HA3.04.1 Islamic Empire Expansion Honors Assignment...

Module 3 Mini-Inquiry: Expansion of the Islamic Empire
Islamic Empire Honors Assignment
Directions : Review the sources provided in your course. Answer the guided questions below. Save your work
and submit it in your course.
1. Examine the map on the first page of sources. Based on ONLY the map, how do you
think the early Islamic empire expanded?
After examining the map on Islamic expansion make a hypothesis for the following
question: How did the early Islamic empire expand?
Central Historical Question:
How did the early Islamic empire expand?
Review Document A and complete the chart below.
Document A: The Battle of the Yarmuk
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1. (Sourcing) Who was al-Biladuri? Why do you think he wrote this document?