1. Warm-up #9 1) How do the Sunnis and Shia differ?
2) Where did the Mughals come from?
1a) Sunnis didn’t think caliphs had to be related to Muhammad, the Shia thought caliphs had to be members of Muhammad’s family.
2a) They came from Central Asia; because they couldn’t make an empire there they built the empire in northern India.

2. Warm-up #9 (ADV) 1) How do the Sunnis and Shia differ?
2) What were two ways in which the Safavid and Ottoman empires were different?
1a) Sunnis didn’t think caliphs had to be related to Muhammad, the Shia thought caliphs had to be members of Muhammad’s family.
2a) Safavid were Shia, called the leader shah, and were located through Persia. The Ottomans were Sunni, called their leader the sultan and were located in North Africa, Europe, and Arabia.

3. How did trade effect the Muslim Empire and its trading partners?
Essential Question
How did trade effect the Muslim Empire and its trading partners?

4. Trade Islam gradually spread through areas the Muslims conquered.
At the same time trade helped spread Islam into other areas as well.
Arabia’s crossroad location gave Muslim merchants easy access to South Asia, Europe, and Africa.

5. Trade
The Muslim empires traded with China, the Byzantine Empire, India, and SE Asia.
Trade was done by ship and by camel caravans which traveled from Morocco in to West to the countries beyond the Caspian Sea in Central Asia.
Goods
Sub Saharan Africa: Gold and Slaves
E. Africa: Gold and Ivory
China: Silk and Porcelain
SE Asia and India: Sandalwood & Spices.
Egypt: Grain
Iraq: Linen, Dates, and Precious Stones
W. India: Textiles
The development of banking helped to facilitate trade and eventually influenced European banking systems during the European Renaissance.

6. Trade
New products & inventions created by other peoples made their way to the Muslim world. For example:
Arabs learned from Chinese how to make paper and use gunpowder.
New crops such as cotton, rice and oranges arrived from India.

7. PAIR SHARE: HOW DID TRADING ROUTES INFLUENCE THE SPREAD OF ISLAM?
Trade
PAIR SHARE: HOW DID TRADING ROUTES INFLUENCE THE SPREAD OF ISLAM?

8. Role of Cities Flourishing trade led to wealthy, successful cities.
Baghdad- known for peace and was highly successful under the Abbasids
Cairo: Was part of the Fatimid Dynasty
Cordoba: Capital of Umayyad Spain
Cities had Palaces for the Caliphs and mosques for worship.
There were also public buildings with fountains, courtyards, public baths, and a bazaar.

9. The Bazaar The covered market was a central part of each Muslim city.
There were high standards for business and sanitation.
It was a place where people could acquire both goods, information, and services.

10. Essential Question
Answer the Essential Question in the summary section of your notes: How did trade effect the Muslim Empire and its trading partners?

11. Draw a graphic organizer like the one below
Draw a graphic organizer like the one below. Identify two ways Arab traders affected the Islamic world
Traders