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| 48158423 | Muslims | the follwers of the Islamic religion | 0 | |
| 48158424 | Muhammad | Prophet of Islam; born in 570 o Banu Hashim clan of Quraysh tribe in Mecca; raised by father's family; received revelations from Allah in 610 CE and thereafter; died in 632 | 1 | |
| 48158425 | Mecca | City located in mountainous region along the Red Sea in Arabian peninsula; founded by Umayyad clan of Quraysh; site of Ka'ba; original home of Muhammad; location of cheif religion | 2 | |
| 48158426 | Ka'ba | Most revered religious shrine in pre-Islamic Arabia; located in Mecca; focus of obligatory annual truce among bedouin tribes; later incorporated as important shrine in Islam | 3 | |
| 48158427 | Medina | Also known as Yathrib; town located northeast of Mecca; grew date palms whose fruit was sold to bedouins; became refuge from Muhammad following flight from Mecca (hijra). | 4 | |
| 48158429 | Hijra | Flight of Muhammad and followers in 622 CE from Mecca to Medina; marks the first year of Islamic calendar | 5 | |
| 48158430 | Zakat | Tax for charity; obligatory for all Muslims. "Alms Giving". | 6 | |
| 48158431 | Hajj | Pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca to worship at the Ka'ba | 7 | |
| 48158432 | Umayyad | Clan of Quraysg that dominated politics and commerical economy of Mecca; clan late able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam | 8 | |
| 48158433 | Caliph | The political and religious successor to Muhammad | 9 | |
| 48158434 | Abu Bakr | One of Muhammad's earliest converters; succeeded Muhammad as first caliph of Islamic community | 10 | |
| 48158435 | Jihad | An Islamic holy war. For example, the crusades. | 11 | |
| 48158436 | Holy Land | The Arabian peninsula was considered the biblical holy land to the Christians and the Christians invaded the Muslims trying to capture the holy land during the Crusades | 12 | |
| 48158437 | Crusades | Series of military adventures initally launched by western Christians to free the holy land from Muslims; temporarily succeeded in capturing Jerusalem and establishing Christian kingdoms; later used for other purposes such as commericals wars and extermination of heresy | 13 | |
| 48158438 | Sufis | Mystics within Islamic; responsible for expansion of Islam to southeastern Asia | 14 |
