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Contributions of the Muslim World WEB-Quest

Contributions of the Muslim World WEB-Quest Directions: Use your best internet searching skills to find the answers to the following questions. Write in pencil, as we will review the answers together afterwards. . Music/Art Who was Ziryab and why was he a significant part of the Muslim word?

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Contributions of the Muslim World WEB-Quest

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  1. Contributions of the Muslim World WEB-Quest Directions: Use your best internet searching skills to find the answers to the following questions. Write in pencil, as we will review the answers together afterwards. Music/Art Who was Ziryaband why was he a significant part of the Muslim word? What is “arabesque” art? Astronomy 3. Why is the crescent moon image important to scholars and followers of Islam? 4. What groundbreaking observation did Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi record in 964 CE, and what information about each of the constellations did he provide? 5. What was an astrolabe? What religious purpose did the development of the astrolabe help fulfill? 6. What two amazing feats in flight did ‘Abbas ibnFirnasaccomplish? 7. What is the Bayt al-hikma, and what does it tell us about the Muslim civilization?

  2. Medicine • 8. What are the Ibn al-Haytham’s contributions to the present-day understanding of vision? • 9. Name three medical specialties practiced in the medieval Muslim world. • 10. Who is considered by Muslims as the “father of modern surgery”? ______________________ • Name three things he did to earn this title. • a. • b. • c. • Math • 11. Al-Khwarizmi’s name is associated with which branch of mathematics? • 12. Why were Arabic numerals also called ghubari numbers? • Technology • 14. What are four areas of earth science in which scholars of Muslim civilization did pioneering work? • a. c. • b. d. • Code-Breaking • 15. Al-Kindideveloped a way to break codes called “frequency analysis.” Using that method, what letter in English is the most frequently used? Describe how knowing that information can help break a code.

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