Period III Exam Flashcards
nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula with a culture based on herding camels and goats
Bedouin
Arabian commercial center; dominated by the Quraysh; the home of Muhammad and the future center of Islam
Mecca
town northeast of Mecca; asked Muhammad to resolve its intergroup differences; Muhammad’s flight to Medina, the hijra, in 622 began the Muslim calendar
Medina
clan of the Quraysh that dominated Mecca; later an Islamic dynasty
Umayyad
(570-632); prophet of Allah; originally a merchant of the Quraysh
Muhammad
the word of god as revealed through Muhammad; made into the holy book of Islam
Qur’an
community of the faithful within Islam
Umma
Five Pillars
-confession of faith
-prayer
-fasting during Ramadan
-giving of alms
-hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
the successor to Muhammad as head of the Islamic community
Caliph
succeeded Muhammad as the first caliph
Abu Bakr
Islamic holy war
Jihad
followers of the majority interpretation within Islam; included the Umayyads
Sunnis
followers of Ali’s interpretation of Islam
Shi’a
“the people of the book”– Jews, Christians; later extended to Zoroastrians and Hindus
Dhimmis
dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad
Abbasids
nomadic invaders from central Asia; staunch Sunnis; ruled from the 11th c. in the name of the Abbasids
Seljuk Turks
invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291
Crusades