Chapter 10 all sections Flashcards
Muhamed
Born in town of Mecca
bedouins
nomadic herders, moved through the desert to reach seasonal pasturelands further camels goats and sheep
Mecca
bustling market town at the crossroads of several caravan routes
Yathrib
Muhamed left Mecca to go to Yathrib
hijra
A journey from Mecca to Yathrib
Medina
Yathrib’s new name
Kaaba
The temple that Muhamed believed Abraham has built to worship one true God
Quran
sacred text of islam
mosques
House of worship
hajj
pilgrimage to Mecca
Jihad
struggle in God service
five pillars of Islam
declaration of Faith daily prayer alms for the poor fast during Ramadan hajj
Sharia
body of law that includes interpretation of Quran.
Abu Bakr
Muhamed’s father-in-law and an early convert to Islam. first caliph
Caliph
successor to Mohammed
Shiite
followers of Ali
Sunni
inspiration comes from example of Mohammed as recorded by his early followers
Sufis
muslin mystics who sought communion with God through meditation fasting another rituals
Umayyad
Caliphate, A dynasty of Sunni Caliphs that rulled the Muslim empire in till 750