Islamic Empire Map Activity Get a textbook from the closet

Use your text to locate and label the following: Egypt Persia Byzantine Empire Genoa Alexandria Medina Jerusalem Baghdad Arabia Tangier Cordova Naples Cairo Mecca Damascus Constantinople

The boundary of the Islamic Empire at about 750 is shown on your map… Use different colors or patterns to shade in the following: Islamic Empire at the time of Muhammad’s death The area added under the first four caliphs The area added under the Umayyad caliphs *Create a key in the blank box*

On the back of your map or on a sheet of paper, answer the following questions Which cities in Arabia became part of the Islamic Empire during the time of Muhammad? In which period did Islam spread into Europe? Describe the spread of Islam under the first four caliphs.

Critical Thinking Why was Islam able to spread so widely so quickly?