Chapter 7: Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam
Terms:
1. Bedouin
2. Prophet Muhammad
3. Five Pillars of Islam
4. Abu Bakr
5. Umayyad Caliphate
6. Battle of Tours
7. Sunni vs. Shi’ites
8. Abbasid Caliphate
9. Harun al-Rashid
10. Seljuk Turks
11. Crusades
12. Saladin
13. Abd al-Rathman
14. Moorish Spain
15. Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
16. Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
17. Ferdowzi
18. Omar Khayyam
19. Sadi
20. Sufism
Focus Questions:
1. Why did the Arabs undergo such a rapid expansion in the 7th and 8th centuries, and why
were they so successful in creating an empire?
2. What were the main features of Islamic society and culture during its era of early
growth?
Chapter 7: Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam
Terms:
1. Bedouin
2. Prophet Muhammad
3. Five Pillars of Islam
4. Abu Bakr
5. Umayyad Caliphate
6. Battle of Tours
7. Sunni vs. Shi’ites
8. Abbasid Caliphate
9. Harun al-Rashid
10. Seljuk Turks
11. Crusades
12. Saladin
13. Abd al-Rathman
14. Moorish Spain
15. Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
16. Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
17. Ferdowzi
18. Omar Khayyam
19. Sadi
20. Sufism
Focus Questions:
1. Why did the Arabs undergo such a rapid expansion in the 7th and 8th centuries, and
why were they so successful in creating an empire?
2. What were the main features of Islamic society and culture during its era of early
growth?
Chapter 8: Early Civilizations in Africa
1. Agricultural Revolution
2. Axum
3. Coptic Christianity
4. Berbers
5. Nok Culture
6. Bantu Migrations
7. Pantheism
8. Arabs in North Africa
9. Kingdom of Ethiopia
10. Ibn Battuta
11. Ghana
12. Mali
13. Mansa Musa
14. Congo River Valley
15. Zimbabwe
16. Khoi and the San
17. Matrilinear Lineage
18. African Slavery
19. Bard (griot)
20. Epic of Son-Jara (Sundiata)
Focus Questions:
1. What effects did the coming of Islam have on African religion, society, political
structures, trade, and culture?
2. What are some of the chief characteristics of African sculpture and carvings, music, and
architecture, and what purpose did these forms of creative expression serve in African
society?
Chapter 8: Early Civilizations in Africa
1. Agricultural Revolution
2. Axum
3. Coptic Christianity
4. Berbers
5. Nok Culture
6. Bantu Migrations
7. Pantheism
8. Arabs in North Africa
9. Kingdom of Ethiopia
10. Ibn Battuta
11. Ghana
12. Mali
13. Mansa Musa
14. Congo River Valley
15. Zimbabwe
16. Khoi and the San
17. Matrilinear Lineage
18. African Slavery
19. Bard (griot)
20. Epic of Son-Jara (Sundiata)
Focus Questions:
1. What effects did the coming of Islam have on African religion, society, political
structures, trade, and culture?
2. What are some of the chief characteristics of African sculpture and carvings, music, and
architecture, and what purpose did these forms of creative expression serve in African
society?