Transcript Unit 4 - River Mill Academy

UNIT 4
Day 32: Islam
Quiz 8!
1.
The ______ built their capital Tenochtitlan on a swamp and grew crops
in floating gardens.
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The ______ built the first city in North America called Cahokia.
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Quipu were strings with knots tied to keep records, used by the _____.
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Which leader created the 1st unified Chinese empire in the Qin Dynasty,
and used legalism to keep order in society?
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What had to be studied in order to pass the Han civil service exam?
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What is a dowry?
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Name one explorer allowed into the Yuan Dynasty court during Kublai
Khan’s reign.
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Which empire closed off China to the rest of the world in 1435?
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What is the name for ancient Indian writing?
10.
What three groups are the “People of the Book?”
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Aztecs
Mississippians
Incas
Shi Huangdi
Confucian Classics/Literature/Philosophy/writing
Money paid to man for marrying woman
Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta
Ming
Sanskrit
Muslims, Jews, Christians
Early Growth of Islam
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Muhammad dies, next leader of Islam?
 Abu Bakr (M’s father in law)1st caliph
 Caliph=successor to Muhammad
 Arabs not as loyal as they were to
Muhammad
Once Arabs unite, conquer Byzantine and
Persian empires (neighbors)
 Capture Syria and Palestine, Damascus and
Jerusalem, Egypt
Division
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Sunni
 Believed any good Muslim could lead the
community
 There can be no Prophet after Muhammad
 What defines a “good” Muslim?? Fight!
 Inspiration comes from Muhammad’s example
Shiite (Shia)
 Believed Muhammad chose son-in-law Ali to be
successor
 True successors are descendants of Ali and
Fatima
 Called Imams (divinely inspired leaders)
Compare
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Sufis
 Muslim mystics, seek communion with God through meditation,
fasting, rituals; pious, miraculous power?
 Help spread Islam by traveling, preaching, examples
Sunni
Both
Shiite
Umayyad Caliphate, until 750
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Rule after death of Ali, dynasty of Sunnis
 Capital at Damascus (Syria)
Battle of Tours: defeated by Franks (France)
 Rule parts of Spain but no expansion into
Europe
Success of Um Caliphate due to:
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Weakness of Byz and Pers. Empires
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Arab bold/efficient fighting methods
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Common faith, religion
Fair treatment of conquered people
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Keep religion, pay tax or convert and gain
equality
Abbasid Dynasty, 750-1258
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Leader: Abu al-Abbas (descend from M’s
uncle)
 Supported by Shiite & non-Arab Muslims
Empire based on equality of all Muslims
 Empire of caliphs reaches greatest wealth
and power
 Islam becomes more diverse,
discrimination of non-Arab Muslims ends
 Vizier: head of bureaucracy, most imp
gov’t official
Capital: Baghdad
 Minarets: slender towers of the mosques
Decline of Muslim Empire
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Seljuk Turks: migrate to Middle East
 Adopt Islam, build empire
 1055, Seljuk sultan *ruler* controlled
Baghdad
 Abbasid caliph = figurehead
Mongols, 1258
 Hulagu (grandson of Ghengis) sacks
Baghdad
 Killed last Abbasid caliph
 Adopt Islam
 Late 1300’s, Mongol Leader
Tamerlane (Muslim)
Mongol Empire, 1300
Social/Economic Advances
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Trade network using camels (ships of the desert)
 Sahara to W. Africa
 Silk Road
 Indian # system, banks, checks
Agriculture, irrigation projects
 Herding, farming
Muslims have social mobility
 Can improve social rank through religion,
school, military
 Slaves were household servants
Art/Literature
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Muslim leaders forbid painting God or humans in religious art
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Poetry, storytelling, The Thousand and One Nights
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Calligraphy (art of beautiful handwriting)
Knowledge
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Translated Persian, Sanskrit, Greek
into Arabic
Philosophy
Math (standardized textbook),
astronomical tables
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Hospitals, studies measles, smallpox
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Way to treat cataracts, diseases, etc.