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7-SS_4-2
Core7 SS Ch. 4 Lesson 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the fighting force that is maintained in times of peace as well as times of war? | standing army |
| The Abbasids moved the Muslim capital from Damascus to this city? | Baghdad |
| A time of great economic and cultural activity; a period in which a society is at its peak is called? | golden age |
| What is the art of fine handwriting that many Muslim artists used to write passages from the Koran? | calligraphy |
| Who was the Persian-born Muslim poet and mathematician of the Abbasid period; mastered the quatrain and developed an accurate calendar? | Omar Khayyam |
| What is the term for groups with opposing or different interests? | factions |
| What is an artistic element often found in Muslim art that shows the intertwined stem, leaves, and flowers of a plant? | arabesque |
| What famous work of Muslim literature; consisted of stories about life in the Abbasid court and tales of adventure and fantasy? | The Thousand and One Nights |
| This book, written by the Persian doctor, Ibn Sina, around 1000, organized all known medical knowledge? | Canon of Medicine |
| What was the Muslim faction that rose up against Abbasid rule; claimed to be descended from Muhammad's daughter, Fatima? | the Fatimids |