Monday, October 1, 2012

Chapter 6+7 GSPRITE Review


Geography:
Which areas of the World did Islam spread?

Social:
Bedouin- What did pre-Islamic society look like?
Women in Bedouin, Umayyad and Abbasid society?
Citizenship in the Umayyad Empire?

Political:
Leaders of Bedouin clans?
Umayyad and Abbasid Empires?
Where did the empires establish their political centers?
Decline of the Umayyad and Abbasid Empires?
Result of Civil wars/ death of al-Rashid
Impact of the Crusades on Europe and the Islamic world?
Why was first crusade successful?

Religious:
Bedouin religion?
5 Pillars
Death of Muhammad?
Caliph
Conversion to Islam (why slow at times)?
Sunni, Sh’ia and Sufi
Other Monotheistic religions in Islamic territory?
Differences between Islam and Hinduism?
Who in India is most likely to convert?
Religion of the Seljuk Turks?
Why is there seclusion and veiling of women in Islamic society?

Intellectual/ Technology
What does Islam mean?
Muslim scholars preserve the knowledge of the Roman and Greek scholars
Ka’ba
Ummah
What does the Islamic world get from India as a result of conquest?
Language adopted by the late Abbasid court?
Cities during the Abbasid Empire?


Economy:
What happens to the economy during the Abbasid period?
Disruption of agriculture in Abbasid period?

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