Muslim Empires Absolutely Must Know Guide: thanks to Aubree. Morgan, Jenna Johnson, and Ben Olvera

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ISLAM/ISLAM1.HTM for introduction to Islam and Islamic Empires

	Rulers/People	Political	Social	Economic	Misc
Byzantium 300- 1453	Emperor Justinian (527-564	Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople became Byzantine empire,	Hagia Sophia Church/Mosque. Justinian’s code, set of laws that governed the country	Trade with Europe and Middle East	Crusades, straits of Dardenelles
The “Rightly-Guided” Caliphs (632-661)	Abu Bakr	Split into Sunnis and Shia, theocracy	Increased rights and freedom for women	Restored trade along Silk Road
The Ummayads (661-749)		Capital in Damascus; imperialist and conquered N. Africa/ Spain	architecture, arts, science	agriculture
The Abbãsids (750-1258)		defeated Umayyads, center of the Empire moved to Baghdad, not imperialistic	science, art, architecture, learning, tolerant of local customs, accepted people of the Book	idea of credit introduced, as well as itemized receipts and bills, trade increases dramatically along Silk Road	lighted streets, public libraries & hospitals
Mongols	Ghengis Khan	Destroyed Bagdad and ended Islamic power	Adopted Islam
Ottoman Empire 1300-1917	Suleiman the Magnificent 1520 -1566	Conquered Byzantium, Sultan ruled w. help from ministers, attacked Vienaa and defeated in 1683, often called Sick Man of Europe and ended at WWI	converted Hagia Sophia into mosques, iconic art and architecture are important, Sultan has many concubines		Christian kids made soldiers and Muslims (Janissaries), Crimean War, WWI