The Islamic Prime

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

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

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" Flame catapult Siege towers Water pumps for an entire city

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

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

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

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

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