Islam and Africa- 9H Global

Those who believed Muhammad’s successor must be his descendents

Shia

Innovations during Islam’s Golden Age (name 3)

Algebra

Medicine

Astronomy

Ottomans captured this major city

Constantinople

5th Pillar of Islam

Hajj to Mecca

Prophet called to be God’s messenger

Muhammad

Caliphate in power during Islam’s Golden Age

Abbasid

The region where Islam began

Middle East

Sacred book

Quran

Believed any good Muslim can be Muhammad’s successor 

Sunni

Language that most Muslims speak

Arabic

God in Arabic

Allah

Unified the Ottoman Empire

Suleiman the Magnificent 

A successor of Muhammad & a chief Muslim leader

Caliph

Followers of Islam

Muslims

Holy journey

Pilgrimage

Most important city in Islam

Mecca

Belief in 1 God

Monotheism

1 similarity between Christianity, Judaism, & Islam

Monotheistic

Holy month in Islam

Ramadan

An empire ruled by a caliph

Caliphate

1st major empire in Africa

Ghana

2 items traded along the Sahara

Gold/Salt

Sahara is the world’s largest

Desert

Climate change where land becomes infertile

Desertification

1st people in Africa who migrated

Bantu

This kingdom created Timbuktu

Mali

Religion that spread to Africa

Islam

Greatest ruler of Mali

Mansa Musa

3rd major African kingdom

Songhai

3 empires took control of ____________ to gain wealth

Trade Routes