HS WH Organizing Principle 3 - Islamic Civilizations

Unit 1: Islamic Civilizations: BENCHMARK
(Curriculum Standards)
BENCHMARK CODE
(Measurement Topic) • Discuss significant people and beliefs associated with Islam.

SS.912.W.3.1 Examples:
Prophet Muhammad, Allah, Qu’ran, caliphs, imam, Sunnis and Shi’ites, Mecca, Medina, and
SS.912.W.3.2 Jerusalem, the Pillars of Islam, Islamic sharia law

SS.912.W.3.3 • Compare the major beliefs and principles of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

SS.912.W.3.4 Examples:
SS.912.W.3.5 Church, synagogue, mosque, Qur’an, Bible, Torah, imam, rabbi, priest, Sharia, Halakhah, Canon
Law, monotheism
SS.912.W.3.6
• Determine the causes, effects, and extent of Islamic military expansion through Central Asia,
SS.912.W.3.7
North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula.
Examples:
Umayyads, Abbasids, Al-Andalus, jizya tax

• Describe the expansion of Islam into India and the relationship between Muslims and Hindus.

Examples:
Mughal Empire, Babar, Abu Akbar, Taj Mahal, Urdu, Mughal architecture

• Describe the achievements, contributions, and key figures associated with the Islamic Golden Age.

Examples:
Ibn Rushd, Avicenna, Averroes, Algebra, Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (Al-Razi),
Alhambra, The Thousand and One Nights.

• Describe key economic, political, and social developments in Islamic history.

Examples:
growth of the caliphates, division of Sunni and Shi'a, role of Indian Ocean & Trans-Saharan trade,
dhimmitude, Islamic slave trade.

• Analyze the causes, key events, and effects of the European response to Islamic expansion

beginning in the 7th century.
Examples:
Crusades, Reconquista, Battle of Tours

SS.912.W.3.8 • Identify important figures associated with the Crusades.

Examples:
Alexius Comnenus, Pope Urban, Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, , Saracens