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| 11054656759 | Bedouin | Nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; Culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to islam. | 0 | |
| 11054656762 | Zakat | tax for charity; obligatory for all muslims. | 1 | |
| 11054656763 | Ali | Cousin and Son in law of Muhammad; one of the orthodox caliphs; focus for shi'a. | 2 | |
| 11054656764 | Abu Bakr | One of Muhammad's earliest converts; seceded Muhammad as first caliph of Muslim community | 3 | |
| 11054656765 | Jihad | A doctrine within Islam. Commonly translated as "Holy War" Jihad represents either a personal or collective struggle on the part of Muslims to live up the religious standards set by the Quran | 4 | |
| 11054656767 | Ma'awiya | leader of the Umayyad clan; first Umayyad caliph following civil war with Ali. | 5 | |
| 11054656769 | Jizya | Head tax paid by all non believers in Islamic territories | 6 | |
| 11054656770 | Quraysh | Bedouin tribe- dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca | 7 | |
| 11054656772 | Khadijah | First wife and follower of the islamic prophet Muhammad. Commonly regraded ad "mother of the believers" by muslims. | 8 | |
| 11054656773 | Ramadan | The ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. | 9 | |
| 11054656774 | Damascus | Syrian city that was the capital of Umayyad caliphate, modern day Syria capital likely largest city of Syria. | 10 | |
| 11054656775 | Hadiths | Colletions of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad that, with accounts of his daily practice (the Sunha), constitute the major some of guidance for Muslims apart from the Koran. | 11 | |
| 11054656776 | Bayhdad | Capital of modern day Iraq. It was also capital of the Abbasid Dynasty | 12 | |
| 11054704193 | Shia Muslims | Minority of people, believed that caliph should be a direct blood line of Muhammad | 13 | |
| 11054708246 | Sunni | a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam | 14 | |
| 11054716055 | How did Islam spread throughout Africa? | conquest and trade | 15 | |
| 11054726140 | Abbasids | A dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from 750 to about 1250. | 16 | |
| 11054735428 | how did the abbasids treat women | the status of a free Muslim woman, even a wife or mother, came to resemble very closely that of a slave | 17 | |
| 11054765361 | Abbasid Caliphate | (750-1258 CE) The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering. Had a bureaucracy that any Mulim could be a part of. | 18 | |
| 11054776117 | Bhaktic cults | Hindu groups dedicated to gods and goddesses; stressed the importance of strong emotional bonds between devotees and the god or goddess who was the object of their veneration; most widely worshipped gods were Vishnu and Shiva | 19 | |
| 11054780892 | Islam in India | With the introduction of Islam to India, many people of Hinduism and Buddhism remained faithful; there was more rights for the women of the Lower Classes: it was possible for Muslim women in India to divorce and remarry after the death of their husbands | 20 | |
| 11054786276 | Islam in India | Islam didn't take hold in India with only 20-25% of the population converting after they were invaded by Turkish-speaking Muslims. This is because India had no strong central government to make Islamic, Hinduism was too ingrained in Indian culture, and Hinduism contrasted Islam because Hinduism was polytheistic, didn't promote equality (karma), and didn't promote modesty. | 21 | |
| 11054791717 | Ibn Battuta | (1304-1369) Morrocan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period. | 22 | |
| 11054794289 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records | 23 | |
| 11054812902 | Ghana, Mali, Songhai | • West African kingdoms that built wealth and power through trans-Saharan trade of salt and gold | 24 | |
| 11054815263 | Ghana, Mali, Songhai | used Niger River; Gold-Salt trade; Timbuktu was trade and cultural center; many converted to Islam | 25 | |
| 11054819893 | sub saharan Africa religion before the introduction of islam | animism | 26 | |
| 11054832455 | how Persia influenced the abbasids | 27 | ||
| 11054837191 | Significance of Jerusalem | Muslims (place where Mohammed ascended into heaven), Jews (Place where Abraham was about to sacrifice his child/ Western wall), Christians (Place where Jesus was born) | 28 | |
| 11054842190 | Bedouin Tribes | Nomads that lived in desert and survived by raising livestock. Known for their unique war strategies and their poetry. | 29 | |
| 11054852184 | Muhammad in Medina | 622 AD | 30 | |
| 11054852185 | Muhammed death | 632 AD | 31 | |
| 11054858002 | Umma | The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community. | 32 | |
| 11054860382 | Dhimmi | Literally "people of the book"; applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastrians and even Hindus & Buddhists | 33 | |
| 11054875174 | Mawali | Non-Arab converts to Islam. Not accepted as full members until the Abbasid dynasty | 34 | |
| 11054886364 | Early Caliphs | After the death of Muhammad, he did not detail how to name a successor. Relying on tribal custom, Muslims elected the next caliph. The successor was Abu-Bakr (friend of Muhammad) | 35 |
