Pre-Islamic Arabia
Sayyidna Muhammad (PBUH) was born into this powerful tribe that controlled Mecca
What is the Quraysh tribe?
What is Islam?
The first pillar of Islam
What is faith?
This branch of Islam accepts only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam
Who are the Shia?
This sailor’s instrument, perfected by Muslim scholars, made it possible for Europeans to later sail to the Americas
What is the astrolabe?
Some independent Arab communities often lived in settlements near these fertile green areas in the desert
What are oases?
This figure, was the wife of Muhammad (PBUH) and the first person to convert to Islam
Who is Khadija?
This pillar represents an annual pilgrimage to Mecca
What is Hajj?
This dynasty established the first hereditary caliphate and moved the capital from Madinah to Damascus in Syria
What is the Umayyad dynasty?
This collection of Arabian folktales, fables and romances is called...
What is the Arabian Nights (1001 Arabian Nights)?
This nomadic group developed into an organized society and is famous for building a well-known city.
Who were the Nabateans?
This journey from Makkah to Madinah marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar
What is the Hijrah?
The third pillar of Islam
What is charity?
By 725, most of Spain had become a Muslim state with this city serving as its central hub of power
What is Córdoba?
This mosque was built at the height of the Seljuk Turk Empire, located in Iran
What is the Friday Mosque of Isfahan/ The Great Mosque of Isfahan
The veneration of selected stones, like those found at Petra, are called...
What are betyls?
After the surrender of Mecca, Sayyidna Mohammad (PBUH) declared this ancient structure a shrine of Islam
What is the Kaaba?
This law code, developed by scholars, provides a set of practical laws
What is Shari'ah?
Name the order of the Rashidun Caliphs
This philosopher was responsible for the commentary and translation of many notable Greek works such as those written by Aristotle.
Who is Ibn Rushd?
A foundational social structure where ancestry dictated identity in pre-Islamic Arabia
What is tribalism?
What is the Bani Hashim clan?
The two reasons that excused a Muslim from fulfilling the fifth pillar of Islam
What is money and health?
This was one of the main causes for the start of the Abbasid Empire's decline
The Abbasid capital, Baghdad, housed this famous building of knowledge
What is the House of Wisdom