Umayyads

lost power in A.D. 750

began in Turkey

Ottoman Empire

Makkah

largest and richest

town in Arabia

Muslim house

of worship

mosque

group of Muslims

who accepted the Umayyad dynasty

Sunnis

successor to the

Messenger of God

caliph

 Why was Muhammad

given control of Makkah?

Muhammad had

a strong army.

Omar Khayyam

poet, astronomer,

and mathematician

What provides Muslims with

rules for daily living?

Quran and Sunna 

followers of Islam

Muslims

Arabs were friendly towards

other religions and cultures.

One reason Arabs were successful

in building their empire.

rulers who obeyed

Islams teachings

rightly guided

caliphs

 Ottoman Empire

Largest and most powerful Muslim empire,

allowed religious freedom

West African Muslim center of learning.

Timbuktu

Sultan of the Ottoman

Empire in the 1500's

Suleiman I

believed Muhammad's

son-in-law should rule after

Muhammads death

Shiites

tomb in India

Taj Mahal

announcer calls

Muslims to prayer

from these towers

minarets

Why did Muhammad leave

Makkah?

to find a place where they

would not be persecuted

first ruler of the

Abbasid dynasty

Abu al-Abbas

 Know why Muslim traders were

successful.

detailed business records were kept

language of trade was Arabic

trade was supported by gov.t policies

Battle

of Tours

halted Islamic Expansion

into Europe

Damascus

city under the rule of the

first four caliphs

Who brought peace

to his territory?

Mogul ruler, Akbar

What does Islam mean?

"Surrendering to the will

of Allah"