The Islamic Empire

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  1. 1. From which dynasty did the Caliphs come from between 661 and 750?
  2. 4. In what battle were the Muslim armies defeated in 732?
  3. 5. What is the Arabic word for a "holy war"?
  4. 7. The Muslims took North Africa and the Middle East from which Empire?
  5. 8. What was the name of Iberian Peninsula during the Islamic Empire?
  6. 14. In the East the Muslims conquered which Empire?
  7. 15. Who traded gold, spices, silk and slaves?
  8. 16. How did farmers in the Caliphate make farming more productive?
  9. 17. By what river did the Battle of the Zab take place?
  10. 18. What culture taught people how to make paper?
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  1. 2. Who rebelled against the Caliph in 750?
  2. 3. Where did the escaped prince found an independent Umayyad emirate?
  3. 6. What is the name of the Umayyad prince who escaped from the Abbasid Dynasty?
  4. 9. The Caliph encouraged what activity (that we are doing today)?
  5. 10. The Muslims studied books by philosophers from what ancient civilization?
  6. 11. The Byzantine Empire declined after the death of this Emperor.
  7. 12. The political and religious leader of Muslims after Mohammed.
  8. 13. What is the area ruled by a Caliph called?