People
Clergy, like priests or Rabbis, in Islam
What are imams?
Holiest prophet of Islam - Not divine, Founder of Islam
Monotheistic religions of “Muslims”-Literally means “To Submit”
What is Islam?
The language of the Islamic World
What is Arabic?
pilgrimage, charity, faith, prayer, and fasting
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
The guy who does the “call to prayer” from the top of the minaret
What are muezzins?
Poet, mathematician, and astronomer of the Golden Age of Islam
Who is Omar Khayyam?
Arabic word for God
What does Allah mean?
Leader of the Islamic Empire, king or emperor
caliph
An Islamic house of worship (like a Synagogue or Church
What is a mosque?
Groups of merchants traveling together over land for ease and safety
What are caravans?
Poet, mathematician, and astronomer of the Golden Age of Islam
Who is Harun ar-Rashid?
The Holy Book of Islam
What is the Koran/Quran
Caliphate of the Islamic World- Ruled from Baghdad 750-1258 A.D.
Abbasid
Sufi poet, founded The Whirling Dervishes
Who is Rumi?
Islamic branch, about 85% of Islam who belives a devout Koran Scholar from Muhammad’s tribe should be Caliph
What are Sunnis?
Who is Al-Khwarizmi?
Literally “Rule by God” - in practice means rule by religious leaders
What is a theocracy?
A time of great peace and prosperity in the Empire of Islam
What is the Golden Age?
School of Higher Learning in Baghdad where Greek and Latin texts were translated in Arabic
What is the House of Wisdom?
Islamic branch, about 15% of Islam who believes a direct descendant of Muhammad should be Caliph
What are Shiites?
Compiled the “Canon of Medicine” - translated Greek and Latin medical texts into Arabic
Who is Ibn Sina/Avicenna
Islamic Laws
What is the Sharia?
Caliphate (Dynasty) of Islamic world - Ruled from Damascus 680-750 A.D.
Umayyad
Nomadic Tribes of Arabia before the coming of Islam