Foundation
According to Islam, he was Gods final and most important messanger.
Who was Muhhamad?
Muslims are required to pray this many times per day.
What is 5?
Muhammads occupation before becoming a prophet?
The holy book of Islam.
What is the Qu'ran?
Islam spread to this place and was called al-Andalus by Muslims.
What is Spain?
Muslims believe that this person existed but was NOT the son of God.
Who was Jesus?
During this holy month, Muslims are required to fast during daylight hours.
What is Ramadan?
Escaping Mecca, Muhammad traveled to this city to raise a community of believers.
What is Medina?
The private royal library of the Abbasid Caliphates in Baghdad.
What is the House of Wisdom?
The Islamic government that spread to India was called the Dehli ___________.
What is the Sultanate?
The origin story of Islam began in this city in the Arabian Peninsula.
What is Mecca?
Found in Mecca, this cube structure is the focal point of Islamic prayers.
What is the Ka'aba?
This title means "successor to Muhammad.
What is Caliph?
Islamic tax placed on non-Muslims in the Abbasid and Ottoman eras.
What is the Jizya?
Islamic poets, scholars, and artists contibuted to a Golden Age of Muslim Spain centered around this city.
What is Cordoba?
The 2 major denominations of Islam.
Who are Sunni and Shia?
This pillar is similar to tithing where Muslims are required to give 2.5% of their income to the poor or needy.
What is Alms?
Muslims belive Muhammad made a night journey to this city and ascended to heaven to speak to God.
What is Jerusalem?
Ibn Sina was famous for his influential textbook about this.
What is medicine?
This Muslim Empires strength, wealth, and splendor was only matched by the Incas and Ming China.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Laws on society and morality found in the Qu'ran.
What is Sharia?
This 5th Pillar, AKA the trip to Mecca, is required for those fit for the journey.
What is the Hajj?
Following the death of Muhammad, the Arab Umayyads ruled the caliphate and then this Persian tribe ruled for about 500 years.
Who were the Abbasids?
Ottoman Turks put a final end to the Byzantine Empire when they conquered this city and renamed it Istanbul.
What is Constantinople?
Seljuk Turks ended the Abbasid Caliphate and their rulers took this title.
What is Sultan?