Kistler Muslim World

What is the middle east known for

Being the "crossroads of the Wolrd"

Where is middle east

In between Asia, Africa, and Europe

what were Trade Routes

Places of poeple vibrating through trading goods

Idea/why trade routes?

They are the major driver of history; fundamentally important, population follows trade routes

Explain geography is destiny

A places location is its destiny; success is rooted in location

What does Mesopotamia mean?

"land between the rivers"

Zoroastrianism

first big monotheistic beliif religion; other monotheistic religions branch off of zoroastrianism

zoroastrianism ultimate goal

to do ultimate good

Abrahamic faiths (monotheistic, worship god and abraham)

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

What was the covenant

A promise made with god and abraham

What was the essence of the covenant

God have Abraham the promised land,and gave abrhama a child to continue his bloodline (judiasm)
In return Abraham promises to worship only god+follow Gods commandments

Abrahams two sons, one half one reg

Ishmeal and issac

Why arent their any jewish missionaires compared to Cristian and Muslim

Judiasm can only be pciked up through relation to Jewish ppl aka no one can be recruted to join

How do christians view jesus

son of god, sent for salvation of man kind

What part of the bible is the jewish part

Old testimate

Which part of thebible is the christian part

new testimate

What religion was jesus

Jewish

Why was jesus crussified

The roman government saw him and his reigion as a threat (In Jerusalem)

How did the apostle Paul encourage the spread of Christianity?

Spread it through journies and missionaires

Who were the Bedouins?

nomadic people of the Arabian peninsula (arab nomads)

Arabian Peninsula

crossroads of Africa, Europe, and Asia

Mecca

the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplacel huge corssroad

What is the Ka' aba?

A dome temple built by Arbraham (worshipped by muslims and other religions) in mecca

who was muhammad married to

Khadijah, who he had worked as a manger for

what was muhammads job

merchant, trader

What was Muhammads revelation

Gabriel, an Angel spoke to him as a message from god

What did Muhammad do when he had this revelation

Returned to Mecca to tell everyone about it

What does Islam mean

Submission to the Will

Why was Muhammad threatened

His Ideas were a threat to ancient Rome

Why did Muhammad leave Mecca for Medina (hijra)?

Meccan leaders were threatened by his popularity

When was the Hijrah

622 CE (islam start date of time)

What was the significance of the Hijrah

Sifted out who was a true follower of Islam by following or not following Muhammad, gave him new followers

What is the Dome of the Rock?

It is a temple where Muhammad ascended to heaven to meet with Allah and the Prophets

How Muhammad return to Mecca

with 10,000 followers, marched to outkirts of city and leaders surrendered; destroyed idols in Ka'aba and had call to prayer made from its roof;

what was the outocme of Muhammad returnign to Mecca

United the Arabian penninsula/converted them to be muslim

What are the 5 pillars of Islam?

Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage

what was the problem when muhammad died

NO heir to take over, poeple become split,

Ali (Muhammads son in law,) and
Abu Baker(fam of muhammad)

Which side is Sunni associated with

Wanting Abu Baker

Which side is shia associated with

Ali

Why did islam expand so quick

Trade routes,
Natural "vacuum" or politically unclaimed land around them,
Islam offered peace and welcomed anyone
Muslims allowed conquered people to follow their own religion

Who were the Umayyads

Muslim family that rose to power;

Where did the Umayyads move their capital to

From Mecca to Demascus(syria)

Caliphite

Islamic empire

Who were the Abbasids?

family that overthrew Umayyads

What was abbasids capital city

Baghdad

What was baghdad known for

being Islams great achivements , perfectly deisgned form scratch

what was the leading city of muslim cities before maghdad

Damascus

Were all of muslim cities impressive

yes

When was Baghdad built and what was its peak population

AD 762; 1 mil

What were the islamic 4 social classes

upper class
Converts to islam
portected people
slaves

Who were the "Upper class" of the islamic classes

people born Muslim

Who were the "converts" of the islamic classes

People who have converted to Islam

Who were the "protected people" of the islamic classes

Christians, Jews, zoroastrians

Did women have more rights in Islam then in Europe, china, at the time?

Yes

What were some womens roles?

Feild working if poor
Wealthier women could work in the same feild as her husband
took care of kids supervised houses

were women allowed to be educated?

Yep

How did muslims handle eductation

they were strongly for science and kept transcipits and tranalsted textbooks into Arabic

What groups encouraged the upkeep of knowledge

The umayyads and Abbasids

What was the house of wisdom

library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad

who opened the house of wisdom

Caliph al-Ma'mun

Why were muslims so into learning about astronomy

They wanted to be able to read the stars to figure out holiday dates and when to pray; traders needed stars to direct them to trading locations

What did muslim art look like

they did not have any living things in them (to not spread the wrong information/only worshipping Allah)
Colorful and bright and intricate

who was ali razi

Greatest physician muslim world

Al-Haytham

great mathmeticion

what was the Muslim Agricultural Revolution

new farming techniques and new crops introduced from other countries

what does mesiah mean?

the savior

What is the Jewish holy book?

Tanakh

Who was Constantine?

Roman emperor; made christianity legal

What did Emporer Constantine do?

Saw crosses in the sky, had troops put christian cross on sheild, believes that christianity made his army win

What does Muslim mean?

one who submits

who ran the Council of Nacea

Constantine

Ali Razi

the best known muslim physician

Who was Abraham amrried to?

Sarah