Muhammad
Daily Life in Early Arabia
Spread of Islam
Muslim Way of Life
Muslim Achievements
100
Followers of the religion he established are called this.
What are Muslims?
100
Desert stretches over most of the Arabian peninsula where water is scarce, but can be found at these green areas that are fed by an underwater source.
What is an oasis?
100
Soon after Muhammad's death, Muslims split into these two groups.
What are the Sunnis and Shiites?
100
One of the five pillars of Islam is that all must face this holy city and pray five times a day. It is the birth place of Muhammad and Islam.
What is Makkah (Mecca)?
100
This modern country has more Muslims than any other country.
What is Indonesia?
200
This was Muhammad's first successor or the first caliph. He was also Muhammad's father-in-law.
Who was Abu Bakr?
200
This is how early Arab merchants would transport goods across the desert.
What is by caravan?
200
One of the first real Arabic empires, this empire spread the Arabic language and Islam. Their capital was the city of Damascus in Syria.
What is the Umayyad?
200
An important part of every Muslim city was this, or the market place, usually found in the city's center.
What is the bazaar?
200
This famous Arab was a poet, mathematician, and astronomer and wrote some of the world's most accomplished poetry.
Who was Omar Khayyam?
300
Before Muhammad began Islam, the Arabic people were polytheistic, worshipping nature gods in the kaaba. After Muhammad established Islam, the Muslims built and worshipped in these buildings.
What is a mosque?
300
These people traveled from oasis to oasis for water. They are the desert nomads.
Who are the Bedouins?
300
Like Christian missionaries, a group called this spent their time praying and teaching Islam.
Who are the Sufis?
300
Muslim traders were successful because they provided merchants with these.
What are coins?
300
One of the most famous buildings in India, it is a tomb.
What is the Taj Mahal?
400
This social group felt threatened by Muhammad and Islam and even plotted to assassinate Muhammad.
Who were the wealthy merchants?
400
This is what the word "Islam" means.
What is "surrendering to the will of god"?
400
This famous Ottoman sultan was a man of many talents building many schools and mosques. He was also a brilliant general who expanded the empire even in to Europe.
Who was Suleiman I?
400
The Quran, or the holy book of Islam, gives guidance for daily life and this, or how to run a country.
What is government?
400
This city became a center of learning and art in west Africa.
What is Timbuktu?
500
After moving from his home town to Yathrib (Medinah), Muhammad raised an army to fight and eventually conquered the people here, but showed them great mercy.
What is Mecca (Makkah)?
500
Muslim people fell in to different social groups based on this.
What is power and wealth?
500
This Mongolian ruler conquered the Arab empire after the Ottoman Empire fell. Although his soldiers burned and destroyed Baghdad, he was a peaceful ruler who allowed the Muslims to keep their religion.
Who was Akbar?
500
Muslims are expected to fulfill the five pillars of Islam throughout their life. One of these is the call to do this during the month of Ramadan.
What is fasting?
500
An Abbasid caliph named Mamun founded this where he and many Muslim scholars collected ideas from the Christians, Greeks, Persians and Indians. These Muslim scholars are accredited with saving much of the learning of the ancient world.
What is The House of Wisdom?
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