Places
The geography of the what is almost entirely desertous? The hot temperatures and the arid climate made agriculture tough.
The Arabian Peninsula
Who was the Prophet of Islam?
Muhammad
What is the holy city for Islam?
Mecca
The death of who in 632 AD left the Islam community uncertain?
Muhammad
The Abbasids were what kind of regime? Heavy into art, math, and philosophy.
Progressive Regime
Most people who lived on the Peninsula were nomadic traders and herders who migrated in search of whatever fertile land they could find. What was this landform?
Desert Oasis
These people were traders and herders that were organized into tribes.
The Bedouin Tribes
What did the new faith become known as in Mecca when Muhammad returned in 613 AD
Islam
What word means " successor" or "deputy"?
Caliph
Baghdad
What was the middle shrine called in the center of the holy city Mecca?
Kabba
Tribes in Islam were known as what?
Clans
What did Muhammad have at the age of 40, that would drastically change the nature of religious belief?
Revelation
Who was the first Caliph in Islam expansion
Abu-Bakr
What subject did the Muslim Culture start studying to help locate Mecca?
Astronomy
What European city in Spain was home to the Islamic Faith?
Cordoba
Who was the angel that told Muhammad to preach the word of Allah?
Gabriel
When Muhammad returned to Mecca, what was the Islamic community known as?
Umma
These people were known for their art and lavish lifestyle in Islamic Culture?
The Umayyads
What university in Baghdad brought people around the world to translate classical works from other cultures?
House of Wisdom
What city did Muhammad flee to in 622 AD?
Yathrib
Who was the wealthy business women that saw promise in Muhammad
Kadijah
Who were the people that passed through Mecca, and were not willing to change the cultural landscape of the city?
Religious Pilgrims
This family overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate in 750 AD?
The Abbasids
Who recorded the first flight with a set of wings?
Ibn Firnas