Across
- 4. Emphasized the importance of God’s word
- 6. What people used the new tools, the quadrant and the astrolabe?
- 8. On the walls and ceilings were decorated with geometric patterns
- 11. Had a rich tradition of oral poetry
- 12. The art of beautiful handwriting
- 15. The great work of Islamic literature
- 17. Wrote many books on medicine, including a study of measles and smallpox
- 18. He standards for the scientific study of history
- 19. Surgeons developed a way to treat cataracts, drawing fluid out of eye lenses with a what?
- 20. Some enslaved people bought their what? With the help of charitable donations or even state funds
Down
- 1. Organized massive irrigation projects and drained swamplands between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
- 2. Provided guides for caravan trade
- 3. Famous for the Shah Namah, or Book of the Kings
- 5. Included romances, fables, adventures, and humor
- 7. Ability to move up in rank
- 9. Comes from the Arabic word sakk, in banks today
- 10. Arabic medical texts were translated in to what language for universities
- 13. Handicraft manufacturing in Muslim cities were typically organized by the what?
- 14. The greatest Muslim center of learning
- 16. Comes from the Arabic word aljabr