Chapter 9

Devout Muslims are prohibited from

Through the achievements of Muslim scholars, Europeans

What code of law was written after Muhammad's death, that provides Muslims with rules for their daily lives?

The courage of Arab soldiers was enhanced by the belief that Muslim warriors were

H- During the time of Abbasid rule, the Abbasid capital of Baghdad was known as the city of _____.

What is the Quran

Ibn Sīnā, an Islamic scholar

The Umayyad dynasty was replaced by

The crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times each day from the tower of a mosque is the

In 680, what event led Islam to split into two conflicting groups?

The ________ were a pastoral people in North Africa who were conquered and converted to Islam by the Arabs.

According to Islamic belief, Muhammad is

Early Arabs were _____ and believe in ____ god/s.

When did Muhammed found Islam?

Abū Bakr unified the Muslim world by

H- Most people in Iran and many people in Iraq consider themselves to be _______ Muslims

The Great Mosque of Sāmārrá was built in present-day

Western Asia witnessed some of the most powerful civilizations in history in order:

As the Arab Empire grew, people who were not Muslims or did not convert to Islam in the conquered territories

the god of Islam

The Islamic religion was created as a direct result of

HONORS- Unlike the religions of Christianity and Judaism, Islam allowed Muslim men to have more than one what?

In 630 Muhammad defeated which city?

. When General Mu’āwiyah made the position of caliph hereditary, he established the _____________ dynasty.

During the Abbasid dynasty, the council that advised the caliph was led by a prime minister known as

the journey of Muhammad and his followers to Medina

The Umayyads established a Muslim state in Spain with its center at

H- Most people in Iran and many people in Iraq consider themselves to be _______ Muslims

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám is a famous Islamic work of

Arab trade routes extended

The custom of requiring women to cover virtually all parts of their bodies in public

One of Five Pillars of Islam, the hajj, is

Muhammad and his followers moved from Mecca to which northern city?

What is the Sheikh

What led directly to Arabs populating more of the desert in the first millennium B.C.?

In 636, the Arab army took advantage of a dust storm army to defeat

A crucial part of every Muslim city or town was the ____________, which was a covered market.

What language did the Arabs originally speak?

Before the trade routes were established, Arabs were primarily

According to Islamic teaching, Muhammad received messages from

. The Islamic equivalent of the Christian Holy Bible is the

The golden age of the Abbasid caliphate was the reign of

After 3 years of preaching Muhammad had how many believers?

By the time the Umayyad dynasty was established, the Arab Empire had already conquered

the acts of worship practiced by Muslims

With the rise of the Fatimid dynasty, the focus of trade

Arab expansion in Western Europe was halted when Arab armies were defeated at the Battle of

H- Camel caravans carried highly prized goods, such as the spices _____ and myrrh through the desert

. For early Arabs, Allah was symbolized by

Where is the Black Stone? It has been placed in a central shrine.

Muhammad had named no successor before he died, his followers chose Abū Bakr, Muhammed’s adviser and what, as leader

When Abū Bakr died