Muslims Empires

Muhammad appointed his successor

• True

• False

Which Muslims believe only a descendant of Muhammad can led them

• Shia

• Sunni

The Majority of Muslims are which branch

• Sunni

• Shia

The first Muslim empire was called what

• Umayyad

• Abbasid

• Ali

• Sufi

Which city was the capital of the Umayyads

• Baghdad

• Alexandria

• Damascus

• Carthage

The Umayyad empire stretched from Persia to which county in the west

• Egypt

• Morocco

• Spain

The Umayyads were defeated in France by whom in 732

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Charles Martel

• Pope Leo III

The last Umayyad ruler was in what country?

• Egypt

• Spain

• England

• France

What did NOT help the Umayyads win their battles

• guns

• camels

• common faith

• promise of Paradise

In 750 A.D. who overthrew the Umayyads

• Byzantines

• Persians

• Abbasids

• Franks