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Decorative Arts
Religious Practices
Government and Law
Emphasis on Education and Arabic Language
Islamic Architectural Styles
100
Muslims used this in their art
What is calligraphy and geometric patterns?
100
Mosques were used for
What is worship?
100
This type of government Muslims believed in
What is centralized government?
100
Muslims encouraged this and treasured this
What is education; books?
100
This person was an architect of the Mali Empire under the rule of Mansa Musa and later introduced new designs for houses
Who was Al-Saheli?
200
Muslims influenced the way
What is the people dressed?
200
West Africans still prayed to
Who are their spirits of their ancestors?
200
West Africans adopted this type of law also known as this
What is shari'ah or Islamic Law?
200
This was the most famous university and was it built in this location
What is Sankore University; Timbuktu?
200
At this time period Mansa Musa wanted to build more mosques
When is after his pilgrimage to Makkah?
300
Calligraphy was used to
What is decorate robes?
300
West Africans celebrated Muslim religious festivals and did or did not stop preserving their religious practices
What is did not, because they did kept preserving their religious practices?
300
West Africans gave this type of puishment
What is the guilty paid the injured?
300
Muslims were expected to read this and memorize parts of it
What is the Qur'an?
300
West Africans build small shrines to
What is to honor the forces of nature?
400
Geometric patterns were used, instead of
What is drawing pictures of animals and people?
400
This person did not convert to Islam
Who is the King of Ghana?
400
This is how customary law was different from shari'ah
What is because laws were not written?
400
The basic course of learning included these four main subjects
What is the Qur'an, Islamic studies, law, and literature?
400
Al-Saheli built this type of house, out of
What is rectangular; brick and flat roofs?
500
The Arabic robe was used for this and had this look
What is the outer layer and was wide, with long sleeves, and a long skirt?
500
Islam reached Ghana through
Who are Muslim traders and missionaries?
500
The head of the region was called these names and these names mean?
What is sultan, amir, or emir -- meaning Commander of the Faithful?
500
Arabic became the language of
What is religion, learning, commerce, and government?
500
This perosn built one the most famous mosques, that was made of this type of stone
Who is Al-Saheli and What is limestone?