The Rise of Islam
Name of the supreme God of the Muslims.
Allah
A prime minister who is leading a council
Vizer
Means "Holder of power"
Sultan
Men were required to pay this.
Dowry
Ibn-Rushd wrote commentary for what?
Aristotle's surviving works
Prophet of Allah and founder of Islam.
Muhammed or Mohammed
To struggle in the way of God
Jihad
Pastoral horse-riding people from Outer China.
Mongols
Five main beliefs of Islam
Pillars of Islam
Name of clothing that keeps women modest and private from unwanted males.
Hijab
What caused communities within the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, etc.) to prosper?
a. Natural resources
b. Trade
c. Favorable climate
d. Powerful gods
Trade
Governor of Syria and one of Ali's chief rivals.
Mu'awiyan
First leader of the Mongol people.
Genghis Khan
It was after this empire when the Islamic world shifted from the city of Baghdad to Cairo, Egypt.
Fatimid Empire
Islamic scholar who wrote book entitled Muqaddimah which looked at the cyclical view of history.
Ibn-Khaldun
What problems did Muhammed encounter while trying to spread the message of Islam? 2 parts to this answer.
People did not accept his message and followers of Islam were persecuted.
Invading horde that destroyed the city of Baghdad and the new center of Islamic civilization became Cairo, in Egypt.
Mongols
By the 2nd half of the 11th century who was putting military pressure on the Byzantine Empire?
Seljuk Turks
Who played a prominent role in the rise of Islam during the time of Muhammed?
Women
Wrote book entitled Rubaryat a famous book on Middle Eastern literature.
Omar Khayyam
Five behaviors encouraged by the five pillars of Islam.
Belief, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, and Pilgrimage
In general, in what direction did the Arab campaigns lead?
North
Wrote "The History of the Arab People."
Albert Hourani
Women of ancient Mesopotamia viewed wearing a veil as a sign of what?
Deserving respect
Name of instrument which could calculate day length, tell time, locate constellations in the sky, solve astrological problems, and determined the start and end of months and year.
Astrolabe