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Mercenary

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A foreign soldier who served for rather than out of loyalty

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Visigoths

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A member of the western division of the goths

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Huns

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Nomadic people from central Asia

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Apostle

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Leader

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Heresy

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Religious belief that is contrary to the official teachings of a church

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Messiah

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Savior sent by god

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Bishop

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High ranking church

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Martyr

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Dies for their beliefs

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Theology

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The study of religious faith, practice and experience

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Odoacer

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First barbarian ruler of Italy

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Sunni

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A member of one of the Muslims sects

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Mosques

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Muslim house of worship

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Allah

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The supreme being god

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Monotheistic

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Believing in one god

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Polytheistic

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Believing in many gods

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Caliph

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Successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the muslims

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Islam

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The religious faith of Muslim

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Oasis

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A small fertile or green area in a desert

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Peninsula

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An area of land surrounded by water

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Pilgrimage

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A long journey to some sacred place for religious

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Taraff

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Tax on imported goods

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Strait

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Narrow water passage

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Pax Romana

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The terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions

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Bedouins

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Moved through the desert to reach seasonal pasturelands

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Muhammad

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Born in the oasis town

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Mecca

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Bustling market town at the crossroad

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Yathrib

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A journey know as the Hijra

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Medina

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City of the Prophet

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Kaaba

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The temple that he believed Abraham

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Quran

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The sacred text of Islam

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Hajj

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Pilgrimage to Mecca

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Jihad

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Struggle in gods service

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Sharia

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A body of law that includes interpretation

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Abu Bakr

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Muhammad father in law

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Shiite

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Muslim has a profound impact on later islamic history

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Sufis

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Muslim mystics who sought communion with god through meditation fasting and other rituals

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Umayyad

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Caliphate

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Abbasid

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Dynasty which lasted until 1258

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Baghdad

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Site of his new Capital

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Minarets

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Slender towers of the mosques loomed overhead

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Sultan

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Ruler controlled Baghdad

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