Chapter 10 all sections Flashcards

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Muhamed

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Born in town of Mecca

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bedouins

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nomadic herders, moved through the desert to reach seasonal pasturelands further camels goats and sheep

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Mecca

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bustling market town at the crossroads of several caravan routes

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Yathrib

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Muhamed left Mecca to go to Yathrib

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hijra

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A journey from Mecca to Yathrib

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Medina

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Yathrib’s new name

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Kaaba

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The temple that Muhamed believed Abraham has built to worship one true God

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Quran

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sacred text of islam

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mosques

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House of worship

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hajj

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pilgrimage to Mecca

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Jihad

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struggle in God service

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five pillars of Islam

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declaration of Faith
daily prayer
alms for the poor
fast during Ramadan
hajj
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Sharia

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body of law that includes interpretation of Quran.

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Abu Bakr

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Muhamed’s father-in-law and an early convert to Islam. first caliph

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Caliph

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successor to Mohammed

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Shiite

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followers of Ali

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Sunni

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inspiration comes from example of Mohammed as recorded by his early followers

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Sufis

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muslin mystics who sought communion with God through meditation fasting another rituals

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Umayyad

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Caliphate, A dynasty of Sunni Caliphs that rulled the Muslim empire in till 750

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Abbasid

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dynasty

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Baghdad

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site of al-mansur’s new capital

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minarets

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slender towers of mosques

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sultan

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ruler, controlled Baghdad, The Abbasid Caliph as a figurehead

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social mobility

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ability to move up in social class

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Firdawsi

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Book of Kings, tells the history of Persia

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Omar Khayyám

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famous in the Muslim world as a scholar and an astronomer

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calligraphy

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art of beautiful handwriting

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Ibn Rushd

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put all knowledge except the Quran to the test reason

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Ibn Khaldun

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set standards for the scientific study of history

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Muhammad al-Razi

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had physician at Baghdad’s chief hospital

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ibn Sina

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created cannon on medicine, a huge encyclopedia of what Greeks the Arabs and himself had learn about diagnosing and treating diseases

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Delhi

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capital

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rajahs

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local Hindu rulers

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Sikhism

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new religion in northern India

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Babur

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claimed descent from Genghis Khan

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Mughal

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ruled from 1526 to 1857

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Akbar

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Babur’s Grandson

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Taj Mahal

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stunning tomb built for Shah Jahan’s wife

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Ottomans

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Turkish-speaking nomadic people who migrated from Central Asia into northwestern Asia Minor

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Istanbul

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new name of Constantinople

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Suleiman

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“lawgiver” brilliant General

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janizaries

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elite force of the ottoman army

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Safavid

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United an empire in Persia

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Shah

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Safavid king

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Shah Abbas

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received the glory of ancient Persia

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Isfahan

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center of the international silk trade

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Qajars

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won control of Iran

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Tehran

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capital of Qajars