I was the caliph in the 600s who imposed a common language in Muslim lands
Who is Abd al-Malik
100
Muslim holy book
What is the Qur'an
100
Teachings and practices of Muhammad used as guides for living
What is Sunnah
100
Followers of Islam
Who are Muslims
200
Move of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib in A.D. 622
What is Hijrah
200
We are the group that took control of the Muslim empire from the Umayyads in 750
Who are Abbasids
200
Monotheistic religion based upon submission to God's will and the teachings of the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book
What is Islam
200
Branch of Islam that resisted the rule of the Umayyads
What is Shi'a
200
Dynasty that ruled the Muslim empire from 661 to 750
Who are the Umayyads
300
head of a Muslim community
What is a caliph
300
I was one of the world's most influential religions leaders, a prophet, who preached that there is only one God (Allah) which is one of the basic principles of Islam
Who is Muhammad.
300
Members of the branch of Islam that accepted the selected caliphs as successors of Muhammad and did not resist the Umayyads
Who are Sunnis
300
A Muslim house of worship
What is a mosque
300
Goods that were traded on the Arabian peninsula
What is copper, incense, perfumes
400
Muslim govenors appointed by the caliphs to rule the different provinces of the huge empire that was Muslim land
What are emirs
400
I was Muhammad's father-in-law and trusted friend who was selected as Muhammad's successor in 632
Who is Abu Bakr
400
An important Holy City as well as a trading center to which people traveled from all parts of the Arabian peninsula to worship
What is Mecca
400
A cube-shaped religious shrine located in the middle of Mecca
What is the Ka'aba
400
The five duties all Muslims must perform to demonstrate their submission to the will of God: Faith, Prayer, Aims, Fasting, Pilgrimage
What are Five Pillars of Islam
500
The language of government for all Muslim lands as declared by caliph Abd al-Malik in 685
What is Arabic
500
I was the Umayyad who fled to Spain and there reestablished the Umayyad dynasty which permanently split the Muslim Empire into eastern and western sections
Who is Abd al-Rahman
500
Master of the poetic form called the quatrain, popular in Persia
Who is Omar Khayyam
500
Capital of the Abbasid empire; capital of present-day Iraq