LEADERS OF THE MUSLIM EMPIRE “SUCCESSOR”
CALIPH
ALI’S SON HE WAS A SHITE MURDERED IN IRAQ
HUSAYN
MOHAMMED’S FATHER-IN-LAW HE WAS THE FIRST CALIPH
ABU BAKR
GOVERNOR OF SYRIA NEPHEW OF THE THIRD CALIPH CHALLENGED THE RULE OF ALI HE DIVIDED THE EMPIRE
MU’AWIAH
MUSLIM HOLY WAR
JIHAD
FOURTH CALIPH MOHAMMED’S SON-IN-LAW HE MARRIED TO FATIMAD HIS POWER WAS CHALLENGED AND HE WAS MURDERED
ALI
CAPITAL CITY OF THE ABBASID DYNASTY
BAGHDAD
THIS GROUP OF MUSLIMS BELIEVED THAT ANY DEVOUT MUSLIM COULD BE A CALIPH
SUNNI MUSLIMS
THIS GROUP OF MUSLIMS BELIEVED THAT THE CALIPH SHOULD ONLY BE A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF MOHAMMED
SHIITE MULSIMS
THIS DYNASTY SPREAD ISLAM INTO NORTH AFRICA, SPAIN, TO THE BORDERS OF INDIA AND CHINA HE MOVED THE CAPITAL TO DAMASCUS
UMAYYAD DYNASTY
THIS DYNASTY DEFEATED THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY
ABBASID DYNASTY
CAPITAL CITY DURING THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY
DAMASCUS
HE ESTABLISHED THE ABBASID DYNASTY
ABU’L ABBAS
HE LED THE ABBASID DYNASTY AT ITS HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT
HARUN AL-RASHID
THIS DYNASTY RULED EGYPT, NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
FATIMID DYNASTY