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11308801049The fastest growing religion in the world...is centered around the belief in...god called...Islam, one, Allah0
11308801050Where were the Bedouins living in the 6th century?Arabian Peninsula1
11308801051The Bedouin culture was mostly...Nomadic, tribal, and polytheistic2
11308801052Who ruled each clan or tribe in the Bedouin culture?Sheikhs3
11308801053...is when a man has more than one wife at a timePolygyny4
11308801054Were the Bedouins polytheistic or monotheistic?Polytheistic5
11308801121Arabian Peninsula6
11308801055City in Saudi Arabia that is considered to be a holy cityMecca7
11308801056The black stone of Mecca is a...because it has the...of GodRelic, word8
11308801057The Bedouin tribes valued...and...Honesty, generosity9
11308801058The Bedouins...routes with...formed the basis of the Arabian economyLand trade, camels10
11308801059...eventually became more popular than overland routesWater travel11
11308801060Muhammad was a...Merchant12
11308801061Muhammad became a...Caravan manager13
11308801062Muhammad experienced...that he attributed to the angel of the deity...Revelations, Allah14
11308801063An Islamic sacred book said to be the literal word of GodQuran15
11308801064Did it take long for Muhammad to gather followers of Allah?Yes16
11308801065Muhammad is the last...Prophet17
11308801066The city that Muhammad and his followers fled to when they were persecuted, and where the first Muslim community was:Medina18
11308801067The name of the flight of Muhammad and his followers because of persecutionHegira19
11308801068The most important holy building of IslamKa'aba20
11308801069A way that Islam was spread was...and the...of peopleMilitary conquest, movement21
11308801070Islam is an...religionEgalitarian22
11308801071When Islam was spread through military conquest and they had conquered a region, Islamic rule was/wasn't tolerant of the religionWas23
11308801072Was Islam polytheistic or monotheistic?Monotheistic24
11308801073Principles of Islam: The ideas of...of an afterlife, the importance of submission to the will of...and a belief in the...as the sacred bookSalvation and hope, Allah, Quran25
11308801074Core set of obligations for MuslimsFive Pillars26
11308801075Belief in one...called... Praying...times a day Giving...to the poor Fasting during the month of... Making a...to Mecca once in your lifeGod, Allah, five, alms, Ramadan, pilgrimage27
11308801076Concept of struggle to strive in the way of Allah and to improve both oneself and societyJihad28
11308801077A code of law that outlines behavioral requirements for daily life that was developed after Muhammad's death. (Based on the Quran)Shariah29
11308801078After Muhammad's death, who were the two people that were running to become the leader of the Islamic community?Ali and Abu Bakr30
11308801079Religious rulerCaliph31
11308801080Who became the first caliph?Bakr32
11308801081Who became the fourth caliph?Ali33
11308801082Supporters of Abu BakrSunnis34
11308801083Supporters of Ali became the...group, also known as...Shia, Shiites35
11308801084When Bakr seized lands from the...Empire and the...Empire, he didn't force religious conversion. Instead the...were lower if you converted.Byzantine, Persian Sassanid, taxes36
11308801085When Ali was assassinated a group of...took power and founded the...DynastyMerchants, generals, and armies, Umayyad37
11308801086Was the Umayyad Dynasty in Damascus and Córdoba Sunni or Shia?Sunni38
11308801087Where was the Umayyad Dynasty moved to? (From Medina)Damascus39
11308801088The...conquered the...and made a new city for their capital called...Abbasids, Umayyads, Baghdad40
11308801089An Islamic stateCaliphate41
11308801090Where were the Abbasids?Baghdad42
11308801091Baghdad became the center of...Learning43
11308801092The invention of thicker...was an achievement of BaghdadPaper44
11308801093The Abbasids became increasingly...with a continually growing...Hierarchical, bureaucracy45
11308801094Prime ministers in the Abbasid EmpireViziers46
11308801095Being a ruler in the Abbasid empire because you risked potential...attemptsAssassination47
11308801096The Abbasid Empire suffered from...Attacks from outside groups48
11308801097The MongolsGroup that defeated the Abbasids49
11308801098The Abbasids faced both...and...troublesEconomic, military50
11308801099Where did the Umayyads move their capital to after it was moved to Damascus?Cordoba51
11308801100The loss of the Battle of Tours for the Islamic military marked the limit of...into...Islamic expansion, Western Europe52
11308801101Umayyad rulers in Córdoba were...in terms of religion, like the..in BaghdadTolerant, Abbasids53
11308801102The Umayyad rulers in Córdoba promoted...Trade54
11308801103The trade that was promoted by the Umayyad rulers in Córdoba occured because of goods traveling ships called...Dhows55
11308801104The Islamic state in Córdoba, Spain became a center for...Learning56
11308801105Islamic scholars saved the works of...and other...thinkersAristotle, Greek57
11308801106Before Muhammad there were more...and...than pastoral...Farmers, sailors, nomads58
11308801107Trade between the...and the...empires created contacts between the religious groups:...Byzantine, Islamic, Muslims, Christians, and Jews59
11308801108When Islamic expansion occurred, the Islamic soldiers were/weren't allowed to own property that they took over, which allowed the people's lives to not be changed greatly. They would just be paying to a different...Weren't, ruler60
11308801109The role of...in Islamic society was greater than in other...and...societies at the time.Merchants, European, Asian61
11308801110Islam did/didn't allow slavery.Did62
11308801111When slaves converted to Islam, were the owners allowed to keep them enslaved? Y/N? Because Muslims could/couldn't enslave other...No, couldn't Muslims63
11308801112Did slave women or wives have more independence?Slave women,64
11308801113Slave women were allowed to go to...or run errands. They could gather enough money to...their freedom.Markets, buy65
11308801114Headscarf/veil used by women to cover their headsHijab66
11308801115Muhammad...the status of women by treating his wives with...and...Also Muhammad's first wife was...and owned her own...Raised, love, devotion, educated, business67
11308801116Islamic women had a...status than Christian and Jewish womenHigher68
11308801117A whole community of MuslimsUmma69
11308801118The separate part of a Muslim household for the wives, concubines, and the women's childrenHarem70
11308801119A new Islamic group in India and PersiaSufis71
11308801120The Sufis followed...and...to attempt to unite with...Rituals, chants, God72

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