HumanitiesChapter8

1.      Who is considered the founder of Islam?

1.      Where was he (Muhammad) born?

1.      What event in 622 marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar?

1.      What was the significance of the Ka’aba?

1.      What is the meaning of the word “Islam”?

1.      How is the Koran (Qur’an) organized?

1.      What is the language of the Koran (Qur’an)? 

What is the name of thebody of literature which consists of authoritative commentaries on the Koran and explanations of oraltraditions?

1.      What is the name of the Islamic Legal code?

1.      What is the purpose of the minaret or minarets adjacent to the mosque?

1.      What building in Jerusalem is one of the earliest and most spectacular achievements of Islamic architecture?

1.      How many sides are there to the Dome of the Rock? 

1.      What is interesting about the site of The Great Mosque of Damascus?a)      The site was once a pagan burial ground.

1.      What city became the Muslim capital in Spain?

1.      What was the goal of the Reconquista?

1.      What was the name of the palace complex in Granada that escaped destruction during the Reconquista?

1.      Which of the Islamic traditions discussed in the text has the largest following?

1.      What explanation is given for the rapid spread of Islam?

1.      What language did the Sufi mystic Rumi use in writing his religious verse?

What was distinctive aboutthe way Rumi recited his poetry?

1.      What city was the political and cultural capital of the Abbasid Dynasty?

1.      What was the focus of Averröes’ scholarly work?

1.      How did scholars working in Baghdad's “House of Wisdom” contribute tothe dissemination of Aristotle’s writings in the West?

1.      Which scholar was physician to the sultan of Baghdad?

Which Muslim scholarinvented algebra and created modern numerical system?