al-Andalus (part 1)

The chief Muslim civil and religious ruler and the successor of Muhammad.

• caliphate

• caliph

• successor

• emirate

A province that belongs to a Caliphate (a state ruled by a royal Muslim descendent) 

• emir

• emirate

• caliph

• caliphate

Following the traditional beliefs of a religion, philosophy, or practice.

• religious

• Muslim

• orthodox

• conventional

A person that follows another taking on the responsibilities of the previous.

• follower

• successor

• heir

• conqueror

The area ruled by a Caliph

Muhammad was born in 570, he started to teach Islam in 610 and he died in ___

• 632

• 652

• 661

• 750

The expansion of the Muslim empire grew in _ stages.

The Orthodox Caliphate is also known as the ...

• Umayyad Caliphate

• Rashidun Caliphate

• Abbasid Caliphate

Caliph literally means ...

• Muslim civil leader

• Mulsim religious leader

• ruler of an empire

• successor to God´s messenger

During the Rashidun Caliphate, Islam expanded to Syria, Palestine, Egypt, part of North Africa, Mesopotamia and Persia from ___ to ___.

• 570 - 632

• 632 - 661

• 661 - 750

• 750 - 1055