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Ch. 8A Vocab. Flashcards

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96799772Shi'ites-Muslims -believe God gives power to the leaders of communities who are descendants of Ali -state religion of Iran0
96799773Sunnis-Muslims -believe community should select its own leadership -majority of most Islamic countries1
96799774Mecca-western Saudi Arabia -birthplace of Muhammad -center of Islam -location of the Ka'ba -place of hajj2
96799775Muhammad-570-632 -Arab prophet -founder of Islam -received revelations from god via Gabriel -illiterate3
96799776Muslim-adherent of Islam -"submits" the the will of Allah (god)4
96799777Islam-founded by prophet Muhammad based on his revelations collected after his death into the Quran (holy book) -monotheistic5
96799778Medina-western Saudi Arabia -Muhammad migrated with his closest followers in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca6
96799779Umma-all Muslims -kinship rather than faith determines community7
96799780Caliphate-succession to Muhammad -rule Islamic Empire8
96799781Allah"God" in Arabic9
96799782Ka'ba-Islamic cubed building in Mecca believed by Muslims to have been built by Abraham -center of the Muslim Pilgrimage (hajj)10

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