Topic 5 - The Rise of Islam & the Early Islamic Empires


TB --> pp. 186 - 193. READING --> Harun al- Rashid's Baghdad. CHART --> "Early Muslim Empires." Packet on Islam. Slides of Muslim art and architecture and crafts. Traditional Arabic music on CDs.
	CHART --> Fill out a Religions/Philosophies profile chart for Islam. Creat a CHART or WEB showing the characteristics of Harun al-Rashid's Baghdad. DBQ on the Contributions of Islam.

To be able to describe the culture of the Arabian Peninsula in which Muhammed was born.
To discuss the steps that Muhammed took to become a religious teacher and list the things that most influenced him in this regard.
To explain why Muhammed left Mecca for Medina and why the hegirah was important
to Islam.
To identify the Five Pillars of Islam.
To list the major characteristics of the Muslim religion.
To describe the relationship between the Arabic language and the Quran.
To cite the major political and religious problem which followed Muhammed's death.
To explain the concept of the "People of the Book."
To name the lands that the Arab Islamic empire under the 'Umayyads controlled by 732.
To propose reasons why Islam spread so rapidly within the first century after Muhammed's death.
To distinguish between the 'Umayyad and 'Abbasid caliphates.
To explain the differences between Sunni and Shi'ite Islam.
To analyze the reasons for the religious split in Islam.
To assess life in Baghdad under Harun al-Rashid.
To list the major contributions of Islamic culture to world civilization.
To explain how the Byzantine and Islamic empires both combined political and
religious power.


Using the history part of your atlas and your textbook, be able to find and identify the following on a map of the Mediterranean area and Middle East (use a color code for the boundary lines of each of the different Arab Empires):
Byzantine Empire Cordoba Caliphate 'Umayyad Empire 'Abbasid Empire France Asia Minor Armenia Egypt North Africa Persia Palestine Arabia Mesopotamia	Mecca Medina Alexandria Constantinople Damascus Baghdad Cordoba Mediterrean Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea Red Sea Persian Gulf Nile River Danube River Arabian Sea