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Unit 2: Unit 3 An Age of Exchange and
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Lesson 2: Islamic Empire
Name: _________________________
Date: __________ Period: __________
SSWH5 The student will trace the origins and expansion of the Islamic World between 600 CE and 1300 CE.
a. Explain the origins of Islam and the growth of the Islamic Empire.
b. Identify the Muslim trade routes to India, China, Europe, and Africa and assess the economic impact
of this trade.
d. Identify the contributions of Islamic scholars in medicine (Ibn Sina) and geography(Ibn Battuta).
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The Islamic Empire
I. Overview of Islam
A. Around 600 AD, a new _______________________________ religion began called Islam:
1. Islam was founded by the prophet _____________________________ in the Arabian city of Mecca
2. After the _________________ to Medina, Muhammad gained converts & returned to ___________________
B. Muslims believe in the Five Pillars of Islam:
1. _________________: belief in one god, Allah & the prophet Muhammad
2. _________________: 5 times per day towards Mecca
3. _________________: 2.5% to charity
4. _________________: During the month of Ramadan
5. _________________: Pilgrimage to Mecca
II. The Islamic Empire
A. Islam After Muhammad-the Rightly Guided Caliphs
1. When Muhammad ____________ in 632, the Muslim community elected a new leader called a _______________
(“successor”)
2. The first 4 caliphs all ________ Muhammad & promised to stay true to the ___________ & Muhammad’s message
3. The ____________________________ was Muhammad’s friend & father-in-law, Abu Bakr:
a. His goal was to keep Muslims ________________ under his gov’t (“__________________________”)
b. His used ________________________ to control & _____________________________ the Muslim empire
4. The empire expanded under the next caliphs
a. During the ________________________________________________ Caliphates, the Islamic Empire expanded
“______________________________________” (the areas where Islam is practiced)
b. The caliphate never ______________ non-Muslims to ____________________, especially “People of the Book”
& allowed religious ____________________________
as long as taxes were paid to the empire
c. The caliphs used the ____________________________
(___________________ of Islam) to govern the empire
B. The Umayyad Empire
1. After Ali’s death in 661 led to a _____________________
for control of the empire:
a. The clan that came to ____________________ started
the Umayyad Empire
b. But the rise of the _____________________________
led to a _______________________________ in Islam
2. The Sunni-Shi’a Split
a. Before the Umayyads, caliphs were elected members
of Muhammad’s _____________________________
b. Shi’a Muslims
i. _________________ Muslims rejected the Umayyads
ii. The Shi’a believe that caliph must come directly from
Muhammad’s _______________________________
c. Sunni Muslims
i. __________________ Muslims accepted the rule of the Umayyads
ii. The Sunni believe caliphs should follow Muhammad’s ____________________, but don’t have to be relatives
3. The Umayyads ____________________________ the empire which brought wealth & new Islamic converts
C. The Abbasid Empire
1. In 750, the Umayyad Empire was overthrown by the ________________________________
2. Under the Abbasids, the Islamic Empire _________________ to its greatest extent
a. The Abbasid caliphate built a strong gov’t ________________________________________ to rule their empire
b. Muslim merchants expanded wealth by _______________ across Africa, _______________________________,
and Mediterranean Sea
c. Wealth from trade led to a ___________________________________, a time of great Muslim achievements in
___________________, _______________, medicine, & architecture
Ibn sina (980- 1037 CE)
1. Often known by ________________________ name Avicenna
2. Gained great advances in the field of __________________________________
3. Created the _______________________________ ____________ ____________________________________
4. Became the standard _______________________________ text book for centuries
Ibn battuta (1304-1368 CE)
Moroccan explorer
1. Traveled the known ____________________________________________ world
2. Recorded his travels in the Rihla (translated to “_________________________________________”)
3. Helped link _________________________________ to the Islamic World
4. The most well ________________________________ man to date
All three use a religious text that provide guidelines ethical and moral behaviors as well as how to govern believers
 Judaism- _____________________________________
 Christians- ____________________________________
 Islam- ________________________________________
1. All three recognize ___________________________________, Mosses and other figures from the old testament
as important religious figures
2. All three believe in fundamental _____________________________________
3. All three _______________________________in the same region, and claim several of the same cities as
religious holy sites
Judaism
____________________________________does not actively seek converts and the religion is associated with a
group of people
Christianity
Christians believe ____________________________________was the son of God (or Messiah)
Catholic leaders must remain unmarried
Islam
Islam is the newest and only ______________________________ tradition to reference the other two in the holy
text
Monotheism Chart
Judaism
What is the major
belief about God?
Who was the founder
or an important
prophet?
What is the holy
book?
How do they view
the afterlife
What helps guide
people in their lives?
Do they accept or
reject Jesus?
Do they accept or
reject Muhammad?
Where did the
religion begin?
Symbol that best
describes the religion
Christianity
Islam