ISLAM
Explain 3 of the5 pillars of Islam
Faith, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, charity
What is the medina?
The city inside the wall
Who are the emirs?
The provincial governors
Name of the last Visigoth king
don Rodrigo
What is the capital of Al-Andalus?
Cordoba
What is the sacred book of Islam?
Quran (Corán)
What is a mosque?
Religious building in Islam
What is the name of the battle in which Don Rodrigo died?
Guadalete
What are taifas?
Independent muslim kingdoms
What was the name of the last Nasrid sultan?
Name three innovations that were introduced by the muslims
Rice, sugar cane, saffron, citrus fruits, artichokes, eggplants...
What is the Hégira and in what year does it occur?
Muhammad's escape from Mecca to Medina, 622
Golden Age of al-Andalus
Caliphate of Córdoba
Who are the muladís?
Christians converted to Islam
Name of the two North Africans dynasties that ruled al-Ándalus
Almoravids and almohads
Name of the 3 caliphates that emerged after the death of Muhammad
Orthodox, Umayyad and Abbasid
Most important authority in Islam (absolute power, including political and religious power)
Caliph
What happens in 929?
Caliphate of Cordoba starts
What is a "mozárabe"?
Christians living in muslim territory
Which kings conquer Granada and when?
The catholic Monarchs, 1492
Name of the sanctuary located in Mecca where the black stone is located
Kaaba
Religion before Mahoma in the Arabian Peninsula
Poliytheism
What is the name of the Muslim militar who begins the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula?
Tarik
Group within the Muslims that kept the power and the best lands after the conquest
Arabs
peoples of North Africa who were Islamized
Berbers