Unit 11 Islamic Empire
Islam: Splits after the death of the great prophet Muhammad
Debate over the new leader
Sunni: Caliph (Conquer)
Shia: Imam (Educate)
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)
Islam: Splits after the death of the great prophet Muhammad
Debate over the new leader
Sunni: Caliph (Conquer)
Shia: Imam (Educate)
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)