Moors
Muslims of Spain
Umayyad Caliphate
First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). Fro
Abu-al-Abbas
The chief leader of the rebellion that brought the Umayyad Dynasty to an end; a descendant of Muhammad's uncle; he was a Sunni Arab
Abbasid Dynasty
Muslim dynasty after Ummayad, a dynasty that lasted about two centuries that had about 150 years of Persia conquer and was created by Mohammad's youngest uncle'
King Ferdinand
King of Aragon who married and allied with Queen Isabella and fought the Muslims in 1492
Queen Isabella
Queen of Castile in Spain, she helped complete the Reconquista. She and her husband banned Islam and forced all Jews in Spain to become Christian or leave. She
al-Andalus
A Muslim-ruled region in what is now Spain, established by the Berbers in the eighth century A.D.
emirs of Cordoba
Umayyads who had migrated to Spain into the al-Andalus
Reconquista
The effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, lasting from the 1100s until 1492.
Hindu Kush
mountain range to northwest of India
Altai
Where Russia, China, Mongolia come together
Arabian Desert
A desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
Islamic State
a type of government primarily based on the application of shari'a (Islamic law), the dispensation of justice, maintenance of law and order.
Fertile Crescent
A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
Arabic
A language that is the official language of several countries of North Africa and the Middle East, as well as the religion of Islam.
