JMU Harding HIST 101 Final Exam with
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Umma - correct answer ✔✔worldwide Islamic community by
Muhammed,
Mecca - correct answer ✔✔the holiest city in Islam, the birthplace of
Muhammed, where the hajj is taken to
Ishmael - correct answer ✔✔son of Abraham
Ka'ba - correct answer ✔✔the holiest place in Islam. Granite cube
covered in cloth, place of worship, houses black stone, station of
Abraham, part of culture before Muhammad,walk 7 times around
during hajj
Muhammad - correct answer ✔✔-"the Prophet" (Gabriel came to him)
-from a merchant clan in Mecca
-Hejira from Mecca to Medina
-reclaims Ka'ba and gives it to Islam Jerusalem
,Jihad - correct answer ✔✔eternal struggle with those who don't
believe, good vs evil
-anyone from Islam against those not from Islam to spread Islam
Hejira - correct answer ✔✔flight or migration by Umma and
Muhammed - --conquered Mecca and Ka'ba
political community and army
5 Pillars - correct answer ✔✔religious practices of Islam.
-faith(most imp)
-alms (generous)
-prayer(5x)
-pilgrimage
-fasting
Umayyads - correct answer ✔✔Islamic empire from 661-750 CE
-first ruling family
-bring stability to muslim empire
-expansion (aggressive, conquest)
-pay to pray ( wealthy areas conquered)
-Arab elite (treated as first class)
-Sharia
, -Gender (freedom for women)
-dont force conversions but tax them
Sharia - correct answer ✔✔Arab law based on Quran
Quran - correct answer ✔✔religious text based on Islam
Abassids - correct answer ✔✔Islamic empire from 750-1258 CE
-administration (Persian techniques, bureaucrate, little expansion)
-Baghdad (center, modern day Iraq)
-Gender (women lose power)
-Decline: decentralization, succession disputes, Mongols 1258
-more aggressive in conversion to islam
-advances in art,literature, and education
-known as the peaceful period golden age
Jizya - correct answer ✔✔pay to pray tax
Byzantium - correct answer ✔✔Greek colony that later became
Constantinople and then Istanbul
verified answers already passed
Umma - correct answer ✔✔worldwide Islamic community by
Muhammed,
Mecca - correct answer ✔✔the holiest city in Islam, the birthplace of
Muhammed, where the hajj is taken to
Ishmael - correct answer ✔✔son of Abraham
Ka'ba - correct answer ✔✔the holiest place in Islam. Granite cube
covered in cloth, place of worship, houses black stone, station of
Abraham, part of culture before Muhammad,walk 7 times around
during hajj
Muhammad - correct answer ✔✔-"the Prophet" (Gabriel came to him)
-from a merchant clan in Mecca
-Hejira from Mecca to Medina
-reclaims Ka'ba and gives it to Islam Jerusalem
,Jihad - correct answer ✔✔eternal struggle with those who don't
believe, good vs evil
-anyone from Islam against those not from Islam to spread Islam
Hejira - correct answer ✔✔flight or migration by Umma and
Muhammed - --conquered Mecca and Ka'ba
political community and army
5 Pillars - correct answer ✔✔religious practices of Islam.
-faith(most imp)
-alms (generous)
-prayer(5x)
-pilgrimage
-fasting
Umayyads - correct answer ✔✔Islamic empire from 661-750 CE
-first ruling family
-bring stability to muslim empire
-expansion (aggressive, conquest)
-pay to pray ( wealthy areas conquered)
-Arab elite (treated as first class)
-Sharia
, -Gender (freedom for women)
-dont force conversions but tax them
Sharia - correct answer ✔✔Arab law based on Quran
Quran - correct answer ✔✔religious text based on Islam
Abassids - correct answer ✔✔Islamic empire from 750-1258 CE
-administration (Persian techniques, bureaucrate, little expansion)
-Baghdad (center, modern day Iraq)
-Gender (women lose power)
-Decline: decentralization, succession disputes, Mongols 1258
-more aggressive in conversion to islam
-advances in art,literature, and education
-known as the peaceful period golden age
Jizya - correct answer ✔✔pay to pray tax
Byzantium - correct answer ✔✔Greek colony that later became
Constantinople and then Istanbul
