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Chapter 6 : Rise and Spread of Islam Flashcards

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100069719What does Islam mean?Submission0
100069720Who are the Bedouins?Arab camal nomads1
100069721basic social group of the Bedouins?Kin related clan groups2
100069722Shaykhs are...?leaders of the Bedouin clans3
100069723What clan is found in Mecca?Umayyad4
100069724***Religious shrine that focuses on annual truce in pre islamic Mecca was _____.Ka'ba5
100069725Before Muhammads revelations, Bedouins religion wasAnimism and polytheism6
100069726Who ruled Medina prior to Muhammads flight there?Jewish and Bedouin clans7
100069727Describe Muhammads flight to Medina.Muhammad fled from Mecca with 1/4 of the cities population8
100069728The Islamic Umma was...?Concept of community of the faithful that transcended clan boundaries9
100069729religious practices that are incubent on all Muslims are called?Five Pillars of Faith10
100069730Pilgrimage to Mecca is called what?Hajj11
100069731What were the Ridda wars?Fought to suppress rival prophets and to restore unity of Islam12
100069732Describe the resistance of the byzantine Empire to Islamic attacksByzantine was resilient than Sassanian Empire, ,but still suffered the loss of Egypt, Sydria, and palestine to the Arabs13
100069733Theological and political factions that supportted Umayyad concept of succession within Islam were the....Sunnis14
100069734***Nature of citizenship within Umayyad Empire?Only muslim Arabs were first class citizens of this great empire15
100228692Status of women in Abbasid times?Declined in part as a result of the growing cultural influence of the conquered populations such as the Persians16
101188268-Extent of sedentary agriculture in the Arabian peninsula?in the far south on the Yemen and Hadramaut coasts extensive sedentary agriculture developed in ancient times17
101188269Status of women in Boudin society before Islam?greater freedom and higher status18
101188270***Ummayad response to Muhammad migration to Medina?War broke out between Mecca and Medina and success there19
101188271Inter-clan relationships in Bedouin society?inter-clan violence over control of water was common20
101188272***Not a reasons for early expansion of Islam past Arabia?conversion21
101188273Umayyads response to Muhammads new faith?regarded him as a threat to their wealth since he questioned the gods22
101188274What Arabian culture shaped Islam?Bedouin23
101188276result of inter-clan rivalriesweakened Bedouin in comparison to other civilizations24
101188277Major difference between Medina and MeccA?Political dominence in Medina contested with number of Jew tribes25
101188278What happened after Muhammad died in 632?Bedouin tribes gave up islam26
101188279***Cultural contribution of Muslims?Muslims recovered and preserved works of ancient philosophers27
101188281***Why was caliph uthman disliked?First caliph chosen from Muhammads early enemies28
101188282Umayyad attitude toward other religions?tolerence toward them29
101188283Muhammads teaching with respect to revelations of other monotheistic religions?accepted them, and taught the final refinement of them.30
122485652***what are ayanrural landholding elite31
122485653***Nature of material culture of the Bedouin?except in sedentary agricltural communities of the south, there was little art or architecture and the chief focus of cultural creativity was oral poetry32
122485654***components of bedouin societyfree warriors, slaves, herders, shaykhs (no artisans)33
122485655***culture found in Arabian peninsula that shaped development of islam?bedouin34
122485656***what was most significant of the transformations brought about by abbasid rise to poweradmin of the malawi as full members of islamic community35
122485657***not affected by islam after 600AD?south america36
122485658***clan into with Muhammah was bornbanu hashim37

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