David’s Blog

Mr.R said that our Caravan logs were too short so we had to write a longer one. Well, here it is.

A good proverb that i found today is “Don’t cut the tree that shades you.” I think this means that you shouldn’t literally cut the tree that puts you in the shade. I also think that it has another meaning, this meaning is that you shouldn’t cut down the person that shades you. Or in other words don’t hurt people that is close to you and the ones that help you.

I got this image here.

I also found out that Abd-al Rahman III ruled in Spain during the time of the Umayyad Empire. Adb-al Rahman III was the first and greatest caliph of the Umayyad Empire. He ruled from Cordova in Spain. He may not have been as good ruler but as his ancestor Adb-al Rahman, but he was loved by the people because of the freeness of religion during his rule.

This is my second caravan log, I don’t have very much information on this one as the first one.  Well, I’ll start with how many Dirham we earned today.  we lost 11 Dirham, so now we have 44. We gained one trivia card giving us a total of 1 trivia card. We also gained 1 fact card to give us a total of 3 fact cards. Some interesting facts that i found are: of the former USSR’s fifteen states, six are Muslim.  Also, John the Baptist and Jesus are generally accepted as prophets in Islam, Muhammad was the last prophet. Those are some things I learned today.

Some things I learned in social studies today, on the 19th of February, 2008 are the following. During the golden age of Islam, Baghdad was a great center of learning and art. Here is a fact I found very interesting: the former Soviet Union’s (USSR) population was 20% Muslim. I also learned that the Hadeeth is a collection of quotes and sayings of the prophet `Muhammad. During the time of the Islam empire, Muslim mathematicians contributed to Modern European civilization by using Arabic numerals including the concept of zero, Algebra, Geometry, and using time in mathematics. Another fact I found interesting is that there are 1.4 million Christian Arabs, most of them living in Lebanon.

Mr. R said today that we should read a packet and then write what questions we have about the Islam unit.

I think this unit will be the most fun so far, this is because i most definately enjoy learning about other cultures other than that of my own. I just have some questions before we really start this uni.

Firstly, I didn’t quite get what a sura is. Also, Mr. R, you said that Islam was the largest religion in the world, in the packet it says that it is the second largest religion after Christianity, why is this?  There are still Beduins in Arabia?  Why did Muhammed’s parents die? Those are some questions that i have before we start the Islam unit.

I really look forward to starting the unit project. also i want to start this unit. i think that this will be very fun since i like discussing religion.