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3538693475dar al-islammeaning the "house of Islam" and refers to lands under Islamic rule0
3538715590hajjthe holy pilgrimage to mecca1
3538723392bedouinnomadic peoples that kept herds of sheep/goats/camels migrating through the desert to find grass and water2
3538740253Muhammada prophet-thought by muslims to be the last; born about 570 CE3
3538760217khadijaa wealthy widow who Muhammad worked for and later married4
3538770379allahthe one true deity that ruled the universe and would soon reward the right and punish the wrong ones5
3538794263quranthe holy book of islam; direct revelations of the words of allah6
3538823350hadithmost important after the quran; sayings and accounts attributed to Muhammad7
3538848953meccacity-mostly at the time a polytheistic society8
3538860105ka'bacube shaped building that housed shrine thought to be dwelling of a powerful deity9
3538882687hijrameaning migration10
3538892456ummathe name of the community of Muhammad's followers11
3538907711seal of the prophetsthe final prophet through whom allah would reveal his message to humankind12
3538932400Five Pillars Of Islam1. acknowledge allah as only god and Muhammad as prophet 2.must pray daily 3.fast during Ramadan 4. must give to the weak or poor 5. when able make pilgrimage to mecca13
3539097664shariaIslamic holy law14
3539101283abu bakrman that was one of the prophet's closest friends15
3539149248caliphdeputy16
3539177665expansion of islamrapid expansion of the spread of islam17
3539199194shiasupporting party of the relatives to lead following muhammad18
3539228589sunnissupporting party of a leader in which that showed personality traits of a leader19
3539250036Umayyad dynastyestablished after the assassination of ali20
3539264684jizyaname of special tax for those that didn't convert to islam21
3539287607abbasid dynastyfounded by abu, principle source of authority in the dar al-islam22
3539309671baghdadcity constructed by abbasid caliphs; center of banking, commerce, crafts, and industrial production23
3539359122camel caravansmain source of traveling/long distance trade24
3539373533Al-Andalus, cordobaprosperity of Islamic spain that shows the effects of long distance trade25
3539398819veiling of womencustom; to discourage the attention of men26
3539440744madrassinstitutions of higher education-later developing into major cities of the Islamic world27
3539490703sufisIslamic missionaries28
3539505650the Arabian nights/the thousand & one nightsa collection of stories popular in the abbasid empire29

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