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Spread of Islam
Question | Answer |
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The ruler(s) after Muhammad died | caliph |
a group of people who believed all caliphs should be related to Muhammad | Shiite |
a group of people who believed all caliphs should be from the Umayyad dynasty | Sunni |
the Seljuk ruler; "holder of power" | sultan |
When Muhammad died, his followers disagreed who should be the caliph, or ____________ of God, and this split the Muslim world into two groups, the Sunnis and the Shiites. | messenger |
The first ____________ caliphs ruled from Madinah, had a personal connection to Muhammad, and wanted to spread Allah's message to everyone. | four |
Under the first four caliphs, the Islamic Empire grew to include all of southwest ____________ and Europe. | Asia |
Over time, the term ____________ meant only that a person spoke Arabic, not that he or she was from Arabia. | Arab |
Muslim ____________ helped helped to spread Islam. | merchants |
The Arab Empire ended in 1258 when Baghdad was burned to the ground by the ____________, who were building their own empire and destroying many civilizations. | Mongols |
Two of the largest and most powerful Muslim Empires were the ____________ Empire that began in Turkey and the ____________ empire in India. | Ottoman: Mogul |
Baghdad was a great place to trade because it was near the ____________ and ____________ rivers. | Tigris; Euphrates |
The Ottoman Empire was made up of Turks, Arabs, Greeks, Albanians, Armenians, and Slavs. Many were Muslims, but others were ____________ or ____________. | Christian; Jews |
The greatest Mogul ruler was ____________. He treated people fairly and times were good in India under his rule. | Akbar |
____________ took control of most of India after the Mogul empire ended. | Great Britain |