Global Studies
Textbook Notes-Ch. 26 sect. 1: The World of Islam
Pages 571-579
Name __________________________________ Date ______________ Period _______
Based on the previous empires we studied, the Middle East should
have Greco- Roman Culture? What happened to the Greek and
Roman Empires?
Student response: __________________________________________________
Begin reading on page 571:
1. Where did Islam emerge?
2. Who was Muhammad?
3. Discuss his experiences with the Angel Gabriel?
4. How was his message? How did the Arabs in Mecca receive it?
5. Why did Muhammad and his followers move to Medina?
6. What gods had the Arabs been worshipping?
7. What are the five pillars?
8. What is the Koran? Who are the people of the book?
9. What is interesting about Allah and the God for Jews and Christians?
10. Why was this a turning point in Islam?
Please view map on page 572 of textbook (or my website):
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1. What is the map indicating?
2. What part of the Byzantine Empire still existed?
A. Expansion of Islam:
By 732, the Muslim Arabs had conquered an empire that reached from
__________________________________.
B. Division of Islam
Define Caliph
According to Shiite Muslims, what is required to become a caliph?
According to Sunni Muslims, who can be a caliph?
C. Reasons for success:
The Arab Empire
For both of the following early Arab empires, just list the capital for each empire. Also
include any cultural changes the Arabs brought to the area.
D. Umayyad Dynasty
Capital City
Cultural Changes
How were non- Arabs treated?
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E. Abbassid Dynasty
Capital City
Cultural Changes
How were non- Arabs treated?
F. Golden Age of Islamic Civilizations
G. Advances in Learning:
Foreign Invaders:
H. SeljukWho are these people?
What land did they come from?
What religion did they practice?
When the Seljuk Turks moved west and captured Anatolia from the Byzantines
Empire, who became threatened?
Who did the Byzantine emperor call on in Western Europe for help?
What time period begins?
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I. Mongols
What city did the Mongol Leader capture from the Seljuk’s?
What did the Mongols later convert to? What were they absorbed into?
Note: remember the Mongols never control Constantinople or Western Turkey or
Jerusalem; these areas are still controlled by the Byzantine Empire.
J. Ottoman Empire:
Where did the Ottomans come from? What did they speak?
In 1453, what did the Ottoman’s do that stunned the Christian Europe?
Who was Suleiman I? Describe his rule?
What city is described as “ one of the world’s most splendid?
What does the term Sultan mean?
Describe what a Millet was? What was unique about the way the Ottoman’s ruled these
areas?
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