Ch3 Lesson 2 The Spread of Islam

The first four _____ were leaders of the Arab Empire who were related to or friends of Muhammad.​

When he died, Muhammad left no instructions about the next leader of Islam.

Seljuk Turks conquered Baghdad in 1055.​

The Mongols burned Baghdad in 1258, which ended the Arab Empire.

The Ottoman Turks built a large and powerful Islamic Empire mostly by​

Córdoba in ______ was conquered in the 700s and became a center of Muslim culture.​

Under the Abbasid leadership of Baghdad, Muslims conquered many lands.​

The Umayyads governed the Arab Empire from ______.​

The word sultan means “holder of power.”

After the fall of Baghdad, various groups divided up the Arab Empire.