The leading features of the Islamic religion and the role that it plays in Islamic culture
The outstanding achievements in Muslim science and mathematics
To recognize visually the Islamic artistic style and to identify major examples of Islamic art and architecture
The various cultural influences operating in Islamic civilization
Islamic contributions to the West: transmission of the basic philosophical and scientific texts from the ancient world; original contributions in algebra and mathematics; transmission of the concept of zero, Arabic numerals, and the pointed arch
The historical reasons for poor relations between Islam and the West
