This city was the home town of the prophet Muhammad, and is an important site for religious pilgrimage.
What is Mecca?
100
This man’s revelations form the basis of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
100
This is the holy text of Islam.
What is the Qur’an?
100
This language spread with Islam, and facilitated trade across Muslim lands.
What is Arabic?
100
This form of art popular in the Byzantine Empire was commonly used in Muslim religious buildings.
What is mosaic?
200
Southwest Asia is a crossroads of these three continents.
What are Europe, Asia, and Africa?
200
Muhammad believed this angel delivered messages to him from Allah.
Who is Gabriel?
200
Through these five pillars, Muslims demonstrate their submission to Allah.
What are: statement of faith, five daily prayers, charity to the poor, fasting during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca?
200
These two empires were weakened through years of conflict and lost vast territories to the Muslim Empire.
What are the Byzantine and Sassanid (Persian) Empires?
200
This early Islamic monument was built on the site of Muhammad’s night journey.
What is the Dome of the Rock?
300
The Islamic Civilization spread rapidly, despite the presence of these two types of geographic barriers.
What are deserts and mountains?
300
Before he received revelations from Allah, Muhammad had grown to respect these two religions.
What are Judaism and Islam?
300
Muslims accept the messages of these two Judeo-Christian prophets.
Who are any two of the following: Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, or Jesus?
300
At this battle, Muslim expansion into Western Europe was halted.
What is the Battle of Tours?
300
Multiple disciplines of learning were brought together and made available to students because they were translated into Arabic at these educational institutions.
What are universities?
400
The Arabian Peninsula was along this important trade route which linked China, India, Africa and Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
400
On Muhammad’s night journey, he ascended to heaven from this important religious city.
What is Jerusalem?
400
Practicing Muslims are subject to these two dietary restrictions.
What are pork and alcoholic beverages?
400
The question of succession to the prophet Muhammad would lead to the division of the Islamic community into these two groups.
What are Sunni and Shi’a?
400
Al-Khwarizmi is credited with developing this “art of bringing together unknowns to match a known quantity.”
What is algebra?
500
Muhammad and his early followers migrated to this Arabian city in what became known as the Hijrah.
What is Medina?
500
Muhammad married this wealthy business woman, who was about 15 years older than him.
Who is Khadijah?
500
Muslims showed tolerance to Jews and Christians and called them this.
What is "people of the book?"
500
This city, on the Tigris River, was constructed as the capital of the Muslim Empire; but it later fell to Mongol Invasions.
What is Baghdad?
500
The Islamic civilization developed the Arabic numeral system by building on developments from this civilization.