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Cards In This Set
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WHAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE ABBASID EMPIRE?
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BAGHDAD
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The "protected people" or the Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrains, were members of which class in the Muslim society.
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3rd class
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What was the Fatimid capital?
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Cairo
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What was the name of the center of learning under Abbasid rule?
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House of Wisdom
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Calligraphy is a type of what?
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Handwriting
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Al-Khwarizmi was a scholar whose work with al-jabr contributed greatly to which field of study?
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Mathematics
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The Umayyad capital city was?
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C'ordoba
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Converts to Islam were found in which social class in Muslim society?
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2nd
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True or False/ Women in Muslim society had more freedom that European women of the same time period.
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True
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Give one practical reason for Muslims support of the advancement of science.
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Rulers wanted qualified physicians treating their ills. Muslims relied on mathematicians and astronomers to calculate the times of prayer.
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What was the mane of the Caliph who opened the HOUSE OF WISDOM in the early 800s?
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Caliph al-Ma'mun
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What Persian scholar was thought to be the greatest physican of world civilization between 500-1500?
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Al-Razi
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What brilliant mathematician wrote "Optics", a book that revolutionized ideas about vision.
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Ibn al-Haytham
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True or False/ Literature was brought to Arabia by the Muslims.
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False
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Muslim interest in astronomy developed from the need to fill three of the FIVE PILLARS of ISLAM- fasting during Ramadan, performing the hajj and ____________?
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Praying toward Mecca
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