TCAP Review Day 4- Southwest Asia/Arabian Peninsula Flashcards
Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
Mecca
Mecca is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city in Islam.
Muhammad
Muhammad was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad was the founder of Islam and the proclaimer of the Qur’an, Islam’s sacred scripture. He spent his entire life in what is now the country of Saudi Arabia, from his birth about 570 CE in Mecca to his death in 632 in Medina.
Islam
The word “Islam” means “submission to the will of God.” Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims are monotheistic and worship one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic is known as Allah. Followers of Islam aim to live a life of complete submission to Allah.
The Qur’an
The Quran, also romanized Qur’an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God.
The Five Pillars
The Five Pillars are Shahada (profession of faith), Salah (prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm (fasting), and Hajj (pilgrimage). Each Muslim is expected to fulfill each of these duties providing that they are physically able.
Mehmed II the Conqueror
He was a great military leader, he captured Constantinople and conquered the territories in Anatolia and the Balkans that constituted the Ottoman Empire’s heartland for the next four centuries.
The Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire, empire created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor) that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. The Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish Republic and various successor states in southeastern Europe and the Middle East.
