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4570344821Mesoamerica Ball GameThe sport in which the Mesoamericans would try to hit a rubber ball into a goal.0
4570350380OlmecsAn early people who settled in modern day Mexico and who traded in jade and obsidian and erected colossal heads carved from rocks.1
4570355756Popul VuhA Maya creation myth, taught that the gods had created humans out of maize and water, the ingredients that became human flesh and blood.2
4570358301Mayan Calendarsolar calendar of 365.242 days (17 seconds off of today), ritual calendar of 260 days, and another calendar that predicted the end of the world was December 21, 2012. The Mayan Calendar was based on the Mayan Number system.3
4570360919Mayan CitiesBuilt around temple-pyramid4
4570364004Mayan Trade RoutesTraded with other Mayans from different places for new items.5
4570366169Mayan Number SystemThe number system the Mayans made. It was a vigesimal (base 20 system) instead of a decimal system (base 10 system).6
4570369784Abbasid DynastyMuslim dynasty after Ummayd, a dynasty that lasted about two centuries that had about 150 years of Persia conquer and was created by Mohammad's youngest uncle's sons7
4570372255MawaliNon-Arab Muslims8
4570300842IslamA religion based of a prophet named Muhammad which is to believe in one god (Allah)9
4570348410UmmahMuslim community10
4570350381MuhammadThe founder of Islam and prophet of god (Allah)11
4570356855Arab vs. MuslimArabs are people from the Arabian Peninsula, Muslims are people who believe in Islam.12
4570358302KaabaThe holy place for Muslims, as it is the place for the fifth pillar.13
4570362179Qu´ranThe holy book for the Muslims.14
4570364005HadithTraditional records of the deeds of Muhammad, and his quotations.15
4570366170RamadanA holy month for Muslims in which they practice the fourth pillar of Islam.16
4570369785Shi´aThe branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad.17
4570373594BaghdadThe Islamic Capital during the Abbasid Dynasty. It was the center for learning and had the House Of Wisdom.18
4570303036ShahadahThe first pillar of Islam: It is saying that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.19
4570348411SalatThe second pillar of Islam: It is the daily prayers.20
4570354463ZakatThe third pillar of Islam: It is giving charity to the poor.21
4570356856SawmThe fourth pillar of Islam: It is fasting during Ramadan.22
4570360228HajjThe fifth pillar of Islam: It is a pilgrimage of Mecca.23
4570362180JihadA holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal.24
4570365158CaliphA successor of Muhammad who would run the Islamic Empire.25
4570368933Umayyad Dynasty661-750, in 661 the governor of Syria seized power and established the Umayyad Caliphate, the first Islamic dynasty.26
4570372254SunniIslam members that acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad.27
4570374265House Of WisdomA center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s. It is where all the smart people in the empire would meet up to make advancements in knowledge.28
4576934934Blood lettingAncient Mayan practice to drain blood and let it sink back into the earth as tribute to the gods.29

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