Islam and 6th Century Arabia
City in which Mohammad was born.
What is Mecca?
As an adult, Muhammad had this job.
What is a merchant?
DAILY DOUBLE
This teaching by Muhammad most upset the leaders of Mecca.
Muhammed moved away from Mecca because of this reason.
What is Muslims were being attacked?
This is a caliph.
What is a Muslim ruler?
The Ka'bah
What is a house of worship built by Abraham?
In 610 C.E., according to Islamic teachings, Muhammad went to cave to meditate, and this happened.
What is the angel Gabriel visited Muhammad?
Muhammad taught these three things.
What is there is only one God, all believers are equal, and the rich should share wealth?
This is the journey where Muhammad and his followers left Mecca.
What is the hijrah?
DAILY DOUBLE
On Muhammad's Night Journey, this creature is said to have brought Muhammed to Jerusalem.
At the time of Muhammad's birth, Mecca was a center of these two things.
What was religion and trade?
The Qur'an forbade Muslims who conquered non-Muslims to do this.
What is convert?
Meccans rejected Muhammad's teachings because of one of these reasons.
Muhammad asked that Jews and Christians be treated as lawful members of society. This is one of three things that Muslims, Christians, and Jews have in common.
What is that all three believe in one God, they all feel that Jerusalem is a holy city, and they all lived in the Muslim empire?
This is the name of the first caliph.
What is Abu Bakr?
A holy book that contains the messages that Gabriel told Muhammad.
What is the Qur'an?
This was Muhammad's first convert to Islam.
Who was Khadijah?
This happened to his followers as a result of Muhammad's preaching.
What is persecuted?
This is a teaching in Islam that Jews and Christians have holy writings given by God.
What is being "People of the Book"?
This is the part of Arab culture that united the Muslim empire the MOST.
What is the language (Arabic)?
Mecca became a wealthy city because of this geographic feature.
What is location on trade routes?
The word Muslim means this.
What is those who surrender to God?
The Dome of the Rock, which marks the place where Muhammad ended his Night Journey, according to Muslim tradition, is found in this city.
What is Jerusalem?
The fact that Meccans failed to capture this Muslim city was what inspired more Arabs to convert to Islam.
What is Medina?
The Muslim empire built their capital city, Cordoba, which is located in this present-day country.
What is Spain?