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JEOPARDY JEOPARDY The Spread of Islam to Africa The Spread of Islam to Africa

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The Spread of Islam to AfricaThe Spread of Islam to Africa

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Early AfricaEarly Africa

The Mali Empire The Mali Empire

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The Songhay The Songhay Empire Empire

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VocabularyVocabulary

What were Ghana, Mali, What were Ghana, Mali, and the Songhay Empire?and the Songhay Empire?

These were the three western African kingdoms in order.

What was Ifriqiya?What was Ifriqiya?

This is what the Romans called Africa.

What were stateless What were stateless societies ?societies ?

This was the name for the African societies organized around kinship or obligation and lacking the power of a

formal state.

What was the Maghrib ?What was the Maghrib ?

This is what Arabs used to refer to lands in the west of Africa.

Who were the Almoravids Who were the Almoravids and the Almohadis?and the Almohadis?These were the two These were the two

reformist movements that reformist movements that took place among the took place among the

northern Berbers in Africa northern Berbers in Africa and helped spread Islam into and helped spread Islam into

the interior.the interior.

What was the Thousand What was the Thousand and One Nights ?and One Nights ?

The court life and intrigue of The court life and intrigue of Harun al-Rashid’s Empire Harun al-Rashid’s Empire

were featured in this were featured in this collection of stories.collection of stories.

Who were the Mamluks?Who were the Mamluks?

These were the Turkic Slaves who became Islamic rulers of Egypt.

Who were the Ulama ?Who were the Ulama ?

  They were the Orthodox Islamic

scholars who often opposed scientific thought and non-Islamic

ideas.

Who were the Mongols and Who were the Mongols and Hulegu?Hulegu?

This leader and group smashed the Turko-Persian kingdoms and in

1238 captured Baghdad and killed the last Abbasid caliph.

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Who was al-GhazaliWho was al-Ghazali

        This Islamic philosopher and theologian tried to fuse ancient

Greek scholarship with the traditions of the Qur’an

Who were the Sufi Mystics?Who were the Sufi Mystics?

These were the Islamic mystics who helped spread Islam throughout

Asia and often used drugs, dancing, meditation or songs to establish a

trance like state.

What was the Rubaiyat ?What was the Rubaiyat ?

This work by Omar Khayyam was the epitome of Islamic literature and is still

a best seller in the west.

Who was Saladin?

He was the leader of the Seljuk Turks, who reconquered most the

Holy Lands taken by the Crusaders in the Middle East.

What was Acre?

     This city was the last Christian Crusader stronghold in the Middle East and fell to

the Turks in 1291.

Who was al-Rhazi ? Who was al-Rhazi ?

He was the Islamic scholar who classified all material substances

into animal, vegetable and mineral.

What were the Buyids?

In 945 this splinter dynasty conquered Baghdad and controlled the Abbasid Caliphs and took this

title which means victorious in Arabic.

Who was Aisha ??

She was Muhammad’s widow and actively promoted the claims of the Umayyad clan against the forces of

Ali.

What are hadiths?What are hadiths?

This is another name for the traditions established by Muhammad.

What were the Crusades? What were the Crusades? ( 1( 1stst one successful) one successful)

These were a series of These were a series of military adventures military adventures launched by western launched by western

Christians to free the Holy Christians to free the Holy Land and to distract Land and to distract

meddlesome nobles from meddlesome nobles from the affairs of the church the affairs of the church

and state.and state.

What was Shah-Nama? ( book of Kings)

This was the history written about Persia from the creation to the Islamic

conquests.

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Who was Ibn Khaldun?Who was Ibn Khaldun?

He was the Muslim historian who developed the concept that dynasties of nomadic conquerors had a cycle of three generations, strong, weak,

and dissolute.

Who was al-Biruni?Who was al-Biruni?

He was able to calculate the specific weight of 18 major

minerals.

Who was Chinggis Khan?Who was Chinggis Khan?

He was the great Mongol He was the great Mongol commander who conquered commander who conquered lands from China to Persia in lands from China to Persia in

the early 13the early 13thth century. century.

Who was Muhammad ibn Who was Muhammad ibn Qasim?Qasim?

         He was the Arab general who He was the Arab general who conquered the Sind in India and conquered the Sind in India and

declared the region and the Indus declared the region and the Indus valley to be part of the Umayyad valley to be part of the Umayyad

EmpireEmpire..

Who was Mahmud of Who was Mahmud of Ghazni?Ghazni? This was the third ruler of This was the third ruler of

the Turkish slave dynasty in the Turkish slave dynasty in Afghanistan who led raids Afghanistan who led raids into India and sacked and into India and sacked and

looted one of the wealthiest looted one of the wealthiest Hindu temples in northern Hindu temples in northern

India.India.

Who was Muhammad of Who was Muhammad of Ghur?Ghur?

He was the military commander He was the military commander and ruler of a small mountain and ruler of a small mountain kingdom in Afghanistan who kingdom in Afghanistan who

began the conquest and subsequent began the conquest and subsequent political control of northern India.political control of northern India.

Who was Qutb-ud-din-Who was Qutb-ud-din-Aibak?Aibak?

( easy for you to say) ( easy for you to say) This was the lieutenant of This was the lieutenant of Muhammad of Ghur who Muhammad of Ghur who

took over after the general’s took over after the general’s assassination and assassination and

established his capital at established his capital at Delhi on the Jumna River.Delhi on the Jumna River.

Who were the Bhaktic Who were the Bhaktic Cults?Cults?

This was the name for the This was the name for the Hindu groups dedicated to Hindu groups dedicated to gods and goddesses who gods and goddesses who stressed strong emotional stressed strong emotional ties between the devotees ties between the devotees and god and goddesses.and god and goddesses.

Who was Kabir?Who was Kabir?

He was a Muslim mystic and He was a Muslim mystic and weaver who played the weaver who played the

down the religious down the religious differences between differences between Hinduism and Islam.Hinduism and Islam.

What were the Delhi What were the Delhi Sultanates or the Sultans of Sultanates or the Sultans of

Delhi?Delhi?The Islamic rulers of the The Islamic rulers of the Indo-Gangetic plain and Indo-Gangetic plain and fought with each other, fought with each other,

Hindu princes for control Hindu princes for control of the Indian heartland.of the Indian heartland.