Events
What did Avicenna contribute?
A medical encyclopedia used throughout Europe in the 1600s.
What tradition did Akbar have in common with Hindus?
His interest in Hinduism led to portraits and epic stories to become a tradition passed down.
What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
Al-Shahada, pray five times a day, give zakat, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj at least once a lifetime.
A medieval instrument for calculating altitude of the sun and other celestial bodies.
Sacred book of Islam containing revelations to Muhammad from Allah.
What did Al-Khwarizmi create?
An Indian number system using nine digits and zero.
Why is Lubna of Cordoba an important figure?
She was a poet and mathematician who ran the royal library at Cordoba.
A male Islamic leader who succeeds Muhammad
A journey to a holy place or shrine.
Islamic mysticism.
What did Omar Khayyam write about?
About his loyalty to God.
How did the Ottoman Empire expand?
By conquering more and more of the Byzantine Empire .
The art of fine handwriting.
A religion based on submission to Allah and Muhammad is his chief prophet.
Title of a king of ancient Persia.
What caused the Split of Islam in the mid-600s?
Because rival Caliphs ruled different parts of the Empire.
Who was the first Caliph who created a single Muslim state?
Abu Bakr.
A decorative design made by setting small colored pieces of stone or tile into a surface.
A person who speaks by divine inspiration to interpret the word of God.
One of two branches of Islam believing that religious leaders elect Caliphs.
What cultural achievements have come out of Islam?
Chess, musical instruments, stars in the sky have Arabic names, science, math, geography, women’s rights, medicine, Arabic numeral system.
In what year did Muhammad travel to Medina?
A building used as place of Muslim worship.
One of two branches of Islam believing Caliphs are descendants of Muhammad’s family.
Islamic law based on teachings and traditions in Qur’an and Sunnah.