Transcript The Ottoman Empire - The Woodlands High School

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Southwest Asia at its Best!
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In chaos after
Rome collapses
Islamic World
Byzantine
Empire
Rome has collapsed
Western Europe is in disarray
World Trade has broken down
Muslims begin to fill void left
by Romans
Chinese Dynasties
•Originally, Arabs are
grouped into several small
tribes
•The region of SW Asia is
controlled by the aging
Persian Empire and the
Byzantine Empire
•By the 7th Century, the
Persians & Byzantines had
been fighting each other
for centuries
As Islam spreads, Arabs
are united by a common
religion and language
 Islam & Arabic
Muslims call a Jihad for
SW Asia
They begin to fight with
Byzantines & Persians for
control of SW Asia
Eventually, Islam covers
everything from the
West of India to Spain
Let’s Get It
Started!
 Conversion Spreads
 Thousands convert to Islam
 Jews & Christians live peacefully
within the empire
 Several different groups rule SW
Asia
 Always Muslims
 Different groups are established based on
the Caliphate
 Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate
 A vast trading network gives the
Islamic World Great Standing
 Located between Europe/Africa &
India/China
 Cities such as Damascus & Baghdad are
established as Muslim centers
Why do I have
to be Green?
 The Islamic World is the
center of culture during the
Middle Ages
 Blending of Persian, Greek,
Roman, Jewish & Byzantine
Culture
 Advances is architecture, math,
medicine & the arts
 Standardized language
•Muslims create a trade route
that leads from SW Asia
across the Sahara to West
Africa
•Muslims trade a variety of
goods to the Africans, salt
being the biggest
•In return, the Africans use
gold to buy these goods
•Along with goods, the
Muslims also shared their
religion.
•Today, many nations of
Northern Africa are Muslims
I am gonna bring
the fire down on
yo’…wait, what
happened?
 Muslim Trade spreads
through much of North Africa
 Kingdoms in West Africa
eventually join
 Ghana
 Mali
 Songhai
 Two Kingdoms adopt Islam
and become flourishing
centers of culture
West Si-eeed!
I’m single…I
am as surprised
as you are