The Islamic World

1. Sina, A physician known for his Textbook Canon of Medicine.
6. followers of the Islamic religion.
7. Bakr, Muhammad's successor who was given the title of the first caliph.
9. Tower attached to the outside of a Mosque where a crier would call Muslims to prayer.
10. Instrument used to calculate latitude by looking at the stars.
12. Title meaning "Successor to the prophet" used in government and religion in the Islamic society.
15. Religion based on Muhammad's teaching and ideas that began spreading through nomadic Arab tribes.
16. Branch of Islam formed in the 600's CE who believed agreement between Muslim people should settle worldly and religious matters.
17. Muslims who made Spain their home in the 700's CE.

2. Nomadic Arab herders of sheep and camel.
3. Muslim places of worship.
4. His teachings lead to the creation of Islam.
5. Migration of Muhammad and his followers in the year 622 CE marking the first year of the Muslim Calendar.
8. The holy book of Islam.
11. Teaching of Islam to defend the faith.
13. Branch of Islam formed in the 600's CE that believed only imams should decide religious and worldly matters.
14. Spiritual leaders who according to some Shi'a Muslims should be direct descendants of Muhammad.
18. Thousand and One Nights, Popular collection of Muslim folktales.