Answering Questions 1

Module 1.

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/isla/hd_isla.htm

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/medieval-times/spread-of-islam/a/the-rise-of-islamic-empires-and-states

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Islamic-world

· Abbasids -  Early Islamic dynasty, 750–1258.

· Almohads -  Berber dynasty that ruled North Africa and Spain, 1130–1269.

· Almoravids -  Dynasty of Berber origin that ruled North Africa and later Spain, 1050–1147.

· Ayyubids -  Dynasty of Kurdish origin that ruled Egypt and Syria, 1169–1250.

· Fatimids -  Dynasty that ruled North Africa and then Egypt and Syria, 909–1171.

· Ghaznavids -  Dynasty of Turkish origin that ruled eastern Iran and northern India, 977–1186.

· Ilkhanids -  Dynasty of Mongol origin that ruled Greater Iran, 1256–1335.

· Mamluks -  Dynasty of former slaves that ruled Egypt and Syria, 1250–1517.

· Mughals -  Dynasty of Timurid descent that ruled India, 1526-1858.

· Nasrids -  Rulers of the Spanish kingdom of Granada, 1230–1492.

· Ottomans -  Turkish dynasty that ruled Anatolia and then much of eastern Europe and the Middle East, 1281–1924.

· Safavids -  Rulers of Iran, 1501–1732.

· Saljuqs -  General name for several dynasties of Turkish origin that ruled Greater Iran, as well as eastern Anatolia and Syria, in the eleventh to twelfth centuries.

· Samanids -  Dynasty that ruled eastern Iran and Central Asia, 819–1005.

· Timurids -  Central Asian dynasty that ruled Greater Iran, 1370–1507.

· Umayyads -  Early Islamic dynasty, 661–750; Spanish branch, 756–1031.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/medieval-times/islam-intro/v/sunni-and-shia-islam-part-1

https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0105.xml

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Four-Great-Islamic-Empires

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFfXDZvvmrg&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=NowThisWorld

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeQeARLyg2c&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=Janux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMNgc02-jvE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=DANANTONIU

Module 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfSZ3RlH2W4&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=ThriftVHS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/themes/religion/index.html

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Abrahamic_religions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9TEiNaRx88&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=SarthakB

Module 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMeyRzKZnO8&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=BBCNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mjw3VKd2qM&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=CBNNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi91aDmYI2E&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=TheNewYorkTimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnxzTG_kUB8&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wo2TLlMhiw&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=CrashCourse