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| marriage to more than one person |
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| A building or group of buildings used for teaching Islamic theology and religious law, typically including a mosque |
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| A formal agreement between two or more states, as in reference to terms of peace or trade |
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| An Arabic word that means "the way that leads to God" |
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| Leader of the Ottoman Turks |
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| An insturment that measures and plots the position of stars |
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| being able to rise to a higher position in society |
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| a pattern of curved shapes and lines |
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| In what way did Muslim rulers help the study and sharing of ideas in the Islamic world? |
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| they built libraries, academies, and hospitals |
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| Of, relating to, or located in a city |
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| Through____________ and _____________ Arab armies managed to expand into parts of central and south Asia |
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| warfare, and signing of treaties |
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| a leader of congregational prayer in a mosque or a male leader regarded by Shiites as a descendant of Muhammad |
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| Why does the islamic world honor its trading class? |
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The __________ would help a muslim live a good life |
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Sharia (The code of law based on the Koran.)
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| a tower on a mosque from which the call to prayer is sounded |
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| common features in mosques |
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minaret(tall spires with onion-shaped crowns, usually either free standing or much taller than any surrounding support structure. mihrab (is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying. prayer hall, also known as the musalla ablution fountains or other facilities for washing in their entryways or courtyards |
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| Why did Islamic leaders often build libraries and academies in their urban centers |
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| All knowledge is sacred in the teachings of Islam |
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| Non Arabs accepted _______ and learned _________________ and that is how Arab army camps grew into cities where many different people culturally mixed within the Muslim civilization. |
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| Under the Umayyads, what methods did Muslim Armies use to expand the caliphate? |
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| A market, or part of a market, in an Arab city |
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| How did the Souk increase the sharing of cultures in the Islamic world? |
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| merchants from different cultures came together in one place and shared ideas |
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| What helped Muslim cities to grow into prosperous urban centers? |
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| Strong economic foundations |
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| Arabian physician and philosopher; interpreted Aristotle, influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; wrote on medicine |
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| List 4 rules for personal conduct found in the Sharia |
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Five Pillars of Islam (most imortant rules) profession of faith, prayer, alms, fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca Finances, inheritance, marriage, divorcechild care, food and drink, punishments, war and peace, witnesses etc. |
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| How did the work of ibn Sina increase the knowledge of later civilizations in Europe? |
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| he wrote an encyclopedia of diseases and medical treatments |
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| of all the changes made by the Abbasid Dynasty, which one helped to blend the ruling class the most? |
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| opening government service to non-Arabs |
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| The Quran and Sunnah promise followers many rewards, what is one of the largest rewards that did not actually happen in the Muslim world? |
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| How did the geographic location of te Islamic world allow it to become an economic force? |
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| It was located between 3 continents, the mediteranian sea, and the indian ocean |
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The ___________ formed a dynasty in Damascus where future rulers would be chosen from within the ______________ family |
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| though they were not Muslim why were Jews and Christians respected in the Islamic world? |
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| they were recognized as people who worshipped the same God |
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| How did banking practices improve the Muslim trade routes? |
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| Bank-issued letters of credit were honored throughout the empire |
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| What was a significant change the Umayyads made to Muslim rule? |
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| the Caliphate became a dynasty and ruled less like a religious leader |
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| How were Muslim traders well placed for Asian and European trade? |
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| Arabia was almost completely surrounded by oceans or seas |
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| What was one major difference between camel caravans and dhows in esthablishing trade routes among other nations? |
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| Dhows sailed to South Africa and east to india |
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| Change in culture due to different cultures interacting with each other |
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Muslim scholars borrowed the idea of zero and decimals from ______________ in ___________ and the system later spread to Europe. |
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| List 3 contributions of Muslim culture to the rest of the world |
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Philosophy Medicine Science Math Geography History Art Architecture |
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| How did sharing a common religion and language help to bring together people of different ethnic groups i the caliphate? |
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common language trading common religion shared world views |
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| What changes occured in the cliphate that helped to unite the ethnic groups it had gathered together. |
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Non Arabs began to adopt Islam this led to the learning Arabic Language this united the civilization and allowed trade to grow. |
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| How did the Islamic world adopt the achievements of other cultures and pass them along to later civilizations. |
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| Islam values knowledge from other cultures improvements on Greek learniing wrote encyclopedias and histories had great academies where knowledge was shared |
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