Five Pillars
Pilgrimage
Hajj
Founder of Islam, said to have received revelations from Angel Gabriel which became the Koran (Qu’ran); NOT divine
Mohammed
Mohammed’s hometown; the holiest city in Islam
Mecca
The branch of mathematics pioneered during the Golden Age of Islam
Algebra
The black “box” shrine in Mecca; Muslims world-wide play towards this
Kaaba
Charity
Zakaat
Astronomer, Mathematician, and Poet of the Islamic world
Omar Khayyam
An Islamic house of worship
Mosque
The study of stars + heavenly bodies
Astronomy
Groups of merchants traveling together over land for ease and safety
Caravans
Faith
Shahada
Wealthy Caliph of Baghdad during the Golden Age of Islam, Founder of the House of Wisdom
Harun ar-Rashid
2nd holiest city in Islam, where Mohammed flees during the Hijrah
Medina
The study of animal life pioneered during the empire of Islam
Zoology
An area of water in the desert, used as a way-point by Caravans
Oasis
Prayer
Salaah
Father of Algebra, worked at the House of Wisdom
Al-Khwarizmi
School of higher learning in Baghdad; translates from Greek + Latin into Arabic
House of Wisdom
Form of “fancy” writing, used as Art in the Muslim World
Calligraphy
The Holy Book of Islam
Koran (Qur'an)
Fasting
Sawm
Compiled the “Canon of Medicine,” a collection of Greek, Roman, and Arabic medical knowledge
Ibn Sina/Avicenna
3rd holiest city in Islam, also holy to Christians and Jews
Jerusalem
Long-distance payment method pioneered by Arab Caravan Traders
Checks
Places in the empire of Islam where people could go to buy medicine
Pharmacies