vocab and IDs of Pearson book
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| 275634837 | bedouin | nomadic pasroralists of the arabian peninsula; culture based on goat and camel herding; early converts to Islam | 1 | |
| 275634838 | shaykhs | leaders of tribes and clans within bedouin society;usually men with several wives | 2 | |
| 275634839 | Mecca | City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. | 3 | |
| 275634840 | umayyad | Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam | 4 | |
| 275634841 | kaba | ("cube") a pre-islamic cubed building in mecca believed by muslims to have been built by Abraham. It is the center of the Muslim Pilgrimage | 5 | |
| 275634842 | quran | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | 6 | |
| 275634843 | umma | the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan | 7 | |
| 275634844 | zakat | Tax for charity; obligatory for all Muslims | 8 | |
| 275634845 | five pillars | beliefs that all Muslims needed to carry out: Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage | 9 | |
| 275634846 | caliph | The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | 10 |
