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100
green area in a desert fed by underground water
What is an oasis
100
Means "successor to the messenger of god"
caliph
100
What do Judaism, Christianity and Islam all have in common?
Belief in one god.
100
Why was Delhi important?
It was the center of the Mogul empire.
100
After the Mogul Empire collapsed, who took control of most of India?
Great Britain
200
What is the Quran?
The holy book of Islam.
200
What was the Seljuk name for "holder of power?"
sultan
200
How many times a day must Muslims pray?
5
200
Who was Suleiman I?
The sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
200
What type of math did the Muslims invent?
Algebra
300
How did Arab merchants transport goods across the desert?
caravans
300
Marketplace in Muslim cities.
Bazaar
300
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
Belief, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage.
300
Besides conquests, how was Islam spread?
Sufis
300
Who founded the House of Wisdom in Baghdad?
Mamun
400
Desert herders who traveled from oasis to oasis.
Bedouins
400
Low square building surrounded by statues of gods and goddesses.
Kaaba
400
Who felt threatened by Islam? Why?
wealthy merchants because they had to give up their money
400
What did the Shiites believe about the Umayyads?
That they should not rule.
400
Ibn Sina showed what?
How diseases spread.
500
Means "the city of the prophet". Yathribs new name.
Madinah
500
Dynasty that came after the Umayyads
Abbasids
500
What did Muhammad do after he built his army?
Took over Makkah
500
Who brought peach and order to the Moguls by treating his people fairly?
Akbar
500
Explain the role of men and women.
Men-government, society, business. Women- run families.