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Chapter 11

Section 2

I. Who’s in Charge?

• A. Following Muhammad’s death in 632, problems arose about succession.

• B. Caliphs, which means, successor to the Messenger of God, were named to continue Muhammad’s teachings. 2 groups disagree.

Do Not shout Answer

• Answer in complete sentences.

• What caused disagreements between the people of the Arabian Peninsula?

II. Shiites

• C. They believe the leader needs to be a blood relative of Muhammad.

• D. The Rightly Guided Caliphs were the first four caliphs to rule who obeyed Islam’s teachings. Today they make up the Shiites sect of Islam.

III. Sunni

• E. Another sect of Islam are the Sunni who believe anyone can rule, doesn’t have to be a blood descendent of Muhammad.

• F. Ruled during the Umayyad caliphs from 661-750.

Do Not Shout Answer

• Answer in complete sentences.

• What group of people did not believe the successor had to be a blood descendent to Muhammad?

IV. Power Struggle

• G. The Shiites overthrew the Sunni Umayyad dynasty.

• H. Abbasid dynasty (blood relative) built a new capital in Baghdad, which helped trade prosper.

V. Arab Empire Ends

• I. The Seljuk Turks ruled the Abbasid dynasty politically from 1055, the caliph remained its religious leader.

• J. 1200’s Mongols begin invading from Central Asia. 1258, conquer and burn Baghdad to the ground.

• The Seljuk Turks ruled the Abbasid Dynasty, who remained the religious leader?

VI. Other Muslim Empires

• K. One of the largest and most powerful Muslim empires was the Ottoman Empire.

• L. Originates in present day Turkey in 1299, and continued until 11/1/1922.

• M. 1520-1566-Suleiman I was most famous sultan during the Ottoman Empire.

• N. Named after Solomon, who Muslims admire as a just ruler, he lived up to his name with conquests all the way to central Europe.

Study Questions• 1. This is a successor to the Messenger to God. • 2. The Shiites believe the leader should be related

to Muhammad by what? • 3. The most famous Sultan of the Ottoman Empire? • 4. What city did the Abbasid dynasty build a capital? • 5. Who was Suleiman I named after? • 6. The Ottoman Empire originated in what country?

Video Clip

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5jE7y5vT5M

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A few facts• A. According to the CIA factbook, Iraq has

Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%).

• Iran has Muslim 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 9%).

• B. Shia more radical and militant of the two groups.

• C. Today, Indonesia includes more Muslims than any other nation in the world.

• 86 % are Muslim • 201,836,837 Muslims in Indonesia

Do Not Shout answer

• Answer in complete sentences.

• Which of the two sects of Islam is more radical?

Islam Spreads

• D. During the next 120 years Islam spread to include all of southwest Asia, northern Africa, Spain and some of Italy, Greece and India.

• E. 1300’s Arab merchants crossed the Sahara to trade with kingdoms in West Africa.

• F. The west African city of Timbuktu became a leading center of Muslim learning.

• From here to Timbuktu- name actually means far away place.

Video Clip

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4V-QAzKQ3A

Moguls

• G. Moguls were Muslim warriors who came from the mountains north of India and conquered territories with cannons, guns, elephants and horses.

• H. Greatest Mogul ruler was Akbar, known for his religious tolerance and abolishing slavery.

• I. Considered the Suleiman I of his day b/c of his acquisition of new territories and reform of law code.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTcwboZ0NB4

Do Not Shout Answer

• Answer in complete sentences.

• What type of weapons did the Moguls have?

The Moguls Decline

• J. When Akbar died, the empire begins to decline.

• K. Later rulers are spending too much money trying to expand the empire, then impose higher taxes on the people.

• Others tried to force Hindus to convert to Islam.

• L. Eventually, Great Britain takes control of most of India.

Study Questions • 1. What country has more Muslims than any other

in the world? • 2. What did the Mogul ruler Akbar get rid of during

his reign? • 3. What city became a major center of Muslim

learning in Africa? • 4. Arab merchants traveled across what to trade

with kingdoms in West Africa? • 5. Who was Akbar compared to because of his

acquisition of new territories?