Important Places
This city was the center of trade prior to Islam, and the center of Islam after its birth.
What is Mecca?
Muhammad was visited by this religious figure in a cave outside of Mecca.
Who is the angel Gabriel?
Muslim prayer is performed this many times of day.
What is five?
VOCABULARY QUESTION: After Muhammad's death, Abu Bakr became the what of the Islamic empire?
What is "caliph"?
The center for scholarship that attracted scholars from all religious faiths & all regions of the world under Abbasid rule was known as:
What is "The House of Wisdom"?
The most central idea of Muhammad's message was...
What is: "there is only 1 God" ?
Fasting during this time is meant to show a Muslim's devotion of God.
What is Ramadan?
The appeal of Islam in part was that this awaited believers who do good works, and those who are devoted to God.
What is "Paradise"?
Muslim scholars discovered this about disease:
What is "it is transmitted through the air"?
What is Medina?
Muslim followers wrote down the words of God as spoken by Muhammad in this sacred text.
What is the Qur'an?
The third pillar of Islam states that one must do this.
What is "give 2.5%" of your earnings to charity?
The Islamic Empire expanded into 3 continents, conquering this famous city in Spain.
What is Cordoba?
As a result of the beautiful architecture and culture of learning, Baghdad was labeled this:
What is "the Pride of Islam"?
What is Baghdad?
This group of Muslims felt caliphs should be direct descendants of Muhammad.
Who are the Shia?
True or False: Muslims depict God and Muhammad in religious images & texts.
What is false?
The Islamic Empire conquered much of these two empires.
Identify two academic disciplines that were valued by Muslim scholars.
What are: astronomy, engineering, geography/cartography, medicine, algebra, trigonometry, the classics (Greek writings)?
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
This marks an important milestone in Muslim history & marks year 1 of the Islamic calendar.
What is the hejira?
The rituals of the hajj are meant to symbolize this.
What is the recreation of past religious events.
Muslim leadership was known to be religiously tolerant, requiring only this of those non-Muslims who lived in the empire.
What is a religious tax or jizya?
Muslim scholars pursued knowledge & innovation mostly in order to...
What is "solve the practical problems/questions of the empire"?