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| 3773487923 | beduoin | a nomadic Arab of the Arabian, Syrian, or northern African deserts | 0 | |
| 3787547328 | ka'ba | a small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of God and the objective of their pilgrimages. | 1 | |
| 3787549575 | Mecca | The birthplace of Muhammad, and thus the holiest city for Muslims. Muslims face in the direction of Mecca when they pray, and they are expected to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lives. Mecca is in present-day Saudi Arabia. | 2 | |
| 3787560762 | Dowh | any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts. | 3 | |
| 3787576401 | Muhammed | Arab prophet and founder of Islam. Muslims regard him as God's messenger through whom the Koran was revealed. Muhammad established a theocratic state at Medina after 622 and began to convert Arabia to Islam. | 4 | |
| 3787596366 | Ridda Wars | The Ridda wars (Arabic: حروب الردة), also known as the Wars of Apostasy, were a series of military campaigns launched by the Caliph Abu Bakr against rebel Arabian tribes during 632 and 633 AD, just after Muhammad died. | 5 | |
| 3787617070 | Baghdad | Baghdad definition. Capital of Iraq, located in central Iraq on both banks of the Tigris River. Note: Baghdad has long been one of the great cities of the Muslim world. | 6 | |
| 3787631973 | umma | the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion. | 7 | |
| 3787634506 | The Five Pillars of Islam | Pillars of Islam. plural noun. 1. the five bases of the Islamic faith: shahada (confession of faith), salat (prayer), zakat (almsgiving), sawm (fasting, especially during the month of Ramadan), and hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca). | 8 | |
| 3787649127 | hajj | the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, and that all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime. | 9 | |
| 3787669719 | dhimmi | a person living in a region overrun by Muslim conquest who was accorded a protected status and allowed to retain his or her original faith. | 10 | |
| 3787672129 | crusades | a medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. | 11 | |
| 3787672130 | saladin | Saladin (1137/1138-1193) was a Muslim military and political leader who as sultan (or leader) led Islamic forces during the Crusades | 12 | |
| 3787673867 | sufi | a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect. | 13 | |
| 3787676199 | mamluks | Mamluk (Arabic: مملوك mamlūk (singular), مماليك mamālīk (plural), meaning "property" or "owned slave" of the king, also transliterated as mamlouk, mamluq, mamluke, mameluk, mameluke, mamaluke or marmeluke) is an Arabic designation for slaves. | 14 | |
| 3787679033 | stateless societies | cultural groups in which authority is shared by lineages of equal power instead of being exercised by a central government. | 15 | |
| 3787684655 | Ibn Batuta | Definition of Ibn Batuta in English: (Circa 1304-68), Arab explorer. From 1325 to 1354 he journeyed through North and West Africa, India, and China, and wrote a vivid account of his travels in the Rihlah. | 16 | |
| 3787689267 | Sundiata | The "Sundiata Keita" or "Epic of Sundiata" (also referred to as the Sundiata Epic) is an epic poem of the Malinke people and tells the story of the hero Sundiata Keita (died 1255), the founder of the Mali Empire. | 17 | |
| 3787691743 | Juula | The Dyula (Dioula or Juula) are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including the Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Guinea-Bissau. | 18 | |
| 3787691744 | Timbuctu | a town in central Mali, on the River Niger: terminus of a trans-Saharan caravan route; a great Muslim centre (14th-16th centuries). Pop: 31 973 | 19 |
