Islam Project

Essential questions

• How did Islam become a major religion?
• What were some significant contributions made by Muslims? 

aNSWERs

• Empires gained control of much of central Asia causing change of religion  
• Empires eventually took control of Europe spreading even more
• Since Arabia had a great deal of trade, that brought people to Arabia
• Because all of the cites in Arabia were important capitals were moved  
• Empires helped spread the religion and conquer new cities

Answers (cont.)

• Muslims Arabic numerals and were the first to use zero
• They also studied astronomy and explored the world
• Invented algebra
• Made encyclopedias of medicine and logs of diseases 
• Created mosques