Silk Road
The Silk Road gets its name from this luxurious fabric, which was a highly guarded secret export of ancient China.
What is silk?
Confronting one of the most well known tyrants the world has seen, this prophet is referred to as Kaleem Allah or The one who spoke with Allah.
Who is: Musa (AS)
According to popular legend, Isaac Newton began formulating his theory of gravity after watching this specific fruit fall from a tree
What is an apple?
This Venetian merchant famously traveled the Silk Road in the 13th century, documenting his time in the court of Kublai Khan.
Who is Marco Polo?
Having to stand in fire that was made cool to the touch, this prophet is referred to as Khaleel Allah or the one who has befriended Allah.
Who is: Ibrahim (AS)
This term refers to the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion, often summarized as "an object at rest stays at rest."
What is inertia?
Along with spices, paper, and gunpowder, the Silk Road facilitated the 14th-century spread of this devastating pandemic from Asia into Europe.
What is the Black Death
Using the tip of his wing to lift them and throw them back down to the earth the people of this prophet were by destroyed by Jibreel under the command of Allah.
Who is: Lut (AS)
These negatively charged subatomic particles orbit the dense nucleus of an atom.
What are electrons?
Originating in India, this major world religion traveled eastward along the Silk Road, heavily influencing Chinese culture and leading to the creation of massive cave temples.
What is Buddhism?
The people of A'ad were what we might refer to as Giants so large in fact that it is said they could wrap their arms around the trunk of a tree and uproot it. And they were called to worship Allah by this prophet.
Who is: Hud
This is the scientific term for the bending of light as it passes from one transparent medium to another, such as from air into water.
What is refraction?
In the 13th century, this vast empire created a period of peace and stability that made the Silk Road safer than ever for travelers crossing Eurasia.
What is the Mongol Empire
The Quran describes this prophet as the first to write with a pen.
Who is: Idrees (AS)
The pitch of a police siren sounding higher as it approaches you and lower as it drives away is a famous everyday example of this "effect."
What is the Doppler effect?