People
Who was the prophet of Islam?
Muhammad
Holy book
Quran
Islamic civilization made money from..
trading
bazaar
covered market
What was the House of Scholars?
learning area with people from all over the world to study
632 named caliph the successor to Muhammad
Abu Bakr
The acts of worship
Five Pillars of Islam
What was the social structure?
upper class, merchants, non-Muslims and slaves
the tower of a mosque
minaret
What contributions did the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age make to history?
Scientific thought, revitalized philosophy
Established the Umayyad Dynasty, using force when only necessary.
Mu'awiyah
Arabic word for God
Allah
what happened when Muhammad did not leave a successor
Split Shia and Sunni
The crier who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer
muezzin
What did the Arabs study to help the health of the population?
germs
established the Abbasid dynasty
Abu al-Abbas
duty to work for triumph of Islam in the world
jihad
important invention used for location with stars
astrolabe
what is the Hadith?
warns against any attempt to imitate God by creating pictures of living beings
how did the location of the empire made it strong and wealthy?
Controlled trade between Europe and Asia
reign was called the golden age of the Abbasid caliphate
Harun al-Rashid
Practical laws to regulate daily lives
Shari'ah
wrote medical knowledge of his day
Ibn Sina
One of the most familiar works of Middle Eastern literature
Rubaiyat
Where was the capital of the Abbasid dynasty?
Bagdad