Chapter 14 Study Guide: The Expansive Realm of Islam

Introduction

1. What is the hajj?
2. What does Muslim mean?

I A Prophet and His World

• A .Muhammad and His Message
  1. Who did Muhammad marry?
  2. Describe Muhammads's Spirtual Transformation?
  3. What is the written text of the teachings of Muhammad?
• B. Muhammad's Migration to Media
  1. What is the Hijra?
  2. What is the cohesive community of Muslims in Medina?
  3. Who was the "Seal of the prophets"? and what was his opinion of earlier Christians and Jewish prophets?
• C. The Establishment of Islam in Arabia
  1. When did Muhammad conquer Mecca?
  2. What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
  3. What is Islamic holy law?

II The Expansion of Islam

• A. The Early Caliphs and Umayyad Dynasty
  1. After Muhammad's death political authority rested with who?
  2. Who was the first caliph?
  3. Explain the Shia and it's early development?
  4. What was the Umayyad Dynasties policy toward to conquered peoples?
  5. What are the reasons for the Umayyad's Decline? .
• B. The Abbasid Dynasty
  1. Who was Abu al-Abbas?
  2. How was the Abbasid Dynasty different from the Umayyad?
  3. Where was the capital of the Abbasid Dynasty?
  4. What was the high point of the Abassid Dynasty?
  5. What caused the decline of the Abbassid Dynasty?
  6. Who ended the Abbassid Dynasty in 1258 ce?

III Economy and Society of the Early Islamic World

• A. New Crops, Agricultural Experimentation, and Urban Growth
  1. What were the Effects of the new crops?
  2. What was the most important new crop?
• B. The Formation of a Hemispheric Trading Zone
1. What were Caravanserais?
2. What were the Nautical innovations that increased maritime trade?
• C. The Changing Status of Women
  1. The Quran, following the example of Muhammad, allowed men to have up to how many wives?
  2. How was the role of women in the Islamic world influenced by the Arabic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia?

IV Islamic Values and Cultural Exchanges

• A. Formation of an Islamic Cultural tradition.
  1. What were Madrasas?
  2. Who were the Sufis?
• B. Islam and the Cultural traditions of Persia, India, and Greece
  1. What collection of stories presented popular tales of adventure in the Abbasid empire?
  2. What was India's greatest influence on Islam?
  3. Who influenced Ibn Rushd in his study of a purely rational understand of the world?