key terms
People who agree with basic principle of Muslim.
What is Islam.
Islamic tradition with a ritual of fasting
What is sawm
Became the first caliph
What is Abu bakr
Art of beautiful handwriting
early scientific instrument could help calculate time and relative positions.
what is astrolabe
belief in one God in Arabic
What is Allah
Muslims must perform five prayers everyday
What is Salat
The most powerful of the groups that overthrew the umayyads in the year 750.
what is Abbasids.
Muslim artwork focused on geometric patterns
What is Geometric patterns
device with one man standing in center aligning a sphere and other man records his observations.
what is armillary sphere
born into a clan of a powerful Meccan family.
What is Muhhamad
Giving part of there money and things to needy people.
What is Zakat
Ummayads later became known as
what is Sunni
opened in early 800s once a library, academy, and translation center.
what is house of wisdom
Muslim book that declares men and women as believers are equal
what is Qu'ran
The holy book of Muslims
What is Qur'an
Holy journey to Mecca during Islamic month of "dhu al hijjah"
What is hajj
This group moved the Muslim capital to Damascus.
what are Umayyads
complex decoration that usually incorporates flowers, and leaves
what is arabesque
standard for all basic Arabic literature and poetry
what is Qu'ran
Islamic house of worship
what is mosque
testimony of faith for Islam
What is Shahaadah
Caliphate formed by Shia Muslims who claimed decent from Muhammads daughter Fatima
what is fatimid.
values of many cultures recognized by Muslims
what is "ideal man"
considered most important of all muslim philosophers
who is Ibn Rushd