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140179440Abu al-Abbasleader of the rebellion against the Umayyad; descendant of Muhammad's uncle (750 CE)0
140179441ayanThe wealthy landed elite that emerged in the early decades of Abbasid rule1
140179442RamadamIslamic month of religious observance requiring fasting from dawn to sunrise2
140179443bedouinNomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam.3
140179444Medinaalso know as Yathrib; town located northeast of MEcca; grew date palms whose fruit was sold to bedouins; because refuge for Muhammad following flight form Mecca4
140179445Ka'ba("cube") a pre-islamic cubed building in mecca believed by muslims to have been built by Abraham. It is the center of the Muslim Pilgrimage5
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