is a fighting force that is maintained in times of peace as well as war.

The Abbasids moved the capital of the Muslim Empire from Damascus to which city?

Which prominent Umayyad fled to Spain and re-established the Umayyad dynasty? This split the empire into east and west.

Why did some Muslims start to protest the Umayyad rule over the Muslim Empire?

The Umayyads in Spain wanted to outshine only the Abbasids

The Abbasids encouraged Jews and Christians to serve in what?

What Jewish scholar became known for his writing, medical knowledge, and philosphy?

Who published an encyclopedia about medicine ranging from surgery to carrying for, and replacing teeth?

The Abbasid's did NOT use a policy of inclusion to include people into thier empire

Which two empires did the Umayyad armies start to conquer?

Which area, now known as modern day Spain and Portugal, did the Umayyads conquer?