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Muslim Empires
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 4 caliphs that followed Muhammad | Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali |
| Why Abu Bakr was chosen as the 1st caliph | he was the man that respected for his devotion to Muhammad |
| what happened at the "deadly dinner" | the Abbasid invited the Umayyad leaders to meet to sign a peace treaty but ended up killing the leaders and taking over control of the whole empire |
| how the Abbasid Empire held onto to its power | with large standing army stationed throughout the Empire, used policy of inclusion |
| the advancements of the Abbasid Empire | developed Algebra, made accurate calander, made paper and lots of books |
| what factors led to the decline of the Abbasid Empire | raised taxes that upset citizens, didn't protect merchants from banditry and trade, caliphs ignored government responsibilities |
| How the Abbasid Empire fell | the Mongols capture Baghdad and ended the Abbasid Empire, Fatimid drove the Abbasid out of Egypt |
| the major scholars of Cordoba | Moses Maimonides- doctor, writer Al Zahrawi-doctor made textbook on surgery Abbas Ibn Firnas- built planetarium in Cordoba |
| mercenary | a soldier paid to fight |
| inclusion | policy to get people accept rule |
| standing army | fighting force maintained in times of peace and war. |
| Sunni | a member of the Muslim group that accepted the rule of the elected caliphs |
| Shia | Muslim group resisted the Umayyads' rule; believe caliphs should be related to Muhammad |
| Caliph Abd Malik | making the official language of the empire Arabic, a common coinage, instituting the hajj to Mecca was how he unified the Umayyad Empire |
| emir | Muslim governors |
| caliph | a ruler of Muslim community, viewed as a successor of Muhammad |
| bureaucracy | a system of departments agencies that carry out the work of a government |
| Damascus | capital city of Umayyad Empire |
| Baghdad | a city located in what is now Iraq, that was the capital of Abbasid empire |
| golden age | a period in which a society or culture is at its peak |
| reconquest | take back the land they conquered before |
| King Ferdinand and Queen isabella | married couple that drove the Muslims out of Spain |