Note Outline- World History
The Muslim World
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The Rise of Islam
a. Arabian Peninsula
b. Mecca
i. Ka’aba
c. Allah
i. Monotheism
The Prophet Muhammad
a. Khadijah
b. The angel Gabriel
c. Muhammad’s teachings
i. Muslimd. Islame. Why did some people first resist Muhammad’s teachings?
f. Yathrib(Medina)
i. Hijrah
g. Muhammad as a military leader
h. UmmaBeliefs and Practices of Islam
a. The Five Pillars
b. Qu’ran
c. Sunna
d. Shari’a
e. Religious toleration
Muhammad’s Successors
a. Why did he not have a clear successor?
b. Abu-Bakr
i. Rightly guided caliphs
c. What happened to the third rightly guided Caliph and the fourth rightly guided
caliph(Ali) that led to conflict amongst the Muslims?
d. Umayyads
i. Demascus
ii. How did the Arab Muslims feel about the Umayyads?
e. The Muslims divide
i. Shi’a
ii. Sunni
iii. Sufi
Turks move into Byzantium
a. Ghazis
b. Infidels
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VIII.
c. Osman
i. Ottomans
ii. Gunpowder
d. Orkhan I
i. Sultan
e. Timur the Lame
f. Mehmed II
i. Constantinople
ii. Bosporus Strait
iii. Constaninople’s new citizens
g. Selim the Grim
i. Mecca and Medina
ii. Cairo
Suleyman the Lawgiver
a. His navy
b. His law code
c. Devshirme
i. How do some Christian families feel about devshirme?
d. Why did the empire start to decline?
i. What new practice started?
e. Selim II
The Safavids build an empire
a. Islamic Religious Brotherhood
i. Shi’a
b. Isma’il
i. Shah
ii. Religious tyrant
iii. What happened to people that did not convert to Shi’a Islam?
iv. What did Selim the Grim do in retaliation?
v. Battle of Chaldiran
c. Shah Abbas
i. Golden Age
ii. What changes did he make to the empire?
iii. Esfahan
iv. What did he do to cause the empire to decline?
The Mughal Empire in India
a. Mughalb. Hindus and Muslims fight in India
c. Turkish warriors take India
i. Delhi
ii. Delhi sultanate
iii. How were the Hindus treated in India?
d. Babur
i. Why was he able to expand his small kingdom?
e. Akbar
i. Religious freedom
ii. His marriages
iii. Government positions for people of other religions
f. Jahangir
i. Nur Jahan
ii. Jahangir’s rebellious son
iii. Political and religious conflict
iv. Khusrau
v. Sikhs
vi. How did the Mughals treat the Sikhs?
g. How did Shah Jahan secure his throne?
i. Mumtaz Mahal
ii. Taj Mahal
iii. What negative things happened while the Taj Mahal was being built?
iv. Jahan’s sons fight for power
1. Auranzeb
a. Why did he start to lose power?
b. Famine
c. Bombay