Quiz on Unit 2 Section 2

Item #1
Caliph

• New leader of Muslim community after Muhammad
• Means “successor to the Messenger of God"
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Item #2

Damascus

• City in Syria

• Capital city of the Umayyad dynasty

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Item #3

Sunni

• Supported the Umayyad caliphs

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Item #4

Shiites

Believe Umayyad caliphs in Damascus had no right to rule

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Item #5

Sufi

Group of Muslims who spend their time praying and teaching Islam

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Item #6

Baghdad

New capital built by Abbasids

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Item #7

sultan

• Seljuk ruler
• Means

“holder of

power”

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Item #8

By AD 661, expansion to southwest of Asia

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Item #9

Many of the conquered became Muslims and learned the Arabic language

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Item #10

Muhammad’s death split the Arab Empire and it last till today

• Most Muslims are Sunnis
• Iran and Iraq have the largest population of Shiites

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Item #11

Abbasids

Built new capital Baghdad

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Item #12

Sultan created new army of soldiers called janissaries

• Slaves

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Item #13

• Mogul Muslim merchants brought paper,gunpowder, and fine porcelain from China to India
• Muslim architecture