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11364357829The fastest growing religion in the world...is centered around the belief in...god called...Islam, one, Allah0
11364357830Where were the Bedouins living in the 6th century?Arabian Peninsula1
11364357831The Bedouin culture was mostly...Nomadic, tribal, and polytheistic2
11364357832Who ruled each clan or tribe in the Bedouin culture?Sheikhs3
11364357833...is when a man has more than one wife at a timePolygyny4
11364357834Were the Bedouins polytheistic or monotheistic?Polytheistic5
11364357901Arabian Peninsula6
11364357835City in Saudi Arabia that is considered to be a holy cityMecca7
11364357836The black stone of Mecca is a...because it has the...of GodRelic, word8
11364357837The Bedouin tribes valued...and...Honesty, generosity9
11364357838The Bedouins...routes with...formed the basis of the Arabian economyLand trade, camels10
11364357839...eventually became more popular than overland routesWater travel11
11364357840Muhammad was a...Merchant12
11364357841Muhammad became a...Caravan manager13
11364357842Muhammad experienced...that he attributed to the angel of the deity...Revelations, Allah14
11364357843An Islamic sacred book said to be the literal word of GodQuran15
11364357844Did it take long for Muhammad to gather followers of Allah?Yes16
11364357845Muhammad is the last...Prophet17
11364357846The city that Muhammad and his followers fled to when they were persecuted, and where the first Muslim community was:Medina18
11364357847The name of the flight of Muhammad and his followers because of persecutionHegira19
11364357848The most important holy building of IslamKa'aba20
11364357849A way that Islam was spread was...and the...of peopleMilitary conquest, movement21
11364357850Islam is an...religionEgalitarian22
11364357851When Islam was spread through military conquest and they had conquered a region, Islamic rule was/wasn't tolerant of the religionWas23
11364357852Was Islam polytheistic or monotheistic?Monotheistic24
11364357853Principles 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
11364357854Core set of obligations for MuslimsFive Pillars26
11364357855Belief 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
11364357856Concept of struggle to strive in the way of Allah and to improve both oneself and societyJihad28
11364357857A code of law that outlines behavioral requirements for daily life that was developed after Muhammad's death. (Based on the Quran)Shariah29
11364357858After Muhammad's death, who were the two people that were running to become the leader of the Islamic community?Ali and Abu Bakr30
11364357859Religious rulerCaliph31
11364357860Who became the first caliph?Bakr32
11364357861Who became the fourth caliph?Ali33
11364357862Supporters of Abu BakrSunnis34
11364357863Supporters of Ali became the...group, also known as...Shia, Shiites35
11364357864When 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
11364357865When Ali was assassinated a group of...took power and founded the...DynastyMerchants, generals, and armies, Umayyad37
11364357866Was the Umayyad Dynasty in Damascus and Córdoba Sunni or Shia?Sunni38
11364357867Where was the Umayyad Dynasty moved to? (From Medina)Damascus39
11364357868The...conquered the...and made a new city for their capital called...Abbasids, Umayyads, Baghdad40
11364357869An Islamic stateCaliphate41
11364357870Where were the Abbasids?Baghdad42
11364357871Baghdad became the center of...Learning43
11364357872The invention of thicker...was an achievement of BaghdadPaper44
11364357873The Abbasids became increasingly...with a continually growing...Hierarchical, bureaucracy45
11364357874Prime ministers in the Abbasid EmpireViziers46
11364357875Being a ruler in the Abbasid empire because you risked potential...attemptsAssassination47
11364357876The Abbasid Empire suffered from...Attacks from outside groups48
11364357877The MongolsGroup that defeated the Abbasids49
11364357878The Abbasids faced both...and...troublesEconomic, military50
11364357879Where did the Umayyads move their capital to after it was moved to Damascus?Cordoba51
11364357880The loss of the Battle of Tours for the Islamic military marked the limit of...into...Islamic expansion, Western Europe52
11364357881Umayyad rulers in Córdoba were...in terms of religion, like the..in BaghdadTolerant, Abbasids53
11364357882The Umayyad rulers in Córdoba promoted...Trade54
11364357883The trade that was promoted by the Umayyad rulers in Córdoba occured because of goods traveling ships called...Dhows55
11364357884The Islamic state in Córdoba, Spain became a center for...Learning56
11364357885Islamic scholars saved the works of...and other...thinkersAristotle, Greek57
11364357886Before Muhammad there were more...and...than pastoral...Farmers, sailors, nomads58
11364357887Trade between the...and the...empires created contacts between the religious groups:...Byzantine, Islamic, Muslims, Christians, and Jews59
11364357888When 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
11364357889The role of...in Islamic society was greater than in other...and...societies at the time.Merchants, European, Asian61
11364357890Islam did/didn't allow slavery.Did62
11364357891When 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
11364357892Did slave women or wives have more independence?Slave women,64
11364357893Slave women were allowed to go to...or run errands. They could gather enough money to...their freedom.Markets, buy65
11364357894Headscarf/veil used by women to cover their headsHijab66
11364357895Muhammad...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
11364357896Islamic women had a...status than Christian and Jewish womenHigher68
11364357897A whole community of MuslimsUmma69
11364357898The separate part of a Muslim household for the wives, concubines, and the women's childrenHarem70
11364357899A new Islamic group in India and PersiaSufis71
11364357900The Sufis followed...and...to attempt to unite with...Rituals, chants, God72

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