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209618778BedouinNomads of the Arabian Peninsula with a culture based on herding camels and goats.0
209618779ShaykhsLeaders of tribes and clans within bedouin society; usually possessed large heards, several wives, and many children.1
209618780MeccaThe Arabian commercial center; dominated by the Quaraysh; home of Muhammad and the future center of Islam.2
209618781MedinaTown northeast of Mecca; asked Muhammad to resolve its intergroup differences.3
209618782UmayyahClan of the Quraysh that dominated Mecca, and later and Islamic dynasty.4
209618783Ka'baRevered pre-Islamic shrine in Mecca; incorporated into Muslim worship.5
209618784Qur'anThe word of God as revealed through Muhammad; made into the holy book of Islam.6
209618785UmmaCommunity of the faithful within Islam.7
209618786ZakatTex for charity, obligation for all Muslims to pay.8
209618787Five PillarsProfession of faith, prary, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and the hajj.9
209618788CaliphSuccessor to Muhammad as head of the Islamic community.10
209618789AliCousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, of one the orthodox caliphs; focus on development of Shi'ism.11
209618790Abu BakrSucceeded Muhammad as the first caliph.12
209618791JihadIslamic holy war, also means struggle for faith.13
209618792SunniFollowers of the majority interpretation within Islam; included the Umayyads.14
209618793Shi'aFollowers of Ali's interpretation of Silam.15
209618794KarbalaSite of the defeat and death of Husayn, the son of Ali.16
209618795MawaliNon-Arab converts to Islam.17
209618796JizyaHead tax paid by all non-Muslims in Islamic lands.18
209618797DhimmisThe People of the Book. Jews, Christians, later Zoroastrians and Hindus.19
209618798AbbasidsDynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; capital was Baghdad.20
209618799WazirChief administrative official under the Abbasids.21
209618800AllahIslamic term for God.22
209618801KhadijahFirst wife of Muhammad who was the widow of a wealthy merchant.23
209618802HijraTerm used to describe Muhammad's flight to Medina; marks the first year of the Islamic calender.24
209618803RamadanThe ninth month of the Islamic year that requires daily fasting.25
209618804HajjPilgrimage to Mecca.26
209618805DamascusAncient Islamic cultural center; capital of present-day Syria.27
209618806HadithsTraditions of the prophet Muhammad.28
209618807BaghdadAncient Islamic cultural center on Tigris River; capital of present-day Iraq.29
209618808DhowsShip with lateen sails and raised deck at the stern.30

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