Islam: Splits after the death of the great prophet Muhammad

Debate over the new leader

Conquered: The Middle East, Northern Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, parts of Eastern Europe, and invades Spain (The Moors)

Ottomans: Conquered the Byzantine Empire -> Ottoman Empire

• Renamed Constantinople -> Istanbul

Suleiman the Magnificent (Ottoman Empire)

• Religiously tolerant (The Children of the Book/The other 2 monotheistic faiths)

Ibn Battuta: greatest Muslim explorer

Muslim social policy: no forced conversion

Sikhism

• Begins in India

• Blends Hinduism (reincarnation) and Islam (monotheism)