One of the Five Pillars; all Muslims must do this five times a day
What is prayer?
100
Founder of the Umayyad dynasty
Who is Mu'awiyah?
100
Muslim scientist who explained how disease could be spread by contaminated water; also wrote a medical encyclopedia that was the basis for European medicine
Who is Ibn Sina?
100
The term given to "fair, defensive warfare" as mentioned in the Koran?
What is jihad?
200
First convert to Islam
Who is Khadija?
200
One of the Five Pillars; all Muslims must not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset everyday in the month of Ramadan
What is fasting?
200
Existing Empire attacked by the Umayyads that was once part of the Roman Empire
What is Byzantine?
200
By translating the works of Plato and Aristotle, the Muslims __________
What is preserved knowledge?
200
The tower in which the person calls Muslims to prayer is called this
What is a minaret?
300
Group of Arabian desert-dwellers who along with supporters from Medina that formed the first community of practicing Muslims
Who are Bedouins?
300
The law code developed by Muslim scholars that provides believers with a set of practical laws to regulate daily lives
What is shari'ah?
300
Second son of Ali; led a revolt that caused split in Islam
Who is Hussein?
300
Islamic scholar that searched for scientific basis for the political and social factors that determine the course of history
Who is Ibn-Khaldun?
300
The title of the crier who calls Muslims to prayer five times a day
What is a muezzin?
400
The name for the journey from Mecca to Medinais known as ___________
What is the Hijrah?
400
One of the Five Pillars; give to the poor
What is charity or alms?
400
Islamic group that claims succession to Muhammad runs through Ali and should be the true rulers of Islam
Who are Shiites?
400
Author of the Rubaiyat
Who is Omar Khayyam?
400
Gift of money or property owed to brides by the husband
What is a dowry?
500
The name for the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are supposed to make
What is the hajj?
500
One of the items forbidden by the shari'ah
What is gambling, eating pork, drinking alcohol, engaging in dishonest behavior?
500
Islamic group that makes up the majority of Muslims
Who are Sunni Muslims?
500
First caliph of Islam; successor to Muhammad
Who is Abu Bakr?
500
The covered markets that were important to the economies of Islamic cities