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100
This Muslim group believes that all Muslim people should be involved in religious decisions.
Who are the Sunni?
100
The Arabic word meaning "submission to the will of God."
What is Islam?
100
The "successor to the Prophet".
Who was the caliph?
100

These group of people had more rights under Islamic law than under Arab law.

Who are women?

100
The Qur'an allowed women to keep their own property and money if they did this.
What is got divorced?
200
The Muslim holy book.
What is the Qur'an?
200
This early Islamic doctor compiled a medical encyclopedia that was used in Europe for centuries.
Who was al-Razi?
200
This was the main activity of the Muslim economy - leading them to advance the sciences of geography and astronomy.
What is trade?
200
Major contributions to these three sciences can be attributed to the Muslims.
What are geography, medicine and astronomy?
200
Along with Baghdad, this city was a center of medical learning.
What is Cordoba?
300
When Muhammad died, this man became the leader of Islam. He expanded the influence of Islam beyond Arabia.
Who was Abu Bakr?
300
This Muslim group felt that decisions should be left up to the imams.
Who are the Shi'ah?
300
Muhammad had this occupation before he began Islam.
What is a trader?
300
The Sunni and Shi'ah split over a dispute over this title in Islam.
What is the Caliph?
300
Muslims adapted and improved this Greek device, used by sailors for navigation.
What is the astrolabe?
400

Berber Umayyad commander of a Muslim army invaded and conquered Spain.

Who was Tariq ibn Ziyad?

400
This strong Muslim leader conquered much of the Persian Empire, further expanding the Islamic world.
Who was Umar?
400
In the 1100s, these people became the ruling force in the Islamic world.
Who are the Turks?
400
When Muslims conquered a territory, they did not force the people of the region to do this.
What is convert to Islam?
400
Al-Khwarizmi invented this form of Math that has given teenagers fits for centuries.
What is algebra (al-jabr)?
500

Muslim community split when this major Caliph (leader) was murdered.

Who was Uthman?

500
This literary character is the basis for "The Thousand and One Nights" - the most widely read Muslim folktales in history.
Who is Scheherazade?
500
This major city of the Byzantine Empire had NOT been conquered by the Muslims in 750.
What is Constantinople?
500
These Muslim governors reported to the caliphs in Baghdad, Cairo and Cordoba.
Who were caliphates?
500
Muslims are not allowed to do this, so their art is limited to geometric and floral designs.
What is show the forms of God, humans or animals?
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