The Islamic Prime

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What profession did al-Khwarizami have? Author Scientist Historian Mathematician

2. In which fields did Al-Jazari flourish and make most contributions? History Math and Science Literary arts War

3. Why is Ibn-Sina important to the world? He lead a riot against the Seljuk Turks He wrote a book questioning the religious works of the age He wrote a medical encyclopedia He made the worlds first water clock

4. What was Ibn Rushd? Author Philosopher All of these Thinker

5. What is Al-Jazari's best known invention? "Greek fire" Water pumps for an entire city Siege towers Flame catapult

6. What did Osman I do? Split up the Seljuk Turks All of these Founded the Ottoman Empire Weakened Byzantium

7. Who was Torghil Beg? Pacifist Destroyer of the Sassanids Founder of the Seljuk Turks Founder of the Ottoman Empire

8. Who founded the Umayyad Caliphate? Al-Mansur Mu'awiya ibn ' Abi Sufyan ( Muawiyah I) Abu Bakr Yazid I

9. What two things is Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz known for doing while he was Caliph? Enforced the Sharia and had seventeen wives Lived modest ly and enforced the Sharia Lived in a rich place and kept all the money he made Led military campaigns

10. What Caliphate was Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz Caliph of? Seljuk Sassanid Umayyad Abbasid