AP World history muslim world Flashcards
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11362668773 | Arabian Peninsula | Islam was founded her in the city of Mecca | 0 | |
11362674585 | Muhammad | -Founder of Islam -angel Gabriel appeared and said there is only one God and told him "you are his prophet" | 1 | |
11362692430 | Hijra | refers to Muhammad leaving Mecca and going to Medina, people think this is because of 2 reasons 1) wanted to change polytheistic region 2) cause Mecca to lose money | 2 | |
11362784813 | Islam God | Allah and they view him as the same god as the god for the christians and jews. | 3 | |
11362807855 | Quaran (Koran) | The holy book of Islam | 4 | |
11362885893 | The spread of islam | Arab armies built empires that spread islam across 3 continents. Martyr's in battle got paradise in afterlife. Treated the people they conquered very nice. Many welcomed the islam bois. | 5 | |
11362943681 | internal problem | caliphs were murdered as muslim groups fight for control | 6 | |
11362953568 | 2 groups of muslims | Sunnis and Shiites | 7 | |
11362956612 | Sunnis | caliph chosen by leaders | 8 | |
11362963491 | Shiites | Caliph must be a descendant of Muhammad | 9 |