1. StrayerNotes Ch 11
The Worlds of Islam
StrayerNotes Ch 11
The Worlds of Islam
StrayerNotes Ch 11
The Worlds of Islam
Birth of a New Religion
1. What were the similarities and differences
between the message (475-478), and the
beginning of the Islamic community (479)?
The Making of an Arab Empire
2. Why were the Arabs able to construct such a
huge empire so quickly? (480-483)
3. What were the differences between Sunni and
Shia Islam? (483Describe the Sunni/Shia split as
simply a political conflict.
4. As the Arab Empire grew what were the political
and cultural changes that took place? (484-485)
Dynasties and their Capitals
Persian influence
Sharia Law
Sufis
5. How did the rise of Islam change the lives of
women? What were examples of improved
women’s status? Of limitations on women’s
freedom? 486-488
Islam & Cultural Encounter
6. Why did Anatolia become more Islamized than
India?
7. In what ways was West Africa influenced by
Islamic civilization?
World of Islam as a New Civilization
8. How did the ulama, the Sufis, and the pilgrimage
unify the Islamic civilization? (495-497)
9. How did trade in Eurasia change under the
control of the Islamic Empire? 497)
10. Describe the goods, technologies, food
products, and ideas that circulated in the Islamic
Empire (497-499).
Birth of a New Religion
1. What were the similarities and differences
between the message (475-478), and the
beginning of the Islamic community (479)?
The Making of an Arab Empire
2. Why were the Arabs able to construct such a
huge empire so quickly? (480-483)
3. What were the differences between Sunni and
Shia Islam? (483Describe the Sunni/Shia split as
simply a political conflict.
4. As the Arab Empire grew what were the political
and cultural changes that took place? (484-485)
Dynasties and their Capitals
Persian influence
Sharia Law
Sufis
5. How did the rise of Islam change the lives of
women? What were examples of improved
women’s status? Of limitations on women’s
freedom? 486-488
Islam & Cultural Encounter
6. Why did Anatolia become more Islamized than
India?
7. In what ways was West Africa influenced by
Islamic civilization?
World of Islam as a New Civilization
8. How did the ulama, the Sufis, and the pilgrimage
unify the Islamic civilization? (495-497)
9. How did trade in Eurasia change under the
control of the Islamic Empire? 497)
10. Describe the goods, technologies, food
products, and ideas that circulated in the Islamic
Empire (497-499).
Birth of a New Religion
1. What were the similarities and differences
between the message (475-478), and the
beginning of the Islamic community (479)?
The Making of an Arab Empire
2. Why were the Arabs able to construct such a
huge empire so quickly? (480-483)
3. What were the differences between Sunni and
Shia Islam? (483Describe the Sunni/Shia split as
simply a political conflict.
4. As the Arab Empire grew what were the political
and cultural changes that took place? (484-485)
Dynasties and their Capitals
Persian influence
Sharia Law
Sufis
5. How did the rise of Islam change the lives of
women? What were examples of improved
women’s status? Of limitations on women’s
freedom? 486-488
Islam & Cultural Encounter
6. Why did Anatolia become more Islamized than
India?
7. In what ways was West Africa influenced by
Islamic civilization?
World of Islam as a New Civilization
8. How did the ulama, the Sufis, and the pilgrimage
unify the Islamic civilization? (495-497)
9. How did trade in Eurasia change under the
control of the Islamic Empire? 497)
10. Describe the goods, technologies, food
products, and ideas that circulated in the Islamic
Empire (497-499).
Terms to know…
Umma
5 Pillars of Islam
Jihad
Hijra
Sharia
Dhimmis
Ulama
Imams
Caliph
Hadiths
Sultan
Shaykh
Madrassa
House of Wisdom
Terms to know…
Umma
Jihad
Sharia
Ulama
Caliph
Sultan
Madrassa
Terms to know…
Umma
Jihad
Sharia
Ulama
Caliph
Sultan
Madrassa
5 Pillars of Islam
Hijra
Dhimmis
Imams
Hadiths
Shaykh
House of Wisdom
5 Pillars of Islam
Hijra
Dhimmis
Imams
Hadiths
Shaykh
House of Wisdom