Moses: He is the most important figure in Judaism‚ believed to have written the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible). Moses is an important prophet in both Christianity and Islam. 30. Ottoman Turks: Turkish group ruled by the Ottoman dynasty; formed an empire that lasted from about 1300 to 1922 31. Patriarch: a man considered the father or founder of a family‚ race‚ or religion 32. Political Focus: forms of government‚ revolutions‚ legal systems‚ war and
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13th century. The construction of the Great Mosque lasted over two centuries‚ starting in 786 AD under the supervision of the emir of Carboda‚ Abd ar-Rahman I. Early in the history of Islam‚ Abd al-Rahman(731-788) was a member of the Umayyad dynasty who survived the Abbasid revole and escaped from Syria to southern Spain‚ where he found a new kingdom. In 786‚ he began to built the Great Mosque – an great example of the congregational mosque style. The congretional mosque style or Friday mosque was inspired
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the rise of different Caliphates. ____________________ 2. The Umayyad Caliphate fell in 750 CE when the Abbasid family took power. ____________________ 3. The controversy of Ali’s right to rule became further developed into the beliefs of Sunnis and Shi’ites. _____________ 4. Hasan succeeded his father Ali. ________________ Multiple Choice: 5. Where were the mountain warriors that defeated the Abbasid caliphate from? A. Daylam‚ in southern Iran B. Saudi Arabia C
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AP World History~Fall Semester Performance Final Exam By: Bonnie McRae From 600 to 1400 C.E.‚ two essential trade routes of the Post-Classical world were the Silk Roads and that of the Indian Ocean Basin‚ which were both vast networks of many ancient routes linking various destinations within their intricate systems of trade and exchange. Each of these trade routes yielded extremely numerous effects and implications for the future that would affect life on earth for many years to come—and these
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Chapter 11: Chapter Outline The following annotated chapter outline will help you review the major topics covered in this chapter. Instructions: Review the outline to recall events and their relationships as presented in the chapter. Return to skim any sections that seem unfamiliar. I. Opening Vignette A. By the start of the twenty-first century‚ Islam had acquired a significant presence in the United States . 1. more than 1‚200 mosques 2. about 8 million Muslims (some 2 million
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Imperial monotheism served as a rallying cry and the building block of empires. Religion was used equally as a tool for salvation‚ either of the individual or the community‚ and to justify law. Constantine and the Christians‚ the Jews of the Himyarite Dynasty in Arabia‚ the Manicheists who tried to court the Persians‚ and even the Zoroastrians who were keen to court their Iranian overlords‚ all sought to solidify their power‚ control‚ and government over regions of conquered peoples by using religion as
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unrest. Revolts happen and revolutions take place because people constantly crave change‚ growth‚ and independence. During 508 B.C.‚ the Athenians revolted against their government system and established a democracy. In 750 A.D. the Umayyad Dynasty was overthrown in the Abbasid Revolution. Many years later‚ in the 1300’s‚ the Scottish fought for independence from England. England then fought in another revolution from 1765-1783 led by the colonies established in America. John Adams‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and
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a key contributor to world history. Islam is the Muslim religion that believes in the prophecies of Muhammad‚ the messenger of Allah. The rise of the religion of Islam happened over the period 600 – 900 CE.‚ where “two Arab dynasties‚ the Umayyads succeeded by the Abbasids‚ built a vast empire stretching thousands of miles”1. The vastness of their empire encouraged many states to share a single religion‚ which was Islamic. As the Islamic religious civilization developed it found “influences from
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During the post-classical time period‚ both the Umayyad and Mongol empires rose to the height of their power through many similarities and differences. For example‚ both dynasties expanded by militaristic advances‚ but a single man was responsible for the rise of the Mongols and they also supported all faiths unlike the Umayyad. The Mongol founder‚ Genghis Khan‚ conquered surrounding nomadic tribes and brought them under his rule through extensive military conquest. Over the entire rise of the
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baptized natives in the West Indies. Similarly in 660 CE‚ with the start of the Umayyad Caliph and in 627 CE‚ the spread of Islam began. Columbus did not originally set sail for the purpose of Christian expansion‚ but religion did play a central role in the ventures to the new world. For second and third expeditions‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered him to convert natives to Christianity. Likewise‚ the Umayyad and Abbasid empire conquests spread Muslim faith to the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and
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