Famous Dudes
Founder and prophet of the Islamic religion.
Who was Muhammad?
Arabic for God.
What is Allah?
City constructed in the valley of the Tigris River that would become a center of learning and trade.
What was Baghdad?
Muhammad's father in law and the first caliph.
Who was Abu Bakr?
The Muslim governor of a province.
What is an emir?
Infamous battle that killed the Byzantine army along with its commander, Theodorus.
What was the Battle of Yarmouk?
Caliph who conquered Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt.
Who was Omar?
Interior struggle to submit to the will of Allah.
Emperor Heraclius escaped Jerusalem holding this relic.
What is the True Cross?
The first caliph of the Abbasid family.
Who was Al-Saffah?
The shrine at the center of Mecca and Islam's holiest place.
What is the Kaaba?
This governor fought against Ali and eventually became caliph of the Sunni branch of Islam.
Who was Mu'awiya?
Byzantine emperor who defeated the Persians and lost to the Arabs.
Who was Heraclius?
Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina and the beginning of the Muslim counting of years.
What is Hegira?
The three centers of Christianity under Arab control by the end of the seventh century.
What were Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria.