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The Spread of Islam
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After the death of Muhammad, who chose the next leader of the Muslim community?
What was the title of this leader? What did this title mean?
Who were the first four caliphs?
What was the capital city under the first four caliphs?
By 661 CE (when the 4th caliph died) how far had the Arab empire expanded?
What dynasty ruled the Arab empire after the first four caliphs?
What was the capital of the Arab empire during the rule of this dynasty?
How far did the Muslim Empire Expand under the Umayyads?
Give three reasons why the Arabs were so successful in conquering other lands. (Bullet
points are fine)
10. How did the Muslims regard Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians?
11. In what way were Muslims treated better than the non-Muslims?
12. Who were the Sufis?
13. *How did Islam spread to Southeast Asia?
14. What Southeast Asian country today has more Muslims than any nation in the world?
15. *How did Islam spread to West African kingdoms?
16. What West African city became a leading center of Islam in the 1300s?
Struggles within Islam
17. What issue split Muslims into two groups (a division that has lasted into present day)?
18. *How did the Shiites and Sunnis differ? Be sure to include their beliefs about Ali, about
all future caliphs, about the Umayyads, and about religious practices and customs.
19. *Why did the Umayyads lose power c. 750 CE?
20. What dynasty followed the Ummayyads?
21. What was the capital of the empire under this dynasty? Where was the capital located?
22. Who were the Seljuk Turks and where did they come from?
23. When the Seljuk Turks first moved into the Arab empire, how did the Abbasids employ
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24. *Explain how the Seljuk Turks took control of the Abbasid Empire. (Be sure to include
the term “sultan” in your answer).
25. Who conquered the Seljuk Turks in 1258 CE?
26. Looking ahead to the “Later Muslim Empires,” without reading the whole section, what
Muslim group finally conquered the city of Constantinople in 1493?
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