ISLAMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Islam

• founder and prophet of the Islamic faith

• the name of the religion of the Muslim people

• Muslim word for God

• people who trace their ancestors to Arabia or whose first language was Arabic

Allah

• founder and prophet of the Islamic faith

• the name of the religion of the Muslim people

• Muslim word for God

• people who trace their ancestors to Arabia or whose first language was Arabic

Muhammad

• founder and prophet of the Islamic faith

• the name of the religion of the Muslim people

• Muslim word for God

• people who trace their ancestors to Arabia or whose first language was Arabic

Arabs

• founder and prophet of the Islamic faith

• the name of the religion of the Muslim people

• Muslim word for God

• people who trace their ancestors to Arabia or whose first language was Arabic

Mecca

• largest and richest town on the Arab trade routes; holiest city for Muslims

• Muslim house of worship; also serves as school and court

• holy book for Muslims

• Persian doctor showed diseases spread from person to person (not through a curse)

mosque

• largest and richest town on the Arab trade routes; holiest city for Muslims

• Muslim house of worship; also serves as school and court

• holy book for Muslims

• Persian doctor showed diseases spread from person to person (not through a curse)

Quran

• largest and richest town on the Arab trade routes; holiest city for Muslims

• Muslim house of worship; also serves as school and court

• holy book for Muslims

• Persian doctor showed diseases spread from person to person (not through a curse)

Ibn Sina

• largest and richest town on the Arab trade routes; holiest city for Muslims

• Muslim house of worship; also serves as school and court

• holy book for Muslims

• Persian doctor showed diseases spread from person to person (not through a curse)

caravan

• group of merchants and animals, traveling together for safety

• modern-day capital of Iraq; home of Islamic culture, libraries, hospitals, etc.

• city in the holy land; sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians

• holy book for Muslims

Baghdad

• group of merchants and animals, traveling together for safety

• modern-day capital of Iraq; home of Islamic culture, libraries, hospitals, etc.

• city in the holy land; sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians

• holy book for Muslims