Islamic Caliphate - Need 2 Know

People
Abu Bakr
Mu'awiyah
Abu al-Abbas
Ibn Rushd
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Place
Medina/Madinah
Damascus, Syria
-Cordoba, Spain
Baghdad
Great Mosque of Samarra
Mosque of Samarra
al-Andalus
Arabian Peninsula


Thing
The Umma
Caliph
Battle of Yarmuk, AD 636
Umayyad Empire/Dynasty
Battle of Tours, AD 732
Astrolabe
Abbasid Empire/Dynasty
Seljuk Turks
Sultan
Fatimid Empire/Dynasty
Mongols
Arabic Numerals
Astrolabe
Caliphate of Cordoba (AD 756 - 1036)
muezzin

Concept
- What were the elements that united the Islamic world under the Caliphate (culture, language, trade)?

- What were the cultural and technological contributions of the Arab Empire to world history?

- What was the relationship between the Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire? And the barbarians of Western Europe?

- What were the reasons for the success of the Caliphate? Where did it extend geographically?

- What forces pulled the Caliphate apart? How did it end?