Foundation of Islam + Umayyad Empire + Abbasid Empire

Islam began in…

the Arabian Peninsula

Tribes in southwest Asia competed for…

pasture and wells

Mecca and Medina grew wealthy due to their closeness to the…

Sahara desert

The desert was traversed in…

Camel Caravans

The religious center of Mecca was called the…

Ka’ba

The islamic shrine in the Ka’ba is called…

the black stone.

The deity of Islam is…

Allah

The angel that delivered revelations to Muhammad was named…

Gabriel

Muhammad became known as a…

prophet

Muhammad created…

Islam

Muhammad’s followers were called…

Muslims

Muhammad’s flight from Mecca is known as…

The Hijra

The tribe that drove Muhammad from Mecca was…

The Quraysh tribe

In Medina, Muhammad organized and launched…

Raids against Meccan caravans

Eventually, a peace treaty was made that allowed Muhammad to…

cleanse the Ka’ba of idols to other gods

When Muhammad died, the muslim leaders chose a…

caliph

A caliph is a…

political and spiritual leader of the Islamic religion

The region ruled buy the Caliph was called the…

Caliphate

The first caliph was…

Abu Bakar

Muhammads cousin and the fourth caliph was…

Ali

Ali caused…

A split in the Caliphate

People who believe that only caliphs descended from Muhammad are legitimate are called…

Shia muslims

People who believe that anyone can be Calif are called…

Sunni Muslims

The islamic empire that rose to prominence after Muhammad died was…

The Umayyad Empire

The Umayyad capital was…

The city of Damascus

Islamic armies were stopped by Charles Martel at…

The battle of tours

Non-Arab muslims were called…

Malawi

The Abbasid empire was brought to power by…

A rebellion

The abbasid empire moved the capital to…

The city of Baghdad

Religious scholars who translated the Qur’an were called…

Ulama

The Islamic law code is known as…

The Shari’a

The islamic world was unified by…

The Arabic language

The Muslims don’t practice realistic art because…

Only Allah can create life/ the human form

Urban universities in the Islamic golden age were called…

Madrasahs

In the eleventh century, power shifted to…

The Seljuk Turks

The leader of the Seljuk turks was…

Tughrill Beg