8005038457 | Bedouins | groups of nomadic people in Arabia; agriculture; goat and camel herding | 0 | |
8005038458 | Entrepots | A port city | 1 | |
8005038459 | Mecca | the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace; pilgrimage there; founded by Umayyad Clan | 2 | |
8005038460 | Ka'ba | pre-Islamic very important shrine in Mecca; incorporated into Muslim worship | 3 | |
8005038461 | Medina | city of the prophet Muhammad; oasis with agriculture; caravan trade routes; northeast of Mecca | 4 | |
8005038462 | polygamy | man has more than one wife at the same time; popular in Islamic culture | 5 | |
8005038463 | Muhammad | Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam; from tribe/clan and orphaned | 6 | |
8005038464 | Khadijah | the first wife of Muhammad | 7 | |
8005038465 | Qur'an/ Koran | Holy book of Islam; sacred word of God; written in Arabic and must only be read in Arabic | 8 | |
8005038466 | Sunna | An Islamic model for living, based on the life and teachings of Muhammad; a set of rules; similar to the 10 commandments | 9 | |
8005038467 | Umma | community of the faithful in Islamic culture | 10 | |
8005038468 | Zakat | Obligatory tax for charity | 11 | |
8005038469 | The 5 Pillars of Islam | Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage: The basis of Islamic faith; validity of Muhammad's revelations | 12 | |
8005038470 | Muhammad's Revelations | Given to him by the angel Gabrielle telling him to speak the word of God | 13 | |
8005038471 | Caliphs | Muslim leaders | 14 | |
8005038472 | Abu Bakr | First caliph of Islam after the death of Muhammad; defeats Romans/Persians and unites Arabia under Islam | 15 | |
8005038473 | Umar | Second caliph of Islam; conquers a lot of land; master of many things | 16 | |
8005038474 | Uthman | Third caliph; succeeded Umar; assassinated; completed the Quran | 17 | |
8005038475 | Ali | Fourth caliph; cousin of Muhammad; rejected by Umayyads; mediator and loses support; problem of succession | 18 | |
8005038476 | Jihads | Islamic holy war in defense of faith | 19 | |
8005038477 | Shiites/ Shi'a | Loyal to Ali; believed caliph should descend from Muhammads family; only Quran | 20 | |
8005038478 | Sunnites/ Sunni | Followed Umayyad Dynasty; believed any spiritually qualified man could be caliph; Quran and Sunna; more numbers | 21 | |
8005038479 | Mu'awiya | Leader of the Umayyad clan; first Umayyad caliph following civil war with Ali; made Arabic official language | 22 | |
8005038480 | Why was Islam Successful? | The Byzantine and Persian empires were weak; not satisfied with the Byzantine | 23 | |
8005038481 | Damascus | Made capital of Umayyad empire; Mecca was still the holy city | 24 | |
8005038482 | Mosque | A Muslim place of worship | 25 | |
8005038483 | Hadiths | Traditions of the prophet Muhammad; gives guidance to the Muslims | 26 | |
8005038484 | Slave concubines | Woman lives with man, but has a lower status that the mans wives; mistress | 27 | |
8005038485 | Wazir or Vizier | High Muslim official | 28 | |
8005038486 | Mawali | Non-Arab converts to Islam; not accepted as full members until the Abbasid dynasty | 29 | |
8005038487 | Dhows | Arab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design | 30 | |
8005038488 | Ayan | Elite land owner | 31 | |
8005038489 | Trade | Christians, Jews and Muslims formed "business" and traded together because the each had different sabbaths | 32 |
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