Muslims
Who fought the Muslims in the Battle of Yarmouk?
Byzantines
True or False: Muhammad became his uncle's closet advisor by the time he was 8 years old.
False
Where is the Dome of the Rock located?
Jerusalem
Title of the successor who took over for the previous ruler.
Caliph
What is a synonym?
A word that has the same or similar definitions
What city served as the capital of the Islamic Empire during the Classical Age?
Baghdad
Muhammad became arbiter of what city in 622?
Yathrib
What is one characteristic of the Islamic architecture during this time?
pointed arches in their buildings
Ali
Find the adverb: The cat quickly walked into the kitchen to get some food.
Quickly
What did the Shiite and Sunni Muslims disagree over?
Who should have been caliph after Muhammad had passed away.
After the Civil War, who ruled the Islamic Empire for almost one hundred years?
The Umayyads
A book written during the Islamic Classical Age
The Canon of Medicine
caliph who was said to favor his own family and clan
Uthman
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun (person, place, or thing)
Muslim Turks did not allow Christian Pilgrims to visit Jerusalem.
What were the caliphs specially trained soldiers called?
Mamluks
the holy book of Islam that was written during this time
the Qu'ran
What does the word plummeted mean?
falling or decreasing
Imperative or interrogative? Please watch out for the puddle!
Imperative
led the Muslims against the Christians in the Third Crusade.
Saladin
caliph who collected taxes to help the poor
Umar
Describe life in the Arabian desert
-dry
-hot
-little water
-temperatures plummet at night
What can a shrine be described as?
A way for members of the religion to worship their gods.
Exclamatory or declarative:
I went to the dentist on Friday.
Declarative