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| 89583658 | Bedouins | People of the Arabian Peninsula; organized into kinship based tribes and clans that often sparred with one another over scarce natural resources. | 0 | |
| 89583659 | Ka'ba | most revered of its shrine; held sacred rock called the Black Stone. | 1 | |
| 89583660 | The Black Stone | sacred rock | 2 | |
| 89583661 | Jinns | desert people spirits thought to reside in natural objects of the desert | 3 | |
| 89583662 | Animism | spirits residing in ordinary objects | 4 | |
| 89583663 | Muhammad | Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) | 5 | |
| 89583664 | Hijrah | Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina | 6 | |
| 89583665 | Umma | Muslim community that started in Medina | 7 | |
| 89583666 | Abu Bakr | Muhammads successor; ordered Muhammad's secretaries to organize the Prophet's revelations into a book. (Qur'an). | 8 | |
| 89583667 | Qur'an | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | 9 | |
| 89583668 | Hadith | collection of stories and sayings of Muhammad | 10 | |
| 89583669 | Shari'a | laws | 11 | |
| 89583670 | Seal of the Prophets | Name recognizing Muhammad as the last and greatest prophet. | 12 | |
| 89583671 | Five Pillars of Faith | basic principles of Islam | 13 | |
| 89583672 | Caliph | political and religious successor to Muhammad | 14 | |
| 89583673 | Jihad | warfare; translates to 'struggle'; referred to as internal effort of an individual Muslim to understand the faith and be a submissive follower. | 15 | |
| 89583674 | Shi'ites | members of Muhammads family; formed significant minotriy within Islam..continues to be present. | 16 | |
| 89583675 | Umayyad Dynasty | established by Muawiya, moved capital from Medina to Damascus, that action split Islam (Shi'ites & Sunnites) | 17 | |
| 89583676 | Sunni | supporters and successors of Muawiya | 18 | |
| 89583677 | Caliphates | Islamic empires | 19 | |
| 89583678 | "People of the Book"..(Dhimmis) | Jews and Christians; treated better but still had to pay same taxes as other subject people. | 20 | |
| 89583679 | Ulama | reliogous scholars | 21 | |
| 89583680 | Vizier | head government directed by the caliph. | 22 | |
| 89583681 | Sufis | branch of Islam that grew quite rapidly during the Abbasid Dynasty | 23 | |
| 89583682 | "Golden Ages" | reliable surpluses, specialized occupations, distinct social classes, large cities, complex governments, long distance trade, and organized writing systems (all present) | 24 | |
| 89583683 | Dhows | sailing vessels with lateen sail; carried goods on Indian Ocean routes | 25 | |
| 89583684 | Madrasas | urban universities; actively preserved and translated the writing of ancient Greeks and Indians | 26 | |
| 89583685 | Minaret | prayer tower | 27 | |
| 89583686 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic people originally from central Asia who lived primarily on the borders of the Abbasid lands. | 28 | |
| 89583687 | Sultan | chieftain | 29 |
