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Middle East ancient
beginning of Islam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kaaba | place of worship in town of Mecca |
| Mohammed | founder of Islam (570-632AD) |
| Umayyard dynasty | divided islam into two branches |
| shiites | ali is legitimate successor of is Ali |
| sunnies | four caliphs are legit successors |
| Abbasid dynasty | opened trade, open to non-arabs |
| Seljuk Turks | threaten Byzantine Empire |
| Egypt | wasn't control by Mongols, center of islamic civilization |
| regional centers | Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus |
| Arabs and translation | they translated major Greek works into arab |
| Arabs developed | algebra, contrib with astronomy, navigation and medicine |
| Ibn-Khaldun | arab historian |
| Omar Khayyam | 1001 Nights adn Rubaiyat |
| Shari'ah | law of code |