Vocabulary
What is the Arabic word for god?
Allah
Who was the religious Figure who died in 632 CE
Muhammad
What was a board game that was very at the house of Wisdom?
Chess
By Muhammed’s death in 632 CE what had he united under Islam?
Arabian Peninsula
Who was the first caliph after Muhammad’s death in 632 CE?
Abu Bakr
What was the name of the prophet or messenger of Allah and started the religion of Islam?
Muhammad
What is considered the most holy shrine in Islam?
Kaaba
What did Muslims create that was primarily for hygiene?
Soap
Muslims used a impressive style of geometric shapes and patterns, as they couldn’t create art of what?
Religious leaders
Abu Bakr and the next 3 caliphs who came after him followed which holy book?
The Qur’an
What is the semitic language spoken through the middle east and north Africa called?
Arabic
How many chapters are in the Qu'ran?
114
What mathematical advancement did Muslims develop to solve difficult math problems?
Algebra
Muslims believed that educating their children was a symbol of what in their religion?
Faith
Which group of Muslims didn’t accept Mu’awiyah as they wanted a blood relative of Muhammad?
Shi’ah Muslims
What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
Qu'ran
Swam
What tool used for direction, created by the Greeks, did Muslims improve to be a very reliable tool?
The Astrolabe
Between what two centuries did Muslim merchants begin to spread their religion as new business contracts were made?
8th and 9th century
Due to various reasons that made people angry at the Umayyads and unpopularity of the Umayyads, people rebelled under what?
The Abbasids
What is the month called where the followers of the religion of islam dont eat or drink?
Ramadan
What group of Muslims wanted a blood relative to Muhammad?
Shia
Gold was discovered to be a perfect balance between what two elements?
Mercury and Sulfur
What did the Islamic religion promote about how people are that was appealing to people?
All people were spiritually equal.
After Mu’awiyah founded the Umayyad dynasty, in 661 Ce he moved the capitol to where?
Damascus