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3192560390MuhammadBorn in 570 C.E. in Mecca, orphaned at 60
3192566350KhadijaWealthy widow that Muhammad married in 595 C.E.1
3192575226Quran (Recitation, Holy Book of Islam)Record of Muhammad's revelations received during visions2
3192578590HadithTraditioin of Muhammad's life, filled with accounts of his deeds3
3192623883Muhammad610 C.E. had a profound spiritual experience4
3192623884AllahMuhammad believed that he was the one true god that ruled the universe, that idolatry and recognition of other gods besides him ammounted to wickdness, and he would bring his judgement upon the world5
3192638438Archangel GabrielHow did Muhammad receive his visions?6
3192683806ZoroastrianismThis religion's views profoundly influenced Muhammad7
3192744358Mecca's Ruling Elites (City's wealthiest merchants)People who took Muhammad denouncing greed as a personal offence8
3192869789Ka'baCube shaped building that housed the large black rock considered to be the dwelling of a powerful deity9
3192938572Yathrib (Medina)City that Muhammad fled to in 622 C.E., this move marked the starting point of the official Muslim calendar10
3192947084HijraMeans "migration"11
3193006933UmmaCohesive community of Muhammad's followers (means community of the faithful)12
3193034052AlmsgivingMeans "giving to others"; your money or your talents to the less fortunate13
3193065725MuhammadThe final prophet through whom Allah would reveal his message14
3200478591ShariaIslamic law based on the Quran; extends beyond ritual law to all areas of human activity15
3200484065ShiaMuslims who believed that the leader of the Islamic faith should be related to Muhammad16
3200486935SunniMuslims who believed that the leader of the Islamic faith should be related to Muhammad17
3200525664MeccaIn 630 C.E. Muslims attacked and conquered this city (destroyed pagan shrines and replaced them with mosques)18
3200586190The First Pillar of Islam1)Muslims must acknowledge Allah as the only god and Muhammad as his prophet19
3200642286The Second Pillar of Islam2) They must pray to Allah daily while facing Mecca20
3200647546The Third Pillar of Islam3)They must observe a fast during the daylight hours of the month of Ramadan21
3200649900The Fourth Pillar of Islam4)They must contribute alms for the relief of the weak poor22
3200654786The Fifth Pillar of Islam5)In honor of Muhammad's visits to Mecca, those who are physically and financially able must undertake the hajj and make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca23
3200682357HajjAnnual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca24
3200715501Jihad"Struggle" against vice, against ignorance of Islam25
3200720401Holy WarWar against unbelievers who threaten Islam26
3200733135Abu Bakrchosen by Muhammad's advisors to serve as the caliph27
3200735933Caliph"Deputy"28
3200783993AliServed as caliph for a short time, then assassinated along with most of his followers29
3200813363Umayyad DynastyFrom Meccan merchant class, brought stabillity to the Islamic community; established their capital at Damascus30
3200939929JizyaA special head tax on conquered peoples that did not convert to Islam31
3200957502Abu al-Abbaschief leader of rebellion against Umayyad, allied with Shias32
3200971134Abbasid DynastyDynasty founded by Abu al-Abbas, seized control of Persia and Mesopotamia33
3200991147Dar al-IslamLands in which a Muslim government rules and the Holy Law of Islam prevails34
3201015398UlamaPeople with religious knowledge35
3201016635QadisJudges36
3201020693Ulama and QadisOfficials who set moral standards and solved disputes37
3201037464Harun al-RashidHigh point of the Abbasid dynasty came during the reigh of which caliph38
3201048737BaghdadCenter of banking, commerce, crafts, and industrial production, a metropolis with a population of several hundred thousand people39
3201055821Sons of HarunCivil war between who that caused Abbasid decline40
3201093188Silk RoutesDar al-Islam encompassed which routes?41
3201096892Maritime tradeInnovations in nautical technology contributed to a steadily increasing volume of what?42
3201108464SakkMultiple branches that honored letters of credit known as...43
3201167085Muslim BerberConquerors from north Africa that take Spain, early eighth century44
3201199892MadrasasInstitutions of higher education known as...45
3201210046Sufi'sMost effective Islamic missionaries were mystics known as...46
3201214638Al-GhazaliMajor Sufi thinker from Persia47
3201224036PersiaHad administration and governance, literature influences on Islam48
3201231565IndiaInfluenced mathematics, science, medicine, "Hindu" numbers49
3201422830GreeceInfluenced philosophy (Aristotle, Ibn Rushd, Averrooes)50

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