Mohammed
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The place it is believed that Mohammed ascended.

What is the rock over which the dome of the rock is built in Jerusalum.

100

The period of Islamic art that the Dome of the Rock was constructed.

What is the ummayad period?

100
A tower to call Muslims to prayer.
What is a Minaret?
100
Building erected on the former location of Solomon's Temple.
What is the Dome of the Rock?
100
Islamic rulers, regarded as successors of Muhammad.
What is a Caliph?
200
The year Mohammed was believed to have been born.
What is 570 CE?
200
When the Mosque of Selim II was built.
What is 1568-1575 CE?
200
In Islamic architecture, a vaulted rectangular recess opening onto a courtyard.
What is an Iwan?
200
Interior of the Dome of the Rock is covered with these.
What are mosaics?
200
All mosques are oriented toward this.
What is Mecca?
300
The city Mohammed fled to in 622 CE.
What is Medina?
300

When the first horseshoe-shaped arches where built in Cordoba, Spain.

What is 8th to 10th centuries?

300
An Islamic theological college adjoining and often containing a mosque.
What is a Midrasa?
300
A hall with a roof supported by columns.
What is Hypostyle?
300

The most holy structure in Islam

What is the kaba?

400

The 'recitations' of Mohammed.

What is the Quo'ran?

400
Important Christian city that fell to the Muslims in 1453.
What is Constantinople?
400
In a mosque, the pulpit on which the imam stands.
What is Minbar?
400
The unique arch element in Islamic architecture.
What is the 'horse-shoe' arch?
400
Never seen in Islamic Art.
What is the Human Figure?
500

From whom does Mohammed recieve the text of the Quo'ran?

God through Gabriel.

500
The year the Muslim influence and power ended in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain).
What is 1492?
500
A form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils"
What is Arabesque?
500
The greatest architect in the Muslim world.
Who is Sinan the Great?
500
Highest form of art in Islam?
What is Calligraphy?
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