Arab Innovations 2
Located in Agra, India, this is the great tomb that Shah Jahan built for his late wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
These are the creations of Muslim rulers to improve trade within the Islamic empire(s).
What are coins?
These four men, often family members, were the immediate successors to Muhammad.
Who are the "first (four) Caliphs"?
This "dynasty" of Arab rulers ruled from the city of Damascus in modern day Syria.
Who are the Umayyads?
The two sects of the Islamic faith that began to divide the religion.
Who are the Sunni and Shia?
Al-Razi is credited for "starting" this scientific field.
What is chemistry?
This is an anatomical system that are Muslim doctors credited for "discovering".
What is the circulatory system?
This man is considered one of the greatest Muslim rulers, ruling the Ottoman empire during its "golden age".
Who is Suleiman I?
This new "dynasty" of Muslim rulers moved the capitol city to Baghdad, and they focused on improving trade and culture throughout the empire.
Who are the Abassids?
This sect of Islamic peoples were mainly non-Arabs from places such as Mesopotamia and Persia, who rebelled against the Umayyad dynasty to establish the line of Abassid caliphs.
Who are the Shia Muslims (Shiites)?
He was a Persian poet who wrote one of the most famous poems of all time, the Rubaiyat.
Who is Omar Khayyam?
This Persian doctor wrote the Canon of Medicine, which includes descriptions of medicines as well as how diseases spread.
Who is al-Razi?
These special group of Muslims were the leading preachers who spread the faith of Islam all over the empire.
Who were the Sufis?
This nomadic ethnic group first conquered Baghdad and ended the Abassid dynasty, but then they were eventually pushed out of power by the invasion of the Mongols.
Who were the Seljuk Turks?
This dynasty was established in Persia and birthed the Urdu language, which is spoken in modern day Pakistan.
Who were the Safavids?
This Persian scholar is credited for inventing algebra.
Who is al-Khawarizmi?
He was a Muslim historian that is credited for first analyzing cause-and-effect relationships to explain historical events.
Who is Ibn Khaldun?
This emperor was responsible for a prosperous period in the Mogul empire.
Who was Akbar?
He was the Shia leader who proclaimed himself king of Persia, establishing the Safavid dynasty.
Who was Ismail?
This imperial Muslim rulers lost control of India due to rebellion from the Sikhs and imperial English influence.
Who were the Moguls?
This era in Europe was inspired and "reborn" after the works of Muslim thinkers like Ibn Rushd, whose Arabic writings about Greek philosophers were eventually translated.
What is the Renaissance?
He was a Jewish philosopher and poet that lived in Muslim Spain, who is known for writing The Well of Life, a text influenced by Greek philosophers.
Who was Solomon ben Gabirol?
This great palace, located in Granada, Spain, is an example of the buildings Muslim rulers would live in.
What is the Alhambra?
This leader of the banished Turkish clans lent his name to the newly founded "Ottoman" Empire in Asia Minor.
Who was Osman?
Because of their focus on trade and culture as opposed to religious unification, the Abassid dynasty lost control of these four major territories.
What were (Muslim) Spain, Egypt, Persia, and India?