Exploring the Islamic Golden Age

The Art of Making Medicine

a. What was used to create medicine in the Islamic Golden Age?
b. Which civilization inspired Muslims to advance medicine?

Chemistry at its Best

c. Who was Jabir ibn Hayyan?
d. Who was Muhammad Ibn Zakariya Al-Razi?

Islamic Architecture

e. What made Islamic architecture special?
f. Why did Islamic architecture use geometry?

Inventors of Islam

G. Who was Ibn Tufayl?
H. Who was Abu al Quasim?
I. Who was Aisha Bint Abu Bakr?

Ziryab: The Man Who Did It All & Three Course Meal

j. Who was Ziryab?
k. What were three of Ziryab’s accomplishments?

l. Who developed the idea for human flight?
m. What creature inspired the design of Firnas’ invention?

n. Who was Al-Sūfī?
o. What invention helped Muslims travel and keep track of time?

p. What the first camera was called?
q. What was the name of the book that Ibn al-Haytham wrote about the camera obscura effect?

r. What did Al Battani discover?
s. What did Ibn Al Shatir create?

t. What were two modern day medical devices that were inspired by doctors from the Islamic Golden Age?

u. What was mercuric chloride used for during the Islamic Golden Age?

v. Who was Al-Farabi?

w. What was the product Muslims used for cleaning their teeth in the Islamic Golden Age?

x. What was one of the battles during the Islamic Golden Age?

y. Who invented the oil lamp?

z. Where do the Muslims point their rugs when they do their daily prayers?
aa. How many times a day do Muslims pray?

bb. What is a water wheel usually made out of, and why?
cc. Who is the first known inventor of the water wheel?

dd. How did people navigate in Golden Ages of Islam?

a. Who invented the torpedo?
b. From which country did the Muslim’s adapt the design for the trebuchet?

c. Who was the Dome of the Rock sacred to?

d. Where was the Dome of the Rock built?

e. What are some things did that Muslims studied in the first university?

f. Who built the sundial?
g. What materials were used to make the sundial?

h. Who developed the idea for human flight?
i. What creature inspired the design of Firnas’ invention?

j. What was the scientist’s name that invented the water clock?
k. What is the real name of the water clock?

l. What did they use to create sutures in the Golden Ages
m. What kind of needle was used to insert the sutures?

n. What were the Astrolabes use for?

s. What were some of the foods that were eaten during the Islamic Golden Age?

t. When was the Golden Age of Islam?
u. What were toothbrushes made from originally?

v. How were lanterns created in the Islamic Golden Age?

w. How did Nusayba affect change in the Muslim world?
x. What was Al-Farabi known for?
y. Who was Abu al-Hasan ibn Othman?