Terminology
Vocabulary
People
Events
Laws, Facts, Etc.
100
The ancient Arabic name for Medina.
What is Yathrib?
100
A bustling market town at the crossroads of several caravan routes.
What is a Mecca?
100
Nomadic Herders
Who is the Bedouins?
100
The Arab Muslims marched from victory to victory against two great empires on their borders
What is under the first four caliphs?
100
A body of law that includes interpretation of the Quarn
What is Sharia?
200
The journey that Muhammad took from Mecca to Medina in AD 622
What is Hijra?
200
Known as "city of the Prophet"
What is Medina?
200
Muhammad's father in law and an early convert to Islam
Who is Abu Bakr?
200
Refers to the period in history of Islam during the middle ages
What is the Islamic Golden Age?
200
The oldest surviving Islamic building
What is The Dome of the Rock?
300
Called the "house of worship"
What is Mosques?
300
The temple the Muhammad believed Abraham had built to worship the one true God
What is Kaaba?
300
Group of Muslims that orginated as a political movement supporting Ali as the rightful leader of the Islamic state
Who is Shiites?
300
Muslim civilization absorbed traditions from many cultures
What is under the Abbasids?
300
Reflected the diverse traditions of various peoples who lived under Muslim rule
What is Muslims art and literature?
400
Pilgrimage to Mecca
What is Hajj?
400
The sacred text of Islam
What is Quran?
400
A dynasty of Sunni caliphs that ruled the Muslim empire until 750
What is the Umayyad Caliphates?
400
Egypt became the center of an empire,during what?
What is during the Fatimid?
400
The book of Kings, tells a history of Persia
What is the Shah?
500
*Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophet-hood of Muhammad *Establishment of the daily prayers *Concern for and almsgiving to the needy *Self-purification through fasting *The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.
What is the Five Pillars of Muslim?
500
Struggle in God's service
What is Jihad?
500
A pharmacist, dispenses medicine in a Spanish market
Who is a Jewish Apothecary?
500
The Fatimids developed an extensive trade network in both the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean
What is during the Fatimid era?
500
The art of beautiful handwriting
What is Calligraphy?
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