Chapter 14
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| 94193056 | Muhammad | Founder of Islamic religion; messenger and prophet of Allah; founder of Islam; | 0 | |
| 94193057 | Abu Bakr | Muhammad's earliest converts; succeeded Muhammad as first caliph of Islamic community | 1 | |
| 94193058 | Ali | Fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites | 2 | |
| 94193059 | Abu al-Abbas | ... | 3 | |
| 94193060 | Harun al-Rashid | ... | 4 | |
| 94193061 | Al-Ghazali | Islamic theologian who struggled to fuse greek and quranic traditions | 5 | |
| 94193062 | Omar Khayyam | Muslim poet, mathematician, & astronomer | 6 | |
| 94193063 | Ibn Rushd | tried to blend Aristotle's and Plato's views with those of Islam- argued that Greek philosophy had the same goal: to find the truth | 7 | |
| 94193064 | Islam | the monotheistic religion of Muslims based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Quran | 8 | |
| 94193065 | Muslim | a believer or follower of Islam | 9 | |
| 94193066 | Dar al-Islam | ... | 10 | |
| 94193067 | Mecca | the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace | 11 | |
| 94193068 | Quran | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina; holy book of Islam | 12 | |
| 94193069 | Hadith | a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions | 13 | |
| 94193070 | Medina | City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca | 14 | |
| 94193071 | Hijra | Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622 | 15 | |
| 94193072 | Umma | The community of all Muslims; traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community | 16 | |
| 94193073 | Seal of the Prophets | Name recognizing Muhammad as the last and greatest prophet | 17 | |
| 94193074 | Ka'ba | ... | 18 | |
| 94193075 | Five Pillars of Islam | true Muslims were expected to follow: belief in Allah, pray 5 times a day, giving of alms, fasting during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime | 19 | |
| 94193076 | Sharia | body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life | 20 | |
| 94193077 | Caliph | a supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government | 21 | |
| 94193078 | Umayyed | ruled from Damascus in Syria | 22 | |
| 94193079 | Shia | the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 23 | |
| 94193080 | Abbasid | The dynasty that came after the Umayyads. Devoted their energy to trade, scholorship, and the arts. | 24 | |
| 94193081 | Ulama | the body of mullahs who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community | 25 | |
| 94193082 | Qadis | Muslim judges who carried out the judicial functions of the state | 26 | |
| 94193083 | Sultan | the ruler of a Muslim country | 27 | |
| 94193084 | Caravanserai | inn or rest station for caravans | 28 | |
| 94193085 | Al-Andalus | ... | 29 | |
| 94193086 | Sufis | a Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life | 30 | |
| 94193087 | Hajj | the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah | 31 |
