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Muslim Society
Muslim Scholarship
Arts and Sciences
Philosophy and Religion
Muslim Miscellany
100
Until the construction of Baghdad, this was the leading Muslim city.
Damascus
100
The faithful throughout the empire relied upon _____ and _____ to calculate times for prayer and the direction of Mecca.
Mathematicians & Astronomers
100
Scholars in these two Muslim capitals set the stage for later revival of European learning.
Cordoba and Baghdad
100
Muslim scholars translated works of Greek philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle, at this location in Baghdad
The House of Wisdom
100
Muslim scholars believed that this was the basis of all knowledge.
Mathematics
200
This Abbasid capital was built on the banks of the Tigris river.
Baghdad
200
Located in Baghdad, this was a combination library, academy, and translation center.
The House of Wisdom
200
This holy book is the standard for all Arabic literature and poetry.
The Qu'ran
200
Ibn Rushd, also known as Averroes, maintained that Greek philosophy and Islam both had this common goal.
To find the truth
200
Ibn al-Haytham was the author of this book, which revolutionized ideas about vision, and was used in developing lenses for telescopes and microscopes.
Optics
300
This social class was made up of those who were born Muslim.
The Upper Class
300
Identify the person who said this: "Acquire knowledge. It enableth its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lighteth the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guideth us to happiness; it sustaineth us in misery; it is an ornament among friends, and an armor against enemies."
Muhammad
300
This collection contains fairy tales, parables, and legends from Arabia, Persia, and all over the Muslim Empire.
1001 Nights (The Arabian Nights)
300
A ninth-century philosophical society believed that this hypothetical person should "be of East Persian derivation, Arabic in faith, of Iraqi education, a Hebrew in astuteness, a disciple of Christ in con\duct, as pious as a Greek monk, a Greek in the individual sciences, an Indian in the interpretation of all mysteries, but lastly and especially a Sufi in his whole spiritual life."
The Ideal man
300
This legal code gave women specific legal rights concerning marriage, family, and property.
Shari'a
400
Converts to Islam were in this social class.
Second Class
400
Muslim interest in astronomy developed from the need to fulfill which three pillars of Islam?
Fasting during Ramadan, Performing the Hajj Praying towards Mecca
400
Though pictures of living beings were discouraged, Muslim artists turned to this, the art of beautiful handwriting.
Calligraphy
400
Maimonides, the greatest Jewish philosopher in history, produced this book, that blended philosophy, religion, and science.
_The Guide for the Perplexed_
400
These places signified the strength of the caliphate.
Cities
500
The Third Class had this in common with the lowest class
All were non-Muslims
500
This early scientific instrument was used to calculate time, celestial events, and relative position.
Astrolabe
500
Unlike the Greeks, Muslim scientists preferred to solve problems by this method.
Performing settings in laboratory settings
500
After the unified Muslim state broke up, these three Muslim empires emerged that would reflect the blended nature of the culture of this time.
Ottoman Safavid Mughal
500
This Muslim capital's population approached one million at its peak
Baghdad