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| 7650577392 | Islam | A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims. |  | 0 |
| 7650577393 | Allah | Islamic God |  | 1 |
| 7650577394 | Muslim | An adherent of the Islamic religion. |  | 2 |
| 7650577395 | Muhammad | Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam. |  | 3 |
| 7650577396 | Qur'an | The holy book containing Allah's revelations to Muhammad Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam. |  | 4 |
| 7650577397 | Bedouin | Arab nomads |  | 5 |
| 7650577399 | Mecca | City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. |  | 6 |
| 7650577400 | Umayyad | (661-750) first ruling dynasty over the Muslim Caliphate |  | 7 |
| 7650577401 | Quraysh | Tribe of bedouins that controlled Mecca in 7th century BCE |  | 8 |
| 7650577402 | Ka'ba | one of the most revered religious shrines in pre-Islamic Arabia |  | 9 |
| 7650577403 | Medina | The city of the prophet (Muhammed) |  | 10 |
| 7650577404 | Khadijah | the widow of a wealthy merchant | 11 | |
| 7650577405 | Ali | Muhammad's clansman |  | 12 |
| 7650577406 | Umma | the community of the faithful, transcended old tribal boundaries | 13 | |
| 7650577408 | Five pillars | principles that must be accepted and followed by all believers, which provided the basis for an underlying religious unity | 14 | |
| 7650577409 | Ramadan | enhanced community solidarity and allowed the faithful to demonstrate their fervor |  | 15 |
| 7650577410 | Hajj | pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca | 16 | |
| 7650577411 | Caliph | the political and religious successor to Muhammad |  | 17 |
| 7650577412 | Abu Bakr | caliph from 632 to 634 |  | 18 |
| 7650577417 | Uthman | Third caliph and member of Umayyad clan; murdered by mutinous warriors returning from Egypt; death set off civil war in Islam between followers of Ali and the Umayyad clan | 19 | |
| 7650577419 | Mu'awiya | second caliph of Umayyad Dynasty, 660-680 | 20 | |
| 7650577420 | Sunnis | Political and theological division within Islam; supported the Umayyads |  | 21 |
| 7650577421 | Shi'a | a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammed's son-in-law Ali as the true rulers of Islam |  | 22 |
| 7650577422 | Karbala | site of the defeat and death of Husayn, the son of Ali. |  | 23 |
| 7650577423 | Damascus | the political center of community under the Umayyads |  | 24 |
| 7650577424 | Mawali | Muslim converts | 25 | |
| 7650577425 | Jizya | head tax |  | 26 |
| 7650577426 | Dhimmi | "people of the book" |  | 27 |
| 7650577427 | Hadiths | traditions of the prophet |  | 28 |
| 7650577428 | Abbasid | party that traced its decent from Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas | 29 | |
| 7650577430 | Baghdad | Abbasid capital Capital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Ctesiphon | 30 | |
| 7650577431 | Wazir | chief administrator and head of the caliph's inner councils |  | 31 |
| 7650577432 | Dhows | sailing vessels with lateen (triangular) sails |  | 32 |
