World History I Ruback 09-10

Unit IV: Islam and the Rise of Islamic Empires

600-1250CE
Test: Friday, April 16th

Essential Question: How did religion and trade contribute to the scientific, artistic and
intellectual accomplishments of the Islamic Empires?

10.1 The Rise of Islam

• What are the origins, traditions, practices and beliefs of Islam? What does this
religion have in common with other monotheistic religions?
• Hoe does Muhammad lay the foundation for the creation and spread of Islam?
• What is the geographical importance of the Arabian Peninsula in the spread of Islam?
• How did Muhammad unify the Arabian Peninsula under Islam?
• How has the Qu’ran and Shari’ah Law affected legal codes and systems throughout
history and in contemporary Islamic nations?

Terms: Muslim, Islam, Mecca, Medina, prophet, 5 pillars, sunna, hadith, qu’ran, shari’ah,
Allah, Bedouins, Hijrah, Muhammad Khadijah. Ka’aba, mosque, shari’ah

10.2 The Spread of Islam

• What were the consequences of Muhammad’s death on unified rule in the Islamic
Empires?
• What are the origins for the schism between Shiite and Sunni Islam?
• How did the caliphates lead to the religious movement and shift towards
Sunni/Shia/Sufi?
• What are the legacies of the divide between Islamic Sects in places like modern-day
Iraq?
• Why were the Islamic Empires so successful in spreading their faith?
• What the factors that contributed to the success of the Islamic Empires?

Terms: Caliph, Shia, Sunni, Rightly guided caliphs, Abbasids, al-andalus, Umayyad, Sufi,
Fatimid

10.3 Muslim Achievement

• What is the importance of trade within a culture?
• What are some examples of scientific, artistic, and intellectual accomplishments of
the Islamic Empires?
• How did these accomplishments influence religion and/or trade?

Terms: Baghdad, Al-Khwarizmi – math. Algebra, House of Wisdom, Calligraphy, Al-Razi,

Rumi, Ibn-Haytham, Ibn Battuta, The Thousand and One Nights

Legacies:
Test Format: multiple choice, identifications, geography, chronology, matching, short answer