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The Muslim Empire
The Umayyad and Abbasid Empires
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Capital of the Abbasid Empire | Baghdad |
| The Capital of the Umayyad Empire | Damascus |
| Muslim art does not include | Human form |
| Form of government used by the Umayyads to help control the large empire. | Bureaucracy |
| The Umayyads moved the empire to a portion of southwestern Europe known as the | Iberian Peninsula |
| He united the Umayyad empire by declaring Arabic as the common language and by making gold coins as the common currency. | Abd al-Malik |
| The pilgrimage that Muslims take to Mecca is known as the. | Hajj |
| A journey to a sacred place is known as a... | pilgrimage |
| The family who killed the Umayyads and took control of the Muslim Empire were the ... | Abbasids |
| He escaped the "Dinner of death" and fled to Spain to bring re-establish the Umayyad empire. | Abd al-Rahman |
| This was the offical language of the Umayyad government. | Arabic |