209618778 | Bedouin | Nomads of the Arabian Peninsula with a culture based on herding camels and goats. | 0 | |
209618779 | Shaykhs | Leaders of tribes and clans within bedouin society; usually possessed large heards, several wives, and many children. | 1 | |
209618780 | Mecca | The Arabian commercial center; dominated by the Quaraysh; home of Muhammad and the future center of Islam. | 2 | |
209618781 | Medina | Town northeast of Mecca; asked Muhammad to resolve its intergroup differences. | 3 | |
209618782 | Umayyah | Clan of the Quraysh that dominated Mecca, and later and Islamic dynasty. | 4 | |
209618783 | Ka'ba | Revered pre-Islamic shrine in Mecca; incorporated into Muslim worship. | 5 | |
209618784 | Qur'an | The word of God as revealed through Muhammad; made into the holy book of Islam. | 6 | |
209618785 | Umma | Community of the faithful within Islam. | 7 | |
209618786 | Zakat | Tex for charity, obligation for all Muslims to pay. | 8 | |
209618787 | Five Pillars | Profession of faith, prary, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and the hajj. | 9 | |
209618788 | Caliph | Successor to Muhammad as head of the Islamic community. | 10 | |
209618789 | Ali | Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, of one the orthodox caliphs; focus on development of Shi'ism. | 11 | |
209618790 | Abu Bakr | Succeeded Muhammad as the first caliph. | 12 | |
209618791 | Jihad | Islamic holy war, also means struggle for faith. | 13 | |
209618792 | Sunni | Followers of the majority interpretation within Islam; included the Umayyads. | 14 | |
209618793 | Shi'a | Followers of Ali's interpretation of Silam. | 15 | |
209618794 | Karbala | Site of the defeat and death of Husayn, the son of Ali. | 16 | |
209618795 | Mawali | Non-Arab converts to Islam. | 17 | |
209618796 | Jizya | Head tax paid by all non-Muslims in Islamic lands. | 18 | |
209618797 | Dhimmis | The People of the Book. Jews, Christians, later Zoroastrians and Hindus. | 19 | |
209618798 | Abbasids | Dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; capital was Baghdad. | 20 | |
209618799 | Wazir | Chief administrative official under the Abbasids. | 21 | |
209618800 | Allah | Islamic term for God. | 22 | |
209618801 | Khadijah | First wife of Muhammad who was the widow of a wealthy merchant. | 23 | |
209618802 | Hijra | Term used to describe Muhammad's flight to Medina; marks the first year of the Islamic calender. | 24 | |
209618803 | Ramadan | The ninth month of the Islamic year that requires daily fasting. | 25 | |
209618804 | Hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca. | 26 | |
209618805 | Damascus | Ancient Islamic cultural center; capital of present-day Syria. | 27 | |
209618806 | Hadiths | Traditions of the prophet Muhammad. | 28 | |
209618807 | Baghdad | Ancient Islamic cultural center on Tigris River; capital of present-day Iraq. | 29 | |
209618808 | Dhows | Ship with lateen sails and raised deck at the stern. | 30 |
AP World - Chapter 6 Flashcards
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