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Fatimid caliphate
What was formed by Shia Muslims who claimed descent from Muhammads daughter Fatima? Answer with a single words or term.
Spain
________ had already been conquered and settled by Mslims from North Africa, who were known as Berbers.
Abbasids
The ________ developed a strong bureaucracy to conduct the huge empires affairs.
Persian scholar
A(n) ________ named al- Razi was the greatest physician of the Muslim world.
Muhammad
________ took great interest in religon and often spent time alone in prayer and meditation.
Bedouin poets
________, reflecting the spirit of desert life, composed poems celebrating ideals such as bravery, love, generosity, and hospitality.
Muslim observatories
________ charted stars, coments, and planets.
Literature
________ had been a strong tradition in Arabia even before Islam.
Islam
________ has no priests or central religious authority.
Jihad
________: means "striving "and can refer to the inner struggle against evil.
Muslim scholars
________ believed that mathematics was the basis of all knowledge.
Yathrib
Who was renamed Medina? Answer with a single words or term.
Sufi
The ________, rejected the luxurious life of the Umayyads.
Muslim community
The ________ had difficulty maintaining a unified rule.
Muslim
Every ________ is expected to worship Allah directly.
special department
A treasury kept track of money flow /A ________ managed the business of the army.
Arabic
Only ________ can be used in worship.
simple meal
A(n) ________ is eaten at the end of the day.
Friday afternoons
What are set aside for communal worship? Answer with a single words or term.
Pilgrims
________ wear identical garments so that all stand as equals before Allah.
prophet
The ________ entered the city in triumph.
Slaves
What were prisoners of war, and all were non- Muslim? Answer with a single words or term.
Independent Muslim states
________ sprang up and local leaders dominated many smaller regions.
kaaba
They (religious pilgrims) associated this house of worship with Abraham, a Hebrew prophet and and believer in one God. The ________ contained over 360 idols brought by many tribes.
Rebel groups
________ overthrew the Umayyads in the year 750.
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