Founded in Baghdad as a center of scholarship and religion
House of Wisdom
Islam was stopped from spreading into northern Europe at this battle
Battle of Tours
A Muslim leader
The Caliph
A form of artistic patterns that uses linear patterns
Arabesque
This group believed any rightful leader could be the caliph
The Sunni's
Islamic shrine built on the temple mount in Jerusalem
Dome of the Rock
This is one major difference between Islam and the religion that proceeded it in Mecca
Islam is monotheistic
This group believed that only descendants of the Prophet could lead the caliphate
Shia Muslims
Round city built by the Abbasid Caliphate
Baghdad
A handheld two-dimensional model of the sky
An astrolabe
He was the first caliph after the death of Muhammed
Abu Bakr
Caliphate located in Egypt and north Africa that claimed to descend from Muhammed's daughter
The Fatimid Caliphate
Religious building covered in black cloth found in Mecca
Kabba
An Islamic institute of higher learning
The Madrasa