Across
- 1. A number system introduced by Muslim merchants
- 5. Place that European would attend
- 7. He translated ancient mathematical works into Arabic and used them as a basis
- 9. A scholar and an astronomer best known for the Rubáiyát
- 10. The ability to move in social class
- 14. The Greatest center of learning
- 15. He warned about common causes of error in historical writing, such as exaggeration.
- 16. The art of producing beautiful handwriting
- 19. A item that banned the worship of idols
- 20. He wrote a book that was translated into Latin and became a standard mathematics textbook in Europe
Down
- 2. main purpose was to serve as community centers for the faithful
- 3. He wrote many books on medicine, including a pioneering study of measles and smallpox
- 4. A route that Muslim, Jewish, and Christian traders traveled on toward China
- 6. A river the Abbasids organized massive irrigation projects on
- 8. Completed around 692, in Jerusalem, provides excellent examples of early Muslim art
- 11. A new business practice that Muslims formed
- 12. known as Avicenna in Europe, a doctor to the Persian nobility
- 13. Arabic word for check
- 17. He put all knowledge besides the Quran to the test of reason
- 18. Established the greatest Muslim center of learning
