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14469644636Islam"to submit", teaches submission to the word of God (Allah)0
14469644637Muslim"those who submit", a follower of Islam1
14469644638Quran"recitations", the uncorrupted word of god2
14469644639Muhammadthe last of the prophets of god, not to be worshipped3
14469644640Hadiththe record of the words, actions, and the silent approval, of Muhammad.4
14469644641Ummacommunity of believers of Islam5
14469644642Meccaa center of pilgrimage and trade, holds the Ka'aba and sacred tokens of surrounding tribes6
14469644643Ka'abacubical black stone structure7
14469644644Shahadadeclaring belief in the oneness of God and the acceptance of Muhammad as God's prophet8
14469644645Almsmoney or food given to poor people9
14469644646Ramadanninth month of the lunar year in which Muslims fast10
14469644647Eid al-FitrMark's the end of ramadan11
14469644648Hajjpilgrimage to Mecca, one of the five pillars12
14469644649Jihadcall to physical warfare to preserve the abode of Islam13
14469644650Dar al-Islam"the abode of Islam", the lands under Muslim rule or in which Islam could be practiced freely14
14469644651Shari'alaw that safeguarded rights of both partners in the marriage. (347 first column)15
14469644652Hijrathe migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, the start of the Muslim Calendar (year 622 on Chr. calendar)16
14469644653Byzantine EmpireEastern Roman Empire, resisted Arab conquest,17
14469644654Sassanid Empirecollapsed almost immediately under Arab conquest18
14469644655Ibn Battutaa famous North African Berber traveler, learned concepts of gender relations in Arab heartland of Islam. (347, second column)19
14469644656Qadia judge who would bring the combined wisdom or the scriptural knowledge, local custom, and his own judgement to make an adjudication20
14469644657Abu BakrMuhammad's closest companion and adviser, who succeeded to the Prophet's political and administrative functions, 2nd caliph21
14469644658Caliphsuccessor to the prophet and head of the Muslim community22
14469644659Battle of the Ain JalutBattle in 1260, the Mamluks of Egypt over the invading Mongols, halted the westward expansion of the Mongol Empire.23
14469644660Timur the Lameled Turkish invaders to sack or capture Delhi, Aleppo, Damascus, Ankara, and Bukhara; descendants patronized Islamic scholarships and encouraged Turkish to become the third language of Islam (1336-1405)24
14469644661Ulamapeople with Islamic knowledge of tradition, history, and law25
14469644662Sufisa member of one of the orders practicing mystical forms of worship that first arose in the 8-9th centuries c.e.26
14469644663Sultanate of Delhi5 dynasties in India (1211-1526)27
14469644664Mughal Empirea period of Muslim rule of India from the 1500s to the 1700s28
14469644665GhanaFounded in about 300 CE, it was the largest of the Sub-Saharan kingdoms, controlled desert trade routes and taxes imposed29
14469644666Almoravidsa member of a federation of Muslim Berber peoples that established an empire in Morocco, Algeria, and Spain in the 11th century.30
14469644667MaliTrading city that was destroyed by the Songhay people and the connection to the Islamic world was destroyed31
14469644668Mansa Musaa king of Mali in the 1300s, made the hajj to Mecca in 1324, orthodox muslim, sought respect through Islam,32
14469644669TimbuktuMali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning33
14469644670Songhaysuccessor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao34
14469644671EthiopiaEast African highland nation lying east of the Nile River.35
14469644672Kilwaone of many trading cities on the East African coast36
14469644673SwahiliBantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken in coastal regions of East Africa.37
14469644674Jalal al-Din RumiSufi poet, wrote "Universal History"38
14469644675Ibn Khaldunthe first to apply social science theory to the understanding of history39
14469644676CordobaProsperous and sophisticated metropolis. Capital of Muslim Spain, spanning modern Spain and Portugal.40
14469644677Ibn Sinawrote Qanum fi'l-tibb (Canon of Medicine)41
14469644678Qanun fi'l-tibbthe canon of medicine; pharmacology of herbs, working of organs, fever, surgery42
14469644679MinaretA distinctive feature of mosque architecture, a tower from which the faithful are called to worship.43
14469644680Muezzinthe Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day44
14469644681AliMuhammad's cousin & the second disciple, 4th caliph45
14469644682Shi'a"follower of Ali", argued the caliphs should be chosen from the family of the prophet46
14469644683UmayyadsFamily that came to power after the death of Ali; moved capital to Damascus.47
14469644684Sunnisbelieved the umma should choose the next caliph, represent around 80% of all Muslims48
14469644685Damascuscapital of the Umayyad empire49
14469644686HusaynAli's son; killed in battle at Karbala in modern Iraq50
14469644687Battle of KarbalaBrief battle where the Shiites were slaughtered by the Umayyads in 68051
14469644688Imamreligious leader who is a rightful caliph52
14469644689TwelversShi'as who look forward to the reappearance of the madhi to bring forth a new age for Islam, truth, & justice.53
14469644690Madhithe twelfth imam who went missing, "rightly guided one", a messiah54
14469644691Ismailisbranch of Shi'a, live mostly in Pakistan and India, disagree on the seventh imam55
14469644692Dome of the Rockmosque in Jerusalem, briefly taken over by Christians, fought about during Crusades because of location in Jerusalem56
14469644693Al-Aqsa MosqueThird holiest muslim site, most important mosque in Jerusalem, built by Umayyad.57
14469644694Charles MartelIllegitimate son of Pippin, stole the throne, king of the franks, stopped the Muslim invaders at the Battle of Tours.58
14469644695Battle of Toursbattle where Charles Martel stopped the Muslim invasion of France59
14469644696Battle of the Talas RiverBattle in 751, between the Tang and the Abbasid Arabs. After the Karlucks, originally allied to the Tang, switched sides, the Tang lost, ending their expansion.60
14469644697Abbasidsa member of the Abbasid dynasty61
14469644698Baghdadcapital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River, capital of the Abbasid empire62
14469644699Fatimidsdynasty that arose in Egypt after Abbasid dynasty; focus of trade shifted to Cairo, Egypt63
14469644700Seljuk Turksnomadic people from central Asia who converted to Islam and took command of the empire in 105564
14469644701Battle of ManzikertBattle in 1071 where the Byzantines were defeated by the Seljuq Turks. The Turks then conquested most of Anatolia.65
14469644702SultanSeljuk Turks called themselves this after taking over the Abbasid66
14469644703Chinngis Khan"Universal Ruler", prev. Temujin, made an alliance w/ Turks and built empire67
14469644704Istanbulcapital of Turkey68
14469644705Taj Mahala tomb in India built by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife69
14469644706BazaarA market in a middle eastern country.70
14469644707Dhimminon-Muslims living in an Islamic state with legal protection71
14469644708CrusadesA long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia72
14469644709Alexius IByztantine emperor who founded the Comnenian dynasty, involved in the Crusades (asked Pope Umar II to help fight the Muslims)73
14469644710Urban IIThe pope that issued the crusades in 1095 CE74
14469644711Salah al-Dina Muslim leader who recaptured Jerusalem in 1187, leading to the Third Crusade75
14469644712ReconquistaThe retaking of the Iberian Peninsula by Spanish forces from the Moors. It was completed in 1492.76
14469644713Moses MaimonidesSpanish philosopher who wrote the Mishnah Torah77
14469644714Alhambraa palace and fortress built in Granada by the Muslims in the Middle Ages78
14469644715Spanish InquisitionA program ordered by the Spanish monarchy to investigate and eliminate heresy in the kingdom.79
14469644716MarranosJews who converted to Catholicism after the Reconquista to avoid being exiled.80
14469644717MoriscosMuslims who converted to Catholicism after the conquest of Granada to avoid being exiled81
14469644718Tomas de TorquemadaGrand Inquisitor to oversee Spanish Inquisitions82
14469644719Apostasythe abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.83
14469644720Heresyany belief that is strongly opposed to established belief or practice.84
14469644721BlasphemyDisrespecting god or other religious things.85
14469644722Usurythe practice of lending money at exorbitant rates86
14469644723Ferdinandthe Catholic Hapsburg king of Bohemia87
14469644724IsabellaSpanish queen who funded Columbus's expedition to America88
14469644725Battle of Manzikert(1071 CE) Saljuq Turks defeat Byzantine armies in this battle in Anatolia; shows the declining power of Byzantium.89
14469675603Universal Historywritten by Ibn Khaldun, text of history throughout the world, emphasized theory that there is a cycle of being nomads -> conquering settled people -> becoming settled -> being conquered by other nomads (basically history is cyclic)90

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