Geography
What was the climate like in the Arabian Peninsula?
Hot, Dry, with very little rain fall
What is the name of the Islamic holy book?
The Quran
What empire was founded in the 1500s in Persia?
Safavid empire
The number system we use today is called
Arabic numerals
Who do Muslims believe is the messenger in Islam?
What was the main obstacle that occupied several areas in the Arabian Peninsula?
Deserts
The Islamic code of law is called
Sharia
What empire rose in Anatolia/Asia Minor?
The Ottoman Empire
Muslims used this form of literary art to express themselves
Poetry
Muhammad's Successor
Abu bakar
What is the name of a place in the desert where water can be found?
Oasis
What are the two types of Muslim groups?
Sunnis and Shias
What empire had large control of south Asia?
Mughal Empire
In order to study the Quran
Muslim Physician and Philosopher
Ibn Sina
The Arabian Peninsula had access to what three continents?
What are the Five pillars of Islam?
Faith in one god, Prayer, Ramadan, Pilgrimage, Charity.
What was the first dynasty to emerge in the Middle East?
umayyad dynasty
Muslim Scholars were very skilled in what two fields?
Philosophy and Medicine
The Persian poet is called
Rumi
What are the two oceans that people used for sea based trade in the Arabian Peninsula?
Mediterranean sea and the Indian sea
Why did Muhammad move from Mecca to Medina?
To avoid being persecuted by the meccans who did not agree with the message he was spreading.
The Abbasids
The Arabs gave us what concept when it comes to math?
The greatest Mughal emperor
Akbar