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  • What did Gabriel tell Muhammad to do?
    Teach monotheism
  • Who set up Christian kingdoms in Palestine and Syria in the early 1100s?
    Winners of the First Crusade
  • Later Crusades were primarily movements of who?
    Poor people and children
  • Which group conquered the Byzantine Empire?
    Ottomans
  • Why is Jerusalem holy to Muslims
    Muhammad rose to heaven there
  • What did the Inquisition accuse Jews and Muslims of doing?
    Practicing their old religion
  • The Mughal Empire carried Islam to
    Most of India
  • Why did the leaders of Mecca want to keep polytheism?
    It brought pilgrims to their city
  • How did the Umayyads contribute to the spread of Islam?
    They conquered new lands
  • Why is the city of Mecca important in Muslim tradition?
    It was the birthplace of Muhammad
  • Where did the Reconquista take place?
    The Iberian Peninsula
  • Before Muhammad was born, the people of Arabia were united by what?
    A common language
  • How did Salah al-Din change conditions in the Middle East?
    He re-conquered most of Palestine
  • How did the Crusades make European monarchs stronger?
    By taking nobles away to fight
  • How did some clans boycott Muhammad's clan?
    by refusing to do business with them
  • What action by Muhammad in Medina made that city important to his followers?
    He lived there while he drew people to Islam.
  • After the first four caliphs, what changed in the Muslim empire?
    Islam split into two branches
  • What does the word Muslim mean?
    One who surrenders to God
  • What is said to have happened on Muhammad's Night Journey?
    A winged horse-like creature took him to Jerusalem
  • Which two countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
    Spain + Portugal
  • What was the overall purpose of the Christians in the Crusades?
    To gain control of Palestine
  • What teaching by Muhammad most upset the leaders of Mecca?
    The rich should share their wealth
  • What was one long-term result of the Mongol conquest of Muslim lands?
    The Mongols converted to Islam
  • What did Muslims lose as a result of the Reconquista?
    Their land in Spain
  • What was the effect of the Crusades on Jews?
    They were persecuted throughout Europe
  • What event in 1095 led Pope Urban II to call Christians to a religious war?
    Many emperors asked for help
  • What are the two branches of Islam?
    Sunnis and Shia
  • What geographic feature made Mecca a wealthy city?
    Location on trade routes
  • Why is the Qur'an the holy book of Islam?
    It recoreds the words of God spoken by Gabriel
  • How did the Muslim empire treat Jews and Christians differently from Muslims?
    It charged them extra taxes
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