3.3 Life in the Islamic World

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A Muslim house of worship is called a(n) _____.

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mosque

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Muslim cities had marketplaces called __ that were filled with shops and stalls where goods were sold.

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bazaars

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Muslim astronomers improved a tool called the __, which sailors used to determine their position at sea.

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astrolabe

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A(n) __ is a tower from which believers are called to prayer.

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minaret

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The people at the lowest level of Muslim society who had no power at all in government were the __.

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enslaved people

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Muslim rulers advanced Muslim civilization by spreading the Arabic language and providing merchants with

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coins

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In Muslim society, social groups were based on

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power and wealth

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Among his many talents, Omar Khayyam is best known as the poet who wrote

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the Rubaiyat

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Who was the Persian doctor who showed how diseases were spread from person to person?

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Ibn Sina

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What Muslim tomb did the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan build for his wife in Agra, India?

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Taj Mahal