Byzantine Empire
Origins of Islam
Islam methods of worship
Muslim Civilization
Ottoman Empire
100
Name of the body of water that connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
What is the Bosporus Strait?
100
The place of Muhammad's birth, and still the most holy city of Islam.
What is Mecca?
100
The basic obligations of all Muslim people.
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
100
A period of strong economic development from 800 to 1100 A.D.
What is the 'Golden Age?'
100
The powerful leader of the Ottoman empire, otherwise known as 'the lawgiver'
Who is Suleyman?
200
Name of reorganized legal system in the Byzantine empire.
What is the Justinian code?
200
Most people living on the Arabian peninsula traveled frequently and were called this.
What are nomads?
200
The name of the Muslim holy book.
What is the Quran?
200
The attack on this Christian city was unsuccessful, but it encouraged people in the region to convert to Islam.
What is Constantinople?
200
Date when the Ottomans finally conquered Constantinople.
What is 1453?
300
Occurred when the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox church divided.
What is the Great Schism?
300
Name of God in the Muslim religion.
Who is Allah?
300
During this period, Muslims must fast from sunrise to sunset.
What is Ramadan?
300
This group of Muslims used poetry and literature to become closer to God.
Who were the Sufis?
300
The Ottoman rulers had this strategy with regards to religion.
What is tolerance?
400
War with these people contributed to the Byzantine's decline in the 1100s.
Who were the Venetians?
400
Name of the migration to Medina.
What is a hijra?
400
Number of times per day a Muslim is called to prayer
What is five?
400
This publication shows how important science was to ancient Muslim societies.
What is the Canon of Medicine by Ibn Sina?
400
The Ottoman empire was strongest in the Anatolian peninsula, which is in this present day country.
What is Turkey?
500
Occurred when Christians fought over the Holy Land in the 1200s.
What were the Crusades?
500
Name of Muslim group that does not believe their leader must descend from Muhammad
Who are Sunnis?
500
This pillar of Islam stressing giving charity to the poor.
What is almsgiving?
500
This event kept Islam from spreading any further into the European continent.
What is the Battle of Tours?
500
The Ottoman victory over Constantinople was successful because of the use of this form of technology.
What is gunpowder (or cannons)?
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