Transcript unit 4B Muslim Empire my pp

Warm-Up:
 What events (4 of them) just occurred it the last
unit that was a conflict between two religions?
 What were the two religions involved in the
conflict?
 What is the holy city that the two religions
came into conflict about?
Muslim Empire
How could the extent of the Muslim empire affect Africa?
New languages, Trade, Cultural Diffusion, Religion, Math, Medicine, Moral
Conduct, Family Life, Business Matters, tax to help the poor
Africa Gold and Salt Trade
 Arab and Berber traders took salt from the
Sahara to trade for gold in West Africa. (and
vice versa)
 Clothes and weapons from the Mediterranean
port were taken to West Africa.
Natural barrier for
trade
Discussion Questions
1. What are the challenges and impacts
between West Africa trade routes, the
Sahara, and the Mediterranean ports?
2. Compare the Africa Gold and Salt
Trade to the Silk Road?
Similarities: Long distances, cultural diffusion, growth of wealth, trading
slaves, trading ideas
Differences: Silk Road- silk and spices, and covering several continents
African Gold and Salt- gold, salt, all in Africa
Effects of the Spread of Islam
into Africa
 Blending new languages
 New trading settlements emerge along the coast of
Africa
 The Selling of Slaves
 Growth of commerce and trade in East Africa
 Interactions with Muslims bring wealth to Asia and
Africa by way of trade routes.
How does Slavery in the Middle Ages in Europe
compare to slavery in the Muslim Empire?
Middle Ages – serfs tied to land, protected by lord
Muslim- slaves with a variety of roles and
responsibilities
Advancements
 Astrolabe – navigation = stars
 Spurred by contact with Europe, i.e.,
telescope
 Medical advancements
 Algebra
Caliphates
 Caliph- successor or deputy. Name given
to leaders after Muhammad’s death.
 Caliphate- government
Specific Caliphates
 Fatimids- traced ancestory to Muhammad’s daughter and
controlled areas in North Africa, Arabia, and Syria. Capital City
was Cairo.
 Abbasids- took power and murdered members of the
Ummayads’ family. Built their capital city in Baghdad.
Controlled modern areas of Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia.
 Umayyads- surrounded themselves with wealth, caused a split
in the community. As a result 3 parties develop: Shi’a
(descendents of Muhammad), Sunni (Muslims who left and
lost touch with religion), and Sufi (no life of luxury, spirtual life,
and focused on Quran and its traditions).
Fatimid Empire
(909-1171)
Capital: Cairo
Abbasid Empire
(750-1258)
Capital: Baghdad
Caliphates Trade is
controlled in
northwestern Indian
Ocean and Arabian Sea
Vocabulary
 Qadis- a judge in a Muslim
community, whose decisions
are based on Islamic religious
law.
 Imams- A ruler claiming descent
from Muhammad and exercising
authority in an Islamic state.
Both are
officials that
created and
interprets laws.
Vocabulary to Know:
 Jihad- a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty
by Muslims. Spread of religion
 Hajj- holy pilgrimage to Mecca.
 Koran (Quran)- holy book that had ideological
differences with Christianity and Judaism
Start Spread of Islam Map
Ummayad Empire
Africa Gold
and Salt
Trade
Fatimid Empire
(909-1171)
Capital: Cairo
Abbasid Empire
(750-1258)
Capital: Baghdad