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Brock herrod
Chapter 10
Term | Definition |
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What was the name of the bowl on the water clock | Outflow clepsydra |
Why was the hijrah important | Muhammed was accepted as a political leader in Medina |
What must all muslims do | Carry out the five pillars of Islam |
What are the bodys of islamic law | The sunna and the qur'an |
What do muslims believe about muhammad | He was the last and greatest of the prophets |
Who are the infidels | The non- believers |
What is one caliphs religious duties | Must clarify proofs of religion |
What is one non religion duties | To defend lands of Islam |
What was one popular literature from Islam | 1001 nights |
Where was the great mosque of Damascus built | On the site of a christian church |
How did the sufi live | In poverty |
Calligraphy | The art of beautiful hand writing |
What lead to conflict after muhammad's death | He had neither specified a successor nor indicated how to choose one |
What was true about the rightly guided caliphs | They based their leadership on the Qur'an and muhammad actions |
Why was muslim trade so successful | It was united by a single language and currency |
Caliph | Supreme political and religious leader in a muslim government |
al-Andalus | Muslim ruled region in what is now Spain, established in the eighth century |
What is one thing the abbasids did during their caliphate | Increased their authority by consulting religious leaders |
Where were two main trading networks | Mediterranean sea and Indian Ocean |
What caliphate did Shi'a muslims form | Fatimid |
Who were known as the protected people | Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians |
Why was calligraphy so popular | Muslim law prohibited the drawing of living beings |
Why was al-Khwarizmi so important | He developed the study of algebra |
House of wisdom | Center of learning established in bagdad |
Baghdad's population was made up of four _______ classes | Social |
What is the standard for all Arabic literature and poetry | Qur'an |
True or false? Muslim art includes images of living beings | False |
Who wrote the Comprehensive book | al-Razi |
al-Razi believed patients would recover quickly if they breathed ________ air | Cleaner |
Hijrah | Muhammed's migration from Mecca to Yathrib |