Islam/Byzantine Flashcards

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Popular trade stop and shrine to gods and goddesses

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Mecca

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1
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Byzantine empire populated by

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Bedouin traders

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2
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Muhammad was born in

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540 CE

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3
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Muhammad was mad about what? Where did he go? Who did he see?

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Idolatry, a cave , and angel Gabriel

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4
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Belief that forces of nature are connected to a specific deity

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Anamism

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5
Q

Jesus in Arabic

A

Isu

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6
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Gabriel called Mohammed to do what

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Embrace Allah the one true god and preach his message

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7
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Mohammed’s first covenant

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His wife Khadija

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8
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When did Muhammad flee to Medina? To do what?

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In 622 and he was on a journey called Hijra

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9
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What happened in 630

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Muhammad returns in triumph

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10
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632

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Muhammad dies

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11
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Holy text of Islam

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Quran

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12
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5 pillars

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1 Declare there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet
2 daily prayer 5 times a day facing Mecca
3 giving charity to the poor
4 fasting during the month of Ramadon
5 go on a pilgrimage once in your life to Mecca (Hajj)

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13
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Sharia

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Muslim law using the Quran as its guide

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14
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Abu Bakr

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Elected Caliph after Muhammad dies

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15
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Byzantine empire?

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After fall of Rome 5th c penury CE

16
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falls to Turks, renamed Istanbul

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1453

17
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Justinian (527-565)

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Sleepless emperor