Unit 5 - Islam and Al-Andalus

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During this era of Islamic expansion, what was Al'Andalus´s relationship to the Islamic capital of Damascus?

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Which European nation stopped the Muslim invasion of Europe? In which year?

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Muhammad Proclaims Islam

Islam

Arabic Life Before Muhammad

When did Muslim armies arrive on the Iberian Peninsula?

Which Spanish territories largerly escaped the Mulsim Invasion?

What allowed the Muslim army in the 8th century to defeat the Visigoth kingdom?

Abbasid

Umayyad

Which family dynasty from Syria seized the Caliphate position? Where was their capital?

Which family dynasty took over? Where did they move the capital?

What do the Shia and the Sunnis disagree on?

• major world religion

• founder was Muhammad

• Important sites - the Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem) and Kaaba (Mecca)

• Holy Book - The Koran

• Five Pillars

Muhammad´s Original Caliphate

What allowed the Islamic army in the 8th century to defeat the Visigoth kingdom?

How many years were islamic states on the Iberian peninsula?

Who are Berbers? Explain how they were involved in conquest of the Iberian peninsula.

How did new ideas from the Middle East arrive in the west? Today?

North Africa

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• What does the Koran consist of?

• What are Muslims prohibited from doing?

• What is polygamy?

Describe Arabic life in the 6th century, before Muhammad.

What are the five obligations that all Muslims must do?

What are the origins of Islam?

Why is it said that the Caliphate of Córdoba was the ¨golden age¨ of Al-Andalus?

What was new about the agriculture brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Arabs?

Who were the traders? Priests? Teacher? Working class? Soldier?

What agricultural plants were brought by Muslims?

Using the following words, describe how Al-Andalus became independent from Bagdad?

(1) Abbasid

(2) Umayyad

(3) Abd al-Rahman

(4) emir

(5) Córdoba

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How was society organized in Al-Andalus? What were the main social groups? Today?

Describe how this water wheel works?

Why was Al-Andalus one of the main cultural and scientific centers of the medieval world?

Do people still dress like this today? In Barcelona? Where and Why?

What enabled knowledge to spread so quickly throughout the Islamic world?

What was the result of improved irrigation systems?

How did Al-Andalus become independent from the Islamic Empire? Al-Andalus´s capital?

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What do all of these things/ideas have in common?

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Which Muslim armies helped the taifas fight against the Christian kingdoms? Where did they come from?

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How many Islamic taifas were there?

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List the differences and similarities between the (1) Caliphate of Córdoba, (2) the taifa kingdoms and the (3) Nasrid kingdom of Granada.

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What were some of the scientific advancements of Arabs in the time of Al-Andalus?

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How was the Nasrid kingdom able to survive? How important was the capital city of Granada?

How did the interiors and the exteriors of Andalusi buildings differ?

How do these ideas/objects continue to effect us today? Describe and defend yourself.

Why was Al-Andalus one of the main cultural and scientific centers of the medieval world?

What has been the legacy of Islamic civilization on the Iberian Peninsula?

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• Identify the largest misconceptions of Islam

• Identify the world´s 5 largest religions.

Which photo, A or B, are you more accustomed to?

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Modern Prejudice/Discrimination

What major events have taken place recently in the Islamic World?