Founding
The founder and Prophet of Islam
Muhammad
Early Muslims traded for goods and food because they lived in a
desert
Fought between the Franks and the Muslims in 732, the Franks won without a cavalry unit
Battle of Tours
time of economic, artistic, and literary prosperity for Muslims
Golden Age of Islam
Holiest place in all of Islam, the black box where God dwells
Kaaba
The archangel who gave the Prophet visions from God
Gabriel
The peninsula where Mecca and Medina are located
The capital of the Islamic empire was moved to this city in 762; it the modern capital of Iraq
Baghdad
This mosque in Jerusalem is sacred to three different religions and is supposedly the place where Abraham sacrificed his son Isaac
Dome of the Rock
What are the Five Pillars of Islam? (don't name them)
the things one must do to be a Muslim; they are mandatory
City where the Prophet lived, considered holy
Mecca
The name for the empire that ruled after the Prophet's death
First Islamic Empire OR First Caliphate
This group laid siege to Baghdad in 1258, killed the citizens, burned the libraries, and ran over the caliph with a horse
Mongols
numbers that we use
Arabic numerals
How many times a day do Muslims pray?
5
The Prophet's words were written down in this holy book
Qur'an
These two empires were weak, which allowed the Muslims to conquer parts of their lands
Persia and Byzantium
This siege from 636-637 gave the Muslims control of Jerusalem, Damascus, and the Levant
Siege of Jerusalem
type of mathematics
Algebra
The terms for what Muslims can and cannot eat
halal and haram
The ancestor of Islam, shared with Jews and Christians
Abraham
Islamic merchants spread these two things while traveling
Islam and Arabic
Leader of the Franks during the Battle of Tours, shaped Medieval Europe despite not being king
Charles Martel
This mosque in Jerusalem is sacred to three different religions and is supposedly the place where Abraham sacrificed his son Isaac
Dome of the Rock
The Muslim version of a pastor or priest
Imam