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Chapter 14 Reading Guide: The Expansive Realm of Islam. Directions: As you read
pages 288-310, answer the following questions thoroughly.
Terms:
Islam:
Dar al-Islam:
Muhammad:
Quran:
Mecca:
Medina:
Ka’aba:
Five Pillars:
Shari’a:
Caliph:
Abu Bakr:
Shia:
Ali:
Umayyad Dynasty:
Abbasid Dynasty:
Baghdad:
Qadis:
Saljuqs:
Caravans:
Al-Andalus:
Qadis:
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Madrasas:
Sufis:
Hajj:
Reading Guide:
What is the Dar al-Islam?
How did Muhammad’s background influence his beliefs and early development of Islam?
Describe the fundamental teachings of Islam.
What challenges did Muhammad and his followers face? How were these challenges
resolved?
How did the umma address the issue of a successor after Muhammad died?
What divisions occurred within the umma over this issue?
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What is the difference between Shia and Sunni?
How did the rule of the Abbasids differ from the rule of the Umayyads?
Describe the collapse of the Abbasid Dynasty.
How did the growth of the realm of Islam contribute to agricultural, industrial, and urban
development?
What factors contributed to the expansion of Islamic overland and maritime trade?
How does al-Andalus illustrate the effects of long-distance trade during the Abbasid era?
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What people and institutions helped to promote and spread the values of Islam?
Who were the Sufis?
What were their beliefs?
What role did they play in the development of Islam?
Big Picture Questions (Answer in 3-4 sentences for each question)
1. What new technologies, governmental policies, and merchant activities
accompanied these developments?
2. How did the physical size of post-Classical trade networks compare to the
previous era in the Islamic world?
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3. What Classical era trade networks continued during the post-classical era, and
which new cities were added during the post-Classical era in the realm of Islam?
4. What new technologies enabled the growth of inter-regional trade networks?
5. What factors encouraged commercial growth in the Islamic world?
6. How did trans-Eurasian trade as a whole develop during the post-Classical era in
the Islamic world?
7. What was the effect of migration in the post-classical era in the Islamic world?
8. What basic understandings of environment and technology did post-classical
traders need to conduct their business?
9. What were the cultural effects of migration in the post-classical era?
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10. How did trade networks as a whole develop in the post-classical era in the Islamic
world?
11. Why and where did Muslim trade networks change in the post-classical era?
12. What institutions did merchants create to foster both trade and cultural diffusion
in the post-classical era?
13. How did post-classical trade in the Islamic world affect the diffusion of literary,
artistic, and cultural traditions?
14. How did post-classical trade affect the diffusion of scientific and technological
traditions in the Islamic world?
15. What new foods, crops, and agricultural practices diffused in the post-classical era
in the Islamic world?
16. How did state formations develop in the post-classical era in the Islamic world?
17. What new forms of governance emerged in the Islamic world?
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18. How & where did governmental diffusion occur in the post-classical era in the
realm of Islam?
19. What technological and cultural exchanges did states encourage in the postclassical era in the Islamic world?
20. What new innovations affected agriculture in the post-classical era in the Islamic
world?
21. How and why did crops migrate during the post-classical era?
22. How did textile and porcelain production develop in the post-classical era?
23. Why did some post-classical urban areas prosper and grow in this region?
24. What roles did cities play in their societies during the post-classical era?
25. How did social and labor systems develop during the post-classical era in the
Islamic world?
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26. What pre-existing labor systems continued through the post-classical era?
27. How did social and gender hierarchies develop in the post-classical era in the
Islamic world?
28. Who did some gender roles and family structures change in the post-classical era
in the Islamic world?