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30 Cards in this Set
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An astronomer famous for his love poems (1123-?).
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Omar Khayyam
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Muslims pray ______ times a day.
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five
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One of the first cartographers who prepared an Atlas of the world for King Roger II (1100-1166).
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Al-Idrisi
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The great center of wisdom in the West.
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Cordoba (Spain)
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An 'Arabic' numeral introduced to the West in the 12th century and made possible the beginnings of European mathematics.
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The Zero (0)
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The House of God in Mecca.
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The Ka'bah
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The Four Schools of Law.
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Hanafi School
Maliki School Shafi' School Hanbali School |
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The person who leads the prayer.
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Imam
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Where the Imam stands to preach on Fridays.
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Minbar or pulpit
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People who follow Islam.
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Muslims
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Very famous architect renowned for the Sulaymaniyya complex in Istanbul (1491-?).
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Sinan
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The greatest physician of the medieval world (865-952)
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Ar-Razi (known in Latin as Rhazes)
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The way of the Prophet.
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Sunna.
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The five pillars of Islam.
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Witness of one God (Shahadah)
Prayer (Salat) Alms (Zakat) Fasting (Sawm) Pilgrimage (Hajj) |
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Father of the sciences of anthropology and economics, and famous historiographer (1332-1406).
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Ibn Khaldoon
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The Persian doctor known as "the Prince of Physicians"
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
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The Arabic word for 'God'.
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Allah
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Famous and one of the first philosophers and rational thinkers (1126-1198).
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Ibn Rushd (known in the West as Averroes)
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The Arab people had a passion for _______________ .
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poetry
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First Arab alchemist and known in the West as 'Geber', 'King of the Arabs'.
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Jabir bin Hunayn
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The Last Prophet according to Islam.
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Mohammad
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The Holy City of Islam is called _______________ .
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Mecca
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The Holy Book of Islam.
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The Holy Qur'an
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Mecca is located in ________ .
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Saudi Arabia
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Inventor of the viol and developer of the Babylonian instrument (870-950).
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Al-Farabi
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The meaning of the word 'ISLAM'.
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Submission to God.
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Built one of the finest observatories in Islamic history (1420-1437).
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Ulugh Beg, grandson of the Mongolian king Timurlane
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Famous sufi poet, loved worldwide (1207-1273).
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Jalal ud-Din Rumi
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Spanish Islamic scholar and author of a famous medical encyclopedia.
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az-Zahrawi
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One of the earliest Sufis in Islam was a woman from Basra (801-?)
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Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
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