Key Words: Islam
Mosque
Acceptance of differences
Faith, Prayer, Fasting, Sharing, Hajj
The five pillars of Islam
What created the Islamic Empires' accumulation of wealth
Control of lots of land and trade that went through it (just trade acceptable answer, just land not acceptable)
The name of the force that keeps us on the ground
Gravity
A man who calls Muslims to prayer
Muezzin
Patron
The fundamental similarity between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Monotheism - belief in one God
What the Islamic empires had that made the Golden Age possible
Money! Lots of it
The fear of tight or enclosed spaces
Claustrophobia
A month in the Islamic Calendar where Muslims fast
Ramadan
An Islamic leader, both religious and political
Caliph
How Christians and Jews were treated while living under Muslim Rule - and their extra responsibility
With respect, but Christians and Jews had to pay extra taxes
Contributions to Sciences during the Golden Age
mathematical improvements, like the invention of Algebra and positive / negative numbers
the name of the mathematician that created the formula a2+b2=c2
Pythagoras
The sacred journey / pilgrimage to Mecca
A Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer
Omar Khayyam
The two main groups of Islam
Contributions to the Arts during the Golden Age
Poems (like by Omar Khayyam) and popular stories, such as Aladdin
The country/region of the world where chess was invented
The holy book of Islam
Quran
The Caliph of Baghdad during the Golden Age
Harun ar-Rashid
The cause of the schism, and what each side believed
The death of Muhammed - one side believes that any faithful Muslim could be Caliph (leader), the other believes that a relative of Muhammed should be the next leader
The approximate years of Islam's Golden Age
800-1100 AD
The longest lasting alliance in the world is between these two countries
England and Portugal