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3.3 Notes: Early Islam (p. 65)
1. What year did Muhammad die? How did Muhammad’s followers respond to his death?
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2. What did Abu Bakr say after Muhammad’s death? What decision had to be made?
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THE FIRST CALIPH
3. What does the word “caliph” mean in Arabic. What is a caliph? How was the caliph a different kind of
leader than Muhammad?
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4. Who was chosen to be the first caliph? What were his actions as caliph?
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EARLY POLITICAL DIVISION
5. Explain what happened to the caliph in 656. ___________________________________________________
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6. Explain why some people decided to follow Ali. Explain why others chose to follow Muawiya.
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7. Describe the conflict between Ali and Muawiya. Who finally became caliph, for how long?
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4.1 Notes: A Century of Expansion (p. 78)
1. Why did the people of Damascus help the Muslims when the city was invaded? According to al-Walid
(cream-colored box), what things were the people of Damascus promised?
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EXPANSION UNDER UMAYYAD RULE
Umayyad Changes
2. Describe the two changes that Muawiya, the Umayyad leader, made.
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Westward Expansion
3. Who stopped the expansion of the Muslims into France? What was determined by the Battle of Tours?
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AN EMPIRE OF MANY PEOPLES
Treatment of Non-Muslims
4. Why were Muslims usually tolerant of Christians and Jews in the lands they conquered? Describe the
treatment and freedoms of Christians and Jews under the Umayyads.
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Government
5. Describe the government set up by Muawiya. Be sure to include an explanation of bureaucracy and emirs.
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UMAYYAD UNITY
A Common Language, A Common Coinage, & Religious Architecture
6. Explain the three things that Abd al Malik did to create unity among the different people of the Umayyad
Empire.
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THE UMAYYAD DOWNFALL
7. What negative effect did conversion to Islam have on the empire? __________________________________
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8. Describe what the Abbasid general Abdullah did to bring down the Umayyads.
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9. Who was Abd al Rahman? Describe what happened to him.
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BONUS
Current Event: Locate an article from a newspaper, magazine, or internet source which relates to the topic of
Sunnis and Shiites, or to Muslims or Islam in general. Glue the article under these questions in your notebook.
Then write a paragraph summary explaining the pertinent facts of the article and how it connects to the topics
we are studying. Be sure to edit your writing for spelling and grammatical errors.