Islam
Founder of Islam
Who is Mahammad?
Rivers in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Highland area or very flat land
What is a plateau?
A form of writing invented by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
Muhammad's birthplace
What is Mecca?
System for watering crops created by Sumerians
What is irrigation?
World's largest desert
What is the Sahara?
Pictures that represent objects
What are pictographs?
Islam's sacred text
What is the Qur'an?
Belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
A broad grassland
What is a savannah?
Amount of symbols in the cuneiform alphabet
What are over 2,000?
Muslim's religious duties
What are the 5 pillars?
Priests, merchants, and large land owners
What is the wealthy class?
West African most prized mineral
What is gold?
A small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound
What is an alphabet?
Existence of 1 God
What is Islam's central belief?
First rulers of the city-states
What are kings?
This was when North Africans traveled across the Sahara to trade with West Africans
What is the Trans-Sahara Trade?
This group of people created an alphabet that looks much like our today
Who are the Romans?