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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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
Book of Kings, tells the history of Persia
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Omar Khayyám
famous in the Muslim world as a scholar and an astronomer
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calligraphy
art of beautiful handwriting
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Ibn Rushd
put all knowledge except the Quran to the test reason
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Ibn Khaldun
set standards for the scientific study of history
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Muhammad al-Razi
had physician at Baghdad's chief hospital
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ibn Sina
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
capital
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rajahs
local Hindu rulers
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Sikhism
new religion in northern India
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Babur
claimed descent from Genghis Khan
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Mughal
ruled from 1526 to 1857
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Akbar
Babur's Grandson
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Taj Mahal
stunning tomb built for Shah Jahan's wife
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Ottomans
Turkish-speaking nomadic people who migrated from Central Asia into northwestern Asia Minor
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Istanbul
new name of Constantinople
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Suleiman
"lawgiver" brilliant General
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janizaries
elite force of the ottoman army
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Safavid
United an empire in Persia
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Shah
Safavid king
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Shah Abbas
received the glory of ancient Persia
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Isfahan
center of the international silk trade
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Qajars
won control of Iran
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Tehran
capital of Qajars