Key Terms
The Aramaic word for "God" in the language of Assyrian Christians.
What is Allah?
To benefit the poor and the needy.
What is Alms Giving?
Islamic word for "striving".
What is Jihad?
1. Were they treated equally?
2. Did they have a strict dress code?
3. Could the have jobs?
4. Were they treated as property or people?
5. Are they allowed to drive?
What is 5 questions about the role of women?
A Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine.
Who is al-Razi?
The founder of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
Happens during the month of Ramadan.
What is Fasting?
Located on the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean.
What is The 2 Major Sea Trading Networks?
1. Brahmins (Priests)
2. Kshatriyas (Rulers)
3. Vaishyas (artisans, merchants, tradesmen and farmers)
4. Shudras (labouring classes)
What the 4 social classes?
Wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and linguistics.
who is Ibn Rushd?
The religion of Muslims.
What is Islam?
A trip to the holy city Mecca.
What is Pilgrimage?
The Arabic name for financial certificates.
What is Sakk(s)?
A model of objects in the sky (on the celestialsphere).
what is the armillary sphere?
Scholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography under the patronage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun.
Who is Al-Khwarizmi?
A large private library belonging to the Abbasid Caliphs.
What is House of Wisdom?
Reciting the Muslim profession.
What is Faith?
The personality of Prophet Muhammad.
What is a Reason for Success?
The seventh Abbasid caliph.
Who is Caliph al-Ma'mum?
An Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age.
Who is Ibn al-Haytham?
A Muslim ascetic and mystic.
What is Sufi?
Muslims do this 5 times a day.
What is prayer?
allowed them to follow own religion b/c Qur'an forbade forced conversion; had to pay poll tax to be exempt from military.
What is treatment of conquered people?
An elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers and navigators to measure the inclined position in the sky of a celestial body, day or night.
what is an astrolabe?
Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician.
Who is Moses Ben Maimonides?