19654394 | Mecca | City in western Arabia. Birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. | 0 | |
19654395 | Muhammad | Arab prophet. Founder of religion of Islam. | 1 | |
19654396 | Muslim | Adherent of the Islamic religion. | 2 | |
19654397 | Islam | Religion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad on the basis of his reception of divine revelations, which were collected after his death into the Quran. | 3 | |
19654398 | Medina | City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape prosecution in Mecca. | 4 | |
19654399 | umma | Community of all Muslims. | 5 | |
19654400 | caliphate | Office established in succession to the Prophet Muhammad to rule the Islamic empire. | 6 | |
19654401 | Quran | Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad. The sacred text of the religion of Islam. | 7 | |
19654402 | Ummayyad Caliphate | First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs. | 8 | |
19654403 | Shi'ites | Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali. | 9 | |
19654404 | Sunnis | Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. | 10 | |
19654405 | Abbasid Caliphate | Descendants of the Prophet Muhmmad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Ummayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad. | 11 | |
19654406 | Mamluks | Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate. | 12 | |
19654407 | Ghana | First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. | 13 | |
19654408 | ulama | Muslim religious scholars. | 14 | |
19654409 | hadith | Tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad. | 15 |
Ch. 8: The Rise of Islam, 600 - 1200 Flashcards
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