Vocab
What's going without food or drink for a period of time called?
Fasting
What language did God speak while delivering his message to Muhammad?
Arabic
what place did Islam scholars meet?
The house of wisdom
Who was on the trade routes to spread the word of God?
Merchants
Who over threw the Umayyad dynasty?
Abbasids
What's the holy book of Islam called?
Qur'an
Whats the name (or number) of the pillar where you donate your money after a paycheck
Zakat (3)
What Indian game was made popular by the Muslims? (Especially in the house of wisdom)
Chess
What new form of art in Islam drew peoples attention?
Mosques
What are non-Arabic Muslims called?
Muwali
What's a person called who follows Islam and speaks Arabic?
A Muslim
Shia Muslims wanted what type of person to replace Muhammad after his death?
Blood Relative
What water based weapon did the Muslims make?
Torpedo
What year was Muhammad's death?
632
Which caliph found the House of Wisdom in Baghdad?
Al-Ma’mun
what is a person called who is chosen by God to share his message?
Prophet
Today 85% of Muslims practice this branch of Islam...
Sunni
Whats a device for lifting water?
Shadoof
Between what century's did Muslim merchants began to spread Islam?
8th-9th
Which area of land did the Muslims held on to for almost 800 years?
Spain
Whats the submission to the will of God called?
Islam
How many chapters are in the Qur'an?
114
Who named all the visible stars?
Al-Sufi
Where did the first people to convert to Islam (after the Middle East) live?
North Africa
When did the Umayyad caliphate move their capitol to Damascus?
661 CE