People of the Islamic Empires
Places In the Arabic World
The Islamic Empires Strike Back
Islam - the Religion
Those Arabic Words
100
The prophet of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
100
A major Muslim city in Spain.
What is Cordoba?
100
The weaker of the two groups of Turks; the Ottomans were their much stronger cousins and were much more successful.
What are the Safavids?
100
The name of God in Arabic.
Who is Allah?
100
Arabic for "sacred place" - this is the sultan's private domain.
What is harem.
200
The founder of the Abbasid dynasty.
Who is Abu al-Abbas?
200
The capital of Egypt and a major Muslim city in Africa.
What is Cairo?
200
Turkish slave-soldiers who stopped the Mongol invasion.
Who are the Mamluks?
200
One of the two main Islamic factions; Shiites are the other.
Who are the Sunnis?
200
The title for the leader of most Islamic empires; translates from Arabic as "holder of power."
What is sultan?
300
The general who ended the Fatimid dynasty who also destroyed the Christian Crusaders.
Who is Saladin?
300
The city that all Muslims are expected to go to at least once in their life.
What is Mecca?
300
The founder of the Umayyad dynasty.
Who is Mu'awiyah?
300
One of the pillars of Islam known as the hajj. Required of all Muslims if they possibly can make it.
What is a pilgrimage to Mecca?
300
The Arabic word for a group of religious advisers to the Ottoman sultan.
What is the ulema?
400
The greatest Ottoman architect who built 81 mosques and other buildings in his lifetime.
Who is Sinan?
400
A very important city; was known before as Byzantium and Constantinople.
What is Istanbul?
400
This group was exempt from taxes in the Ottoman Empire.
What are merchants?
400
A type of meat that Muslims are forbidden from eating.
What is pork?
400
The title of the prime minister in most Islamic empires; the position that deals most closely with the sultan.
What is vizier?
500
Also known as "the Magnificent" and the ruler at the height of the Ottoman Empire.
Who is Suleyman I?
500
"The city of the Prophet;" originally was called Yathrib.
What is Medina?
500
The dynasty that started in Egypt, with its center at Cairo.
Who are the Fatimids?
500
The name for an Islamic church; many beautiful examples of these were built throughout the Middle East.
What is a mosque?
500
The title of the successor to Muhammad.
What is caliph?
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