New Revelation
The Arabic word for God.
What is Allah?
A Muslim house of worship, similar to a church or synagogue.
What is a Mosque?
The man who received revelations from God, whom Muslims revere as their prophet.
Who is Muhammad?
Sunni and Shi'a Muslims are divided primarily over who can be chosen as this leader.
What is a Caliph?
The Arabian Desert is extreme and dangerous; as a result, settlements there were usually located around this rare landform.
What is an oasis?
Muslims around the world follow these five basic practices, including faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
This university-like building in the city of Baghdad contained almost all the scientific and medical knowledge on earth at the time.
What is the Baghdad House of Wisdom?
This Turkish sultanate finally managed to defeat a few Hindu kingdoms and make the city of Delhi their capital.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
Islam was founded in this Arabian city.
What is Mecca?
Islam's holy book, containing the revelations from God to Muhammad.
What is the Quran?
To show their devotion and gratitude to God for revealing the Quran, Muslims fast during the day for this holy month.
What is Ramadan?
Unlike his predecessors, this Mughal emperor made great efforts to promote religious tolerance in his empire.
Who is Akbar?
This dynasty overthrew the Umayyads and established a new Caliphate, moving the capital to Baghdad.
Who are the Abbasids?
Before the Islamic empire, the Arabian Peninsula had this type of government.
What is Tribalism/no central government
The journey made by early Muslims from Mecca to Medina, fleeing persecution.
What is the Hijrah?
The Arabic word for someone who has submitted to God's will.
What is a Muslim?
Arab and Hindu scholars in Baghdad developed a new number system that was much easier to calculate with. It even included this crucial symbol for nothing.
What is a zero?
After the assassination of Ali, the fourth Caliph, this family took over the Muslim Empire.
Who are the Umayyads?
The production of these TWO goods helped the Muslim Empire to become very wealthy.
What are Damascus Steel and Textiles?
This Persian poet started the Sufi mystic movement--literally, in this case, as the participants spin and dance as a form of prayer.
Who is Rumi?
This Muslim scholar created a book with all the medical knowledge in the world at the time. Even Europeans admired his work, although they couldn't pronounce his name.
Who is Ibn Sina /Avicenna?
The last true Mesopotamian Empire, this dynasty was conquered by the Arab Muslim Empire after years of struggle.
What is the Sasanian (Persian) Empire?
The Arab Muslim Empire at its height controlled much territory, even expanding westward far enough to conquer this peninsula.
What is the Iberian Peninsula/Spain?