Chapter 6 : Rise and Spread of Islam Flashcards
Terms : Hide Images [1]
100069719 | What does Islam mean? | Submission | 0 | |
100069720 | Who are the Bedouins? | Arab camal nomads | 1 | |
100069721 | basic social group of the Bedouins? | Kin related clan groups | 2 | |
100069722 | Shaykhs are...? | leaders of the Bedouin clans | 3 | |
100069723 | What clan is found in Mecca? | Umayyad | 4 | |
100069724 | ***Religious shrine that focuses on annual truce in pre islamic Mecca was _____. | Ka'ba | 5 | |
100069725 | Before Muhammads revelations, Bedouins religion was | Animism and polytheism | 6 | |
100069726 | Who ruled Medina prior to Muhammads flight there? | Jewish and Bedouin clans | 7 | |
100069727 | Describe Muhammads flight to Medina. | Muhammad fled from Mecca with 1/4 of the cities population | 8 | |
100069728 | The Islamic Umma was...? | Concept of community of the faithful that transcended clan boundaries | 9 | |
100069729 | religious practices that are incubent on all Muslims are called? | Five Pillars of Faith | 10 | |
100069730 | Pilgrimage to Mecca is called what? | Hajj | 11 | |
100069731 | What were the Ridda wars? | Fought to suppress rival prophets and to restore unity of Islam | 12 | |
100069732 | Describe the resistance of the byzantine Empire to Islamic attacks | Byzantine was resilient than Sassanian Empire, ,but still suffered the loss of Egypt, Sydria, and palestine to the Arabs | 13 | |
100069733 | Theological and political factions that supportted Umayyad concept of succession within Islam were the.... | Sunnis | 14 | |
100069734 | ***Nature of citizenship within Umayyad Empire? | Only muslim Arabs were first class citizens of this great empire | 15 | |
100228692 | Status of women in Abbasid times? | Declined in part as a result of the growing cultural influence of the conquered populations such as the Persians | 16 | |
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 times | 17 | |
101188269 | Status of women in Boudin society before Islam? | greater freedom and higher status | 18 | |
101188270 | ***Ummayad response to Muhammad migration to Medina? | War broke out between Mecca and Medina and success there | 19 | |
101188271 | Inter-clan relationships in Bedouin society? | inter-clan violence over control of water was common | 20 | |
101188272 | ***Not a reasons for early expansion of Islam past Arabia? | conversion | 21 | |
101188273 | Umayyads response to Muhammads new faith? | regarded him as a threat to their wealth since he questioned the gods | 22 | |
101188274 | What Arabian culture shaped Islam? | Bedouin | 23 | |
101188276 | result of inter-clan rivalries | weakened Bedouin in comparison to other civilizations | 24 | |
101188277 | Major difference between Medina and MeccA? | Political dominence in Medina contested with number of Jew tribes | 25 | |
101188278 | What happened after Muhammad died in 632? | Bedouin tribes gave up islam | 26 | |
101188279 | ***Cultural contribution of Muslims? | Muslims recovered and preserved works of ancient philosophers | 27 | |
101188281 | ***Why was caliph uthman disliked? | First caliph chosen from Muhammads early enemies | 28 | |
101188282 | Umayyad attitude toward other religions? | tolerence toward them | 29 | |
101188283 | Muhammads teaching with respect to revelations of other monotheistic religions? | accepted them, and taught the final refinement of them. | 30 | |
122485652 | ***what are ayan | rural landholding elite | 31 | |
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 poetry | 32 | |
122485654 | ***components of bedouin society | free warriors, slaves, herders, shaykhs (no artisans) | 33 | |
122485655 | ***culture found in Arabian peninsula that shaped development of islam? | bedouin | 34 | |
122485656 | ***what was most significant of the transformations brought about by abbasid rise to power | admin of the malawi as full members of islamic community | 35 | |
122485657 | ***not affected by islam after 600AD? | south america | 36 | |
122485658 | ***clan into with Muhammah was born | banu hashim | 37 |