Islamic lands bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Cube-like shrine of Mecca.

   Item

   Kaba

2. Clue

   Migration to Medina in 622.

   Item

   Hijra

3. Clue

   Alms tax of the community.

   Item

   Zakat

4. Clue

   Protected Jews and Christians.

   Item

   Dhimmis

5. Clue

   Left Ali's camp after Siffin.

   Item

   Kharjis

6. Clue

   Umayyad capital.

   Item

   Damascus

7. Clue

   Abbasid capital near Ctesiphon.

   Item

   Baghdad

8. Clue

   Fatimid city, today's Cairo.

   Item

   Qahira

9. Clue

   Regained Jerusalem in 1187.

   Item

   Saladin

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation