03a_Puzzle-Islamic Civilization

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Oriental-Occidental

Polar

2. His assassination in the 7th C. eventually

divided Muslims into two major groupings:
Sunni or Shia.
4. Under the leadership of the Orthodox
Caliphs, Islam spread beyond this peninsula
for the first time.
8. A manner by which goods and people
travel great distances in desolate
environments. Trade conducted in this
manner proved lucrative for the Abbasid
Caliphate.
9. Capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate.

1. A government whose chief political figure

had the title of Caliph.
3. The Caliphate that brought Iberia under
Muslim control.
5. Capital city of the Umayyad Caliphate.
6. The name given by your textbook for the
Caliphate that immediately organized after
the death of The Prophet Muhammad. Its
first four Caliphs were 'companions' of The
Prophet.
7. Etymologically and historically the origin
of the financial term 'Check'.
8. Successor to The Prophet Muhammad.