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| 7852101445 | Muhammad | The last prophet who lived in the desert lands of the Arabian Peninsula and taught that Islam is rooted in faith in one god, Allah. He created islam. | 0 | |
| 7852109280 | Bedouins | A southeast Asian/African society of mostly nomadic, tribal, and polytheistic people led by a sheikh with consent of a trivial council. | 1 | |
| 7852119148 | Polygyny | When a man has more than one wife at a time. | 2 | |
| 7852122782 | Allah | The Arabic word for god. | 3 | |
| 7852127192 | Mecca | The holiest place to Muslims because it is known as the birthplace of Muhammad; when Muslims pray they face direction of mecca for their prayers and it is known in the Islamic belief that Muslims can be found in Saudi Arabia. The large black stone is located here. | 4 | |
| 7852142291 | Medina | The second holiest place in Islam because it is the city in which Muhammad's burial place lays; can be found in Saudi Arabia. The city Muhammad escaped to in 622 escaping persecution. | 5 | |
| 7852152431 | Hegira | When Muhammad and his followers fled the city of Mecca in 622 and escaped to Medina and formed the first Muslim community. | 6 | |
| 7852160839 | Ka-Aba | The building that housed the sacred black stone in Mecca; became a shrine of Islam when Muhammad returned to conquer Mecca. | 7 | |
| 7852170992 | People of the Book | Islamic term referring to Jews, Christians, and other religions. | 8 | |
| 7852173633 | Five pillars | A core set of obligations that consist of believing in only one God - Allah 1) Praying five times daily 2) Giving alms to the poor 3) fasting during the month of Ramadan 4) Making a pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime. | 9 | |
| 7852188178 | Jihad | The concept of struggling to strive in the way of Allah and to improve both oneself and society. | 10 | |
| 7852193711 | Shariah | The Islamic laws with the total submission to the will of Allah which is known as the fundamental tenet of Islam; The laws regulate the relationship with God and one's own conscience as well as the other aspects that western religion abide by. | 11 | |
| 7852204773 | Abu Bakr | Muhammad's father in law who took over as caliph and was responsible for guiding the Islamic world in accordance with the dictates of the Quran following Muhammad's death in 632. | 12 | |
| 7852215598 | Ali | Muhammad's cousin and son in law who went on to become the fourth caliph because of him Islam separated into two Sunni and Shia. | 13 | |
| 7852222374 | Caliph | The nickname for the head of state and leader of Islamic community. | 14 | |
| 7852224636 | Sunni | A branch of Islam that is also known as the "Orthodox" which believes in the first three Sunni caliphs unlike the Shias and has different understandings of the Sunna compared to the Shias. | 15 | |
| 7852234045 | Shia | A branch of Islam that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and thinks of Ali, the fourth caliph as Muhammad's true successor; Shia's are mainly found in the region of Iran. | 16 | |
| 7852248195 | Dar Al Islam | The term used by Muslims in reference of the countries where Islam is the ruling sect (All the Islamic cultures) | 17 | |
| 7852259983 | Umayyad Dynasty | A dynasty founded by a network of merchants from Mecca, aided by capable generals and strong armies, who assumed power. | 18 | |
| 7852264264 | Damascus | The new capital from where the Umayyad Dynasty governed its huge empire for approximately 90 years | 19 | |
| 7852271472 | Imam | the community leader of the followers of Ali who resisted the Umayyad leaders. | 20 | |
| 7852279549 | Abbasid Caliphate | One of the most powerful and innovative empires of its time, which rivaled Constantinople in both wealth and population and was situated in an Ideal spot for trans-Eurasian trade; founded by a group known as the Abbasids | 21 | |
| 7852299547 | Baghdad | The new capital of the Abbasid Dynasty which became a center of learning and eventually rivaled Constantinople in both wealth and population. | 22 | |
| 7852305617 | Avicenna | The polymath that advanced the science of medicine and wrote on numerous topics, including astronomy, geography, and logic | 23 | |
| 7852312836 | Rumi | A Persian poet, theologian, and jurist whose poetry has been influential around the world. | 24 | |
| 7852319673 | Viziers | Abbasid prime ministers who would communicate the will of the ruler to the people. | 25 | |
| 7852330350 | Mamluks | A Turkic group that had formerly been military slaves who took control of Egypt and established an empire across North Africa. | 26 | |
| 7852339437 | Seljuk Turks | Muslims, like the Abbasids, that originated from Central Asia seized parts of the Middle East, including Baghdad itself. | 27 | |
| 7852344887 | Sultan | A title taken by the leader of the Seljuk Turks, which reduced the Abbasid Caliph to the role of Chief Sunni religious authority. | 28 | |
| 7852352000 | Cordoba | The capital for Spain in which the Islamic military was turned back in 732 when it lost against Frankish forces. | 29 | |
| 7852358644 | Dhows | Ships that had long, thin hulls that made them excellent for carrying goods. | 30 | |
| 7852362137 | Alhambra | A huge palace in Muslim controlled Spain built by the Moors (influential architecture) | 31 | |
| 7852375893 | Ibn Rushd (Averroes) | A famous scholar from Spain who wrote influential works on law, secular philosophy, and the natural sciences: known in Europe as Averroes (twelfth century) | 32 | |
| 7852388130 | Oman Khayyam | A Persian Author who wrote the Rubaiyat | 33 | |
| 7852395067 | Harem | A dwelling set aside for wives, concubines, and the children of these woman. | 34 | |
| 7852398158 | Sufis | Sunni Muslims who took part in rituals and ecstatic's chants to unite with god. They abstained from worldly pleasures and participated in whirling dances: They were effective messengers that spread Islam in India. | 35 |
