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Chapter 13 Vocab Flashcards

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Bedouin

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people organized into tribes located in the Arabian peninsula

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Hajj

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A holy pilgrimage to Mecca

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Muhammad

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The founder and a prophet of Islam

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Khadija

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The first wife of Muhammad

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Allah

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The only god of Islam

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Quran

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A holy book of Islam

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Hadith

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Another holy Islamic book that contains sayings attributed to Muhammad

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Ka’ba

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A building that houses a shrine of Allah

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Hijra

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The spiritual journey of the prophet Muhammad

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Umma

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The Islamic community and nation

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Seal of the prophets

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Muhammad who is the last and final prophet who would receive visions from Allah

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Five pillars of Islam

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1- acknowledge Allah and Muhammad as his prophet
2- pray daily to Allah facing Mecca
3- fast during the day hours of Ramadan
4- contribute to alms for the weak and the poor
5- if they are able make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca

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Sharia

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The holy Islamic law

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Abu Bakr

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Muhammad’s successor

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Caliph

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Lieutenants or substitutes for Muhammad

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Expansion of Islam

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Ranged from Arabia to other territories

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Shia (Shi’ites)

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Muslims that acknowledge Ali and his descendants

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Ali

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The fourth caliph of Islam

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Sunnis

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Muslims that don’t accept the appointment of Ali

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Umayyad Dynasty

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The dynasty that came to rule Islamic lands from 661-750 C E

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Jizya

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A special tax that allowed people to observe their own religions

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Abbasid dynasty

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The dynasty that seized power from the Umayyads

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Battle of talas river

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The Abbasids defeated a Chinese army, which stopped the expansion of the Tang Dynasty

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Baghdad

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The Abbasids new capital

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Ulama

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Learned officials

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Qadis

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Judges

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Harun Al-Rashid

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A caliph of Baghdad

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Sultan

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A noble who was over a certain area

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Camel caravans

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Trade transportation across Arabia

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Sakk/check

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A type if paper money invented for trade

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Al-Andalus

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Muslim Spain

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Veiling of women

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The expansion of Islam into the Byzantine and Sasanid empires caused social and family pressures of women to be modest

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Madrassas

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Institutions of higher education

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Sufis

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Islamic mystics

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Al-ghazi

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An Islamic theologian

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Omar Khayyan, Rubaiyat

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An Islamic philosopher

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The Arabian nights

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A book containing stories

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Ibn Rushd

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A philosopher

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Mecca

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A holy Islamic city

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