FATIMIDS
WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAPITAL OF THE FATIMID EMPIRE
AL-MAHDIYYA - THE PALACE CITY
NAME AT LEAST 2 OF THE FESTIVALS WE CELEBRATE AS MUSLIMS
NAVROZ, EID AL-FITR, EID AL-ADHA, EID E-GHADIR (SHIAS)
WHO AM I?
I WAS APPOINTED AS THE OFFICIAL COURT POET OF IMAM AL-MUIZZ
IBN-HANI
WHAT IS
THE LONGEST RIVER
HAS MULTIPLE USES SUCH AS TRADING
CONNECTED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND
RUNS SOUTH TO NORTH
THE RIVER NILE
WHAT DO GREP AND FUBA STAND FOR?
GREP = GREEKS, ROMANS, EGYPTIANS, & PERSIANS
FUBA = FATIMIDS, UMAYYADS, BYZANTINES, & ABBASIDS
WHO WAS THE IMAM CALIPH THAT SENT JAWHAR AL-SIQUILLI TO CAPTURE FUSAT AND FIND CAIRO
IMAM AL-MUIZZ
WHAT DOES DAR AL-IIM MEAN
THE HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE
WHO AM I
I CAPTURED FUSTAT AND ESTABLISHED A CITY NORTHEAST OF IT CALLED CAIRO ON THE COMMAND OF IMAM AL-MUIZZ
JAWAHAR AL-SIQUILI
WHAT WAS THE MAIN CANAL CALLED THAT WENT FROM THE NILE TO CAIRO
AL-KHALIJ
NAME THE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS OF BOOKS THE PALACE LIBRARY CONSISTED OF (AT LEAST 4)
HISTORY
ASTRONOMY
MEDICINE
MATHEMATICS
GRAMMAR
SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE
TRADITIONS OF THE PROPHETS AND THE IMAMS
NAME ALL THE CITIES ESTABLISHED BY THE FATIMIDS
AL-QAHIRA (CAIRO)
AL-MANSURIYA
AL-MAHDIYYA
WHAT IS A CARAVANSERAI?
IT IS A REST PLACE FOR TRAVELERS WHERE THEY CAN SLEEP, FRESHEN UP (LIKE A REST STOP)
WHO AM I
GREAT ISMAILI THINKER WHO SPENT SEVERAL YEARS AT THE COUR OF IMAM AL-HAKIN AND WROTE MANY BOOKS
AL-KIRMANI
WHAT RELIGIONS WERE IN EGYPT DURING THE RULE OF THE FATIMIDS AND WHAT ARE THESE RELIGIONS CALLED?
CHRISTIANITY
JUDAISM
ISLAM
THEY ARE THE ABRAHAMIC FAITHS
I WAS A MOSQUE WHICH WAS THEN TURNED INTO A LEARNING CENTER AND THEN INTO A UNIVERSITY. I ALSO HAVE A PARK THAT HARZAR IMAM OPENED
AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY
AL-AZHAR PARK
NAME ALL 6 COURT OFFICALS OF THE FATIMID EMPIRE
PRINCES AND AMBASSADORS
THE CHIEF JUDGE
THE CHANCELLOR
THE DAIS
THE GOVERNOS
THE VIZIER
NAME THE 3 MAJOR SPLITS AS DISCUSSED IN CLASS
SHIAS AND SUNNIS
ISMAILS AND ITNAH AASHARIS
NIZARIS AND MUSTANLIANS
NAME THESE PEOPLE:
1) I AM A SCIENTIST WORKING IN CAIRO UNDER THE RULE OF IMAM AL-HAKIM... I MADE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES ON HOW LIGHT RAYS BEHAVE AND HOW THE EYE WORK WHICH LED TO THE INVENTION OF THE CAMERA
2) I WAS A DIA THAT TRAVELED TO CAIRO AND WAS LATER APPOINTED CHIEF DAI.
1) IBN AL-HAYTHAM
2) AL-MUAYYAD
WHAT ARE THE 2 MAIN GATES OF CAIRO CALLED?
BAB AL-FUTUH
BAB ZUWAYLA
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF EACH OF THE EMPIRES?
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
UMAYYAD EMPIRE
ABBASID EMPIRE
CONSTANTINOPLE - BYZANTINE
DAMASCUS - UMAYYAD
BAGHDAD - ABBASIDS
WHERE DID FATIMIDS GET THEIR NAME FROM? AND NAME ALL THE FATIMIDS IMAM-CALIPHS
THE FATIMIDS GET THEIR NAME FROM HAZRAT FATIMAH WHO WAS THE PROPHETS DAUGHTER
THE 8 FATIMIDS IMAM-CALIPHS WERE: IMAM AL-MAHDI, IMAM AL-QAIM, IMAM AL-MANSUR IMAM AL-MUIZZ, IMAM, AL-AZIZ, IMAM AK-HAKIM, IAM AL-ZAHIR, IMAM AL-MUSTANSIR BILLAH.
IMAM AL MANSUR APPOINTED ME AS THE CHEIF JUDGE AND DAI... WHO AM I?
QADI AL-NUMAN
I WAS A WELL-KNOWN DAI WHO LIKED TO TRAVEL AND KEPT A BOOK OF THOSE TRAVELS INCUDING CAIRO CALLED THE SAFARNAAMA
DAI NASSIR-I KHUSRAW
WHAT IS A BAZAAR AND LIST 3-4 THINGS YOU CAN FIND IN IT?
BAZAARS WERE MARKETS WHERE YOU CAN BUY OR TRADE ANYTHING, LIKE A MODERN-DAY MALL. SOME THINGS YOU COULD FIND WERE FRUITS, VEGETABLES, PORCELAIN, SIL, WOOL, WHEAT, BARELY, SPICES AND ECT.
WHAT WAS THE HILL OF BOOKS?
THIS WAS A RESULT OF SOILDERS BURING THOUSANDS OF BOOKS INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF QURANS... THE ASHES FORMED GREAT HILLS IN THE NILE DELTA.