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History of Islam
Flashcards of important dates, names, battles, terms dealing with Islamic history.
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Undergraduate 4
03/01/2011

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Term

Battle of Hattin

(year and significance)

Definition

1187 A.D.

Saladin takes Jerusalem

 

Term

Saladin takes over Fatamid Dynasty

(year)

Definition
1171 A.D.
Term

Crusaders take Jerusalem

(year)

Definition
1099 A.D.
Term

Battle of Manzikert

(year and significance)

Definition

1071 A.D.

Turks expand into Byzantium

Term

Druze

(5 facts - CHOPS)

Definition

 

  • Closed Society
  • Have own Scriputre
  • Offshoots of Ismailis
  • Practice Taquiya (shield)
  • Seen as Heretics by other Muslims

 

Term

Three divisions withing Shi'a Islam.

(DIZ)

Definition

Druze

Ismaelis

Zaydis

Term

Most Prominant Abbasid Caliph

(name and reign)

Definition

Harun al Rashid

786-809 A.D.

Term

Founder of Abbasid Dynasty

(name and year)

Definition

Abu al Abbas

750 A.D.

Term
The fundamental difference between Sunni and Shi'a Islam
Definition

 Shi'a = Imamate

Sunni = Caliphate

Term

Battle of Tours

(year and significance)

Definition

732 A.D.

Charles Martel stops Islamic spread into

Western Europe 

Term

Battle of Karbala

(year and significance)

Definition

680 A.D.

Hussayn and Kharajites defeated

Root of Sunni-Shi'a split

Term

Rightly guided Caliphs

(names and date-range)

Definition

-632-657-

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        • Abu Bakr (632-634)
        • Umar (634-644)
        • Uthman (644-656)
        • Ali (656-657)

 

 

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