Chapter 9 Muslim Innovations and Adaptations

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Fill in the blanks: "The ink of _______________ is more precious than the blood of ________________"

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scholars/martyrs

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One thing that helped the spread of knowledge throughout the Islamic world was: fear of punishment, rewards for learning, prayer and fasting, having the Arabic language in common.

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having the Arabic language in common

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What happened in Baghdad's House of Wisdom?

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research and translation of ancient texts

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Another city to become an important learning community was

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Cairo, Egypt

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Which city had a huge library of 400,000 books for Muslims, Christians, and Jews to study from?

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Cordoba

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What is notable about the 9th Century scholar al-Jahiz?

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presented a theory of evolution of animals

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One way Muslims could figure out the direction to face during prayer, and times to pray and fast, was due to . . .

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navigational tools based on a study of astronomy

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The town of Hama, Syria has 17 medieval. . .

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waterwheels

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Muslim scientists improved on calculations made by the ancient Greeks to reach a measurement of __________ within 9 miles of the correct value.

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circumference of the Earth

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Who was Euclid?

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A Greek mathematician