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Not-so-Dark Ages
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Miscellaneous
100

Allah's final Prophet in the profession of faith

Muhammad

100

The sect of Islam that believes leaders should be descendants of Muhammad

Shi'a

100

The word meaning how big the earth is around its equator

Circumference

100

The location of the Dome of the Rock. Also a city conquered by Muslim forces in the early 7th century

Jerusalem

100

One of the two other Abrahamic Religoins

Judaism/Christianity

200

Giving a percentage of your income to those less fortunate

Alms

200

Islam faced a barrier against spreading due to this harsh geographic feature that dominates the Arabian Peninsula

A desert (or mountains)

200

Mathematical advancement where numbers are replaced with letters

Algebra

200

Wait for it...The group that ended the Islamic Golden Age by conquering its capital in 1258

The Mongols

200

There century when Muhammad experienced his first revelation

7th Century (600's- specifically 610 AD)

300

Pray five times a day facing this city...

Mecca

300

A famed battle between Muslim forces and the Franks, stopping Islamic expansion

Battle of Tours

300

The language that helped unify and spread Islam. It was the language of learning during the Medieval period.

Arabic

300

The capital of the Abbasid (later) Caliphate, home to the house of Wisdom

Baghdad

300

The numbers 0-9 are often called Arabic these...

Numerals

400

Muslims fast during Ramadan, commemorating the first of these by Muhammad...

Revelation (vision/received the Qur'an)

400

One of the two major Empires that bordered the growing Islamic influential region. Their temporary weakness help facilitate this growth...

Byzantine or Persian

400

A madrasa in Fez has a claim as one of the world's oldest these...1000 years older than the one in Miami

University

400

The capital of the Umayyad Caliphate, located in modern day Syria

Damascus 

400

Geometric art created by placing colorful tiles in a pattern 

Mossaic

500

The black temple at the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca

Kaaba
500

The branch of Islam that believes the leader does not have to be a direct descendant of Ali (and Muhammad)

Sunni

500

The name of this device used for navigation

Astrolabe

500

The city where Muhammad moved following his first revelation- this is where he gained a large following

Medina

500

Approximately how many Muslim practitioners are there in the world today...

A) 3.284 billion 

B) 1.907 billion

C) 1.061 billion 

B) 1.907 billion

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