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| What did the shiite believe? |
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| The shiite thought muhammad appoint Ali his cousin to be his successor and only a relative could be after him. |
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| What did the sunnis believe? |
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| The sinna's thought that the caliph or successor should be a pious male muslim from muhammads tribe. The caliph is viewed only as a political leader. |
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1) it was appealing
2) army/war/expansion
3) missinaries
4) trade |
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| How long was/is the divide of sunni's and shiites |
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| It is still going to this day |
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| are there more shiites or sunni's |
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| About 90% of muslims are sunni |
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| How did sunnis and shiites treat each other? |
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| When sunni's were in power they were more favourable to Sunni's rather than to shiite's and when shiite's were in power they were more favourable to shiite’s this created a bitter rivalry between them. |
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| What emerged rom the sunnis and shiites? |
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| What did the sufi's believe? |
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| They sought comunication to god through meditation, fasting, and other rituals. |
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| Why were sufi's respected? |
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| Sufi's were respected for their piety and some were believed to have mystic powers. |
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| Caliph means successor when translated to English from Arabic. |
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| who lead the comunity/ empire after muhammads death? |
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| Muhammad was the first muslim leader after his death the caliph's took over the comunity/ empire. |
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| Caliphate is a government lead by a caliph. |
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| Who was muhammads first successor? |
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| Some supported Muhammad main advisor Abu bakr and he became the first caliph, Others supported Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law (he married Muhammad's daughter- Fatima). |
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| What are some similarities between sunni's and shiites? |
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1) Both believe in 1 god
2) follow the five pillars of Islam
3) Read the Quran as the holy book |
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| Who are the "right guided caliphs" |
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They had close ties to Muhammad.
They were:
Abu Bakr
Omar Ben Khattab
Othman Ben Affan
Ali Ben Abi Talib |
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| What dynasties did the muslim's expand under? |
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| After the caliphates rule the Umayyad dynasty ruled then the Abbasid dynasty, the muslim empire expanded under these dynasties. |
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What region was Muhammad able to rule? |
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Muhammad ruled most of the Arabian Peninsula.
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What are 2 cities that were controlled by the rightly guided caliph's |
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| Baghdad and Damascus were the two cities controlled by the Rightly Guided Caliphs. |
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| [image]What continents did the muslim empire spread amongst? |
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| What a person leaves behind to be remembered by. |
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| A person of wide knowledge or learning |
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| To give a name to something or someone |
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| A disease that is prevalent over the whole world. |
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