Muslim Empire Notes Flashcard

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Muhammas was born in _____ around 570.

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Mecca

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Before Islam began, most Arabs were _______.

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polytheistic

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The nomadic people in Arabia were called______.

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Bedouins

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______ and the next 3 leaders who followed him became known as the “rightly guided caliphs”

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Abu Bakr

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_______ comes from the phrase Ahl-al Sunnah or people of tradition. Tradition: practices based on the Prophet Muhammad

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Sunni

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_______ translates to Party of Ali.

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Shi'ite

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The Muslim Empire eventually stretched from central Asia, northwestern India, across north Africa, and into _____?

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Spain

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Arabia is a/an

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peninsula

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The holy book for Islam is called the _______.

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Qur'an

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Which caliphate had its capital in Baghdad?

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the Abbasids