5174103929 | Arabian Peninsula | Desert, nomadic way of life, near trade routes | 0 | |
5174143452 | Bedouins | A nomadic Arab of the desert | 1 | |
5174145348 | Mecca | Holy city in Islam. Muhammad's birthplace | 2 | |
5174147475 | Ka'aba | Small stone building of the Great Mosque that contains a sacred black stone | 3 | |
5174148656 | Allah | One god of islam | 4 | |
5174158909 | Muhammad | Arab prophet who founded Islam | 5 | |
5174162345 | Umma | The whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion. | 6 | |
5174174108 | Islam | Religion based on the belief in Allah | 7 | |
5174178880 | Muslim | Follower of the religion Islam | 8 | |
5174183061 | Five Pillars | Duties Muslims have to perform: Faith to Allah, Pray to Mecca, Give alms, Fast during Ramadan, Perform Hajj- a trip to Mecca once in your life | 9 | |
5174238857 | Hijrah | Muhammad's move from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) in 622 | 10 | |
5174250056 | Medina | Where Muhammad and his followers were forced to leave Mecca to go to Medina | 11 | |
5174255652 | Qur'an | Holy book of Islam | 12 | |
5174260129 | Mosque | An islam house of worship. | 13 | |
5174267929 | Sunna | Example of Muhammad's life | 14 | |
5174275816 | Sahri'a | Laws and rules Muslims follow | 15 | |
5174286512 | Links to Christianity and Judaism | 16 | ||
5174292128 | Caliph | Highest political and religious leader in a Muslim government | 17 | |
5174301216 | Rightly guided caliph's | The first four leaders of the Islamic community after the death of the Prophet of Islam in 632 C.E. | 18 | |
5174302741 | Umayyads | Dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from A.D 661 to 750 | 19 | |
5174308741 | Shi'a | Branch of Islam whose members believe the first four caliphs are rightful successors of Muhammad | 20 | |
5174317446 | Sunni | Branch of Islam whose members believe Ali and his descendants are the rightful successors of Muhammad | 21 | |
5174328956 | Sufi | Muslim who tries to achieve direct contact with God | 22 | |
5174333035 | Abbasids | Dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from A.D 750 to 1258 | 23 | |
5174340324 | Treatment of the conquered people/ people of the book | Muslims believe that God had previously revealed Himself to the earlier prophets of the Jews and Christians, such as Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims therefore accept the teachings of both the Jewish Torah and the Christian Gospels. | 24 | |
5174345039 | Baghdad | On the west bank of the Tigris river in 762 | 25 | |
5174350102 | Damascus | 26 | ||
5174352055 | Cordoba | 27 | ||
5174358244 | Berbers | a member of an indigenous people of North Africa. The majority of Berbers are settled farmers or (now) migrant workers. | 28 | |
5174366475 | Muslim social classes | 1.Muslims at birth 2.Coverts to Muslim 3.Protected people 4.Slaves | 29 | |
5220315175 | House of Wisdom | Basically a school. Scholars of different cultures and beliefs worked side by side translating texts. | 30 | |
5220323918 | Medicine | Al haytham was the father of optics. Muslim hospitals were staffed with many people and specialists were on call. | 31 | |
5220345746 | Algebra | al-jabr | 32 | |
5220367232 | Religion | decorate the word of God by making geometric and floral designs called arabesques. | 33 | |
5220380759 | Architecture | When building, they would use materials from where the buildings were built | 34 | |
5220394948 | Ghazis | Warriors for Islam- many Anatolian Turks saw themselves as Ghazis. | 35 | |
5220408307 | Osman/Othman/Ottoman | Most successful Ghazi. Built a small state in Anatolia. | 36 | |
5220419741 | Timur the Lame | A rebellious warrior and conqueror from Smarkand rebelled in the early 1400s. | 37 | |
5220438345 | Mehmet II | Grandson of Timur the Lame. Conquered the city of Constaninople. Also called Mehmet the Conqueror | 38 | |
5220450986 | Istanbul | Previously Constaninople. Open to all people. | 39 | |
5220462372 | Selim the Great | Came to power in 1512 by overthrowing his father and murdering his brothers.Killed other family members as well. Turned out to be an effective sultan and a great general. | 40 | |
5220483311 | Suleiman the Lawgiver | Came to throne in 1520 and ruled for 46 years. Allowed Ottomans to dominate the whole eastern Mediterranean sea as well as along the North African coast to Morocco | 41 | |
5220500402 | Janissaries/Devshrime | 30,000 members of this elite fighting force. | 42 | |
5220508123 | Downfall of the Ottoman Empire | It became normal to have your brothers stranglers while in office and putting sons in prison cutting the off from everything. This led to a long line of weak, ignorant sultans who eventually ruined the empire. | 43 |
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