Islam and Africa- 9H Global

Shia

Those who believed Muhammad’s successor must be his descendents

Algebra, Medicine, Astronomy

Innovations during Islam’s Golden Age

Constantinople

Ottomans captured this major city

Hajj to Mecca

5th Pillar of Islam

Muhammad

Prophet called to be God’s messenger

Abbasid

Caliphate in power during Islam’s Golden Age

Middle East

The region where Islam began

Quran

Sacred book

Sunni

Believed any good Muslim can be Muhammad’s successor

Arabic

Language that most Muslims speak

Allah

God in Arabic

Suleiman the Magnificent

Unified the Ottoman Empire

Caliph

A successor of Muhammad & a chief Muslim leader

Muslims

Followers of Islam

Pilgrimage

Holy journey

Mecca

Most important city in Islam

Monotheism

Belief in 1 God

Monotheistic

1 similarity between Christianity, Judaism, & Islam

Ramadan

Holy month in Islam

Caliphate

An empire ruled by a caliph

Ghana

1st major empire in Africa

Gold/Salt

2 items traded along the Sahara

Desert

Sahara is the world’s largest

Desertification

Climate change where land becomes infertile

Bantu

1st people in Africa who migrated

Mali

This kingdom created Timbuktu

Islam

Religion that spread to Africa

Mansa Musa

Greatest ruler of Mali

Songhai

3rd major African kingdom

Trade Routes

3 empires took control of to gain wealth