Roots of Islam
Who is Islam's prophet?
Muhammad
What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
Qur'an
While the Umayyads were ruling, Islam split into what two branches?
Sunni and Shi'ite
Who was Ibn Rushd?
wrote influential books on medicine
What are abstract drawings in mosques called?
arabesques
Mecca's political leaders made it difficult for him
How are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity alike?
All three consider Abraham an important prophet.
Which Shi'ite dynasty was a major rival of the Ottomans?
Safavid
What was constructed to plot the movement of the stars?
observatories
Decoration inside a mosque was often elaborate featuring elaborate writings called what?
calligraphy
How do Muslims describe Muhammad?
As their greatest prophet
Why do Muslims strive to follow the Sunna?
They believe it provides instructions on how to live a godly life.
Which is the main reason why the Ottoman Empire lasted into the 1900's?
The rulers gave non-Muslims religious freedom
Why were al-Zahrawi's writings important?
The recommended medical treatments for a wide range of illnesses.
A typical mosque was topped by a large dome and had one or more what?
minarets
How did Muslims treat the people they conquered?
They allowed them to follow their own faiths
A teacher who leads services at a mosque is called what?
Imam
What happened near the end of the Safavid Empire?
It had poor leadership because of weak shahs.
Muslim scholars followed the work of which two Greek mathematicians?
Euclid and Archimedes
A four-line rhyming poem known as a quatrain was made popular by ?
Omar Khayyam
Why did Arabia become important in the 600's?
It connected Asia, Africa and Europe
What was the purpose of the Mihrab?
Who ruled the Ottoman Empire during its strongest period?
Suleyman l
Medieval Muslim leaders played a key role in preserving and building on the intellectual works of which three places?
Greece, Persia, India
The best known popular work of literature is called what?
The Thousand and One Nights