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Middle East ancient
beginning of Islam
Question | Answer |
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Kaaba | place of worship in town of Mecca |
Mohammed | founder of Islam (570-632AD) |
Umayyard dynasty | divided islam into two branches |
shiites | ali is legitimate successor of is Ali |
sunnies | four caliphs are legit successors |
Abbasid dynasty | opened trade, open to non-arabs |
Seljuk Turks | threaten Byzantine Empire |
Egypt | wasn't control by Mongols, center of islamic civilization |
regional centers | Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus |
Arabs and translation | they translated major Greek works into arab |
Arabs developed | algebra, contrib with astronomy, navigation and medicine |
Ibn-Khaldun | arab historian |
Omar Khayyam | 1001 Nights adn Rubaiyat |
Shari'ah | law of code |