Empire Building in Dar-Al-Islam

What is Dar-al-Islam ?

• Conquered people who adopt both Arab and Muslim culture

• A term used to describe all states controlled by an Islamic government

• A term used to describe the Mongol conquests of Islamic lands

• People in West Africa who went on the caravan with Mansa Musa

When Muhammad was born in 570, he wanted all people to accept the true god named

• Yahweh
• Allah
• Jehovah
• Ka'ba

The Turks established the Delhi Sultanate in

• India

• North Africa

• Afro-Eurasia

• Europe

Muslims found it exceedingly difficult to convert many Indians to Islam due to several differences between the religions.

• True

• False

____________ is a monotheistic religion based on submitting to God’s will. In Arabic, it means “peace through submission to the will of God”. Followers of this religion are called Muslims.

• Judaism

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hinduism

Where did Islam originate?

• Abrabian peninsula
• China
• North Africa
• India

The Sufis embraced an emotional form of Islam who accommodated Hindu gods and festivals.

• True

• False

Many Hindus from higher castes converted to Islam due to the promise of equality under God

• True

• False

Name the two Muslim West African empires that benefited from Islamic trade

• Ghana and Mali

• Ghana and Egypt

• Malaysia and Indonesia

• Central China and Persia

The first Muslim empire in India from 1206-1526 that dealt with constant Hindu-Muslim conflicts

• Sikhism

• Abbasid Caliphate

• Delhi Sultanate

• Seljuk Empire