7347447722 | Arabian Peninsula | Region of the world that has the largest sand desert in the world | ![]() | 0 |
7347456408 | Makkah (Mecca) | The birthplace of Muhammad. The home of the Kaaba. | ![]() | 1 |
7347462015 | Muhammad | Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam. | ![]() | 2 |
7347465037 | Islam | the religion of Muslims based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad. The world Islam means Peace through submission to the will of Allah | ![]() | 3 |
7347469275 | Submission | the act of yielding to the authority of another | 4 | |
7347470633 | Madinah | "city of the prophet"; city to which Muhammad and his supporters went in 622 | ![]() | 5 |
7347475268 | Hijrah | the journey of Muhammad and his followers to Madinah | ![]() | 6 |
7347478729 | Abū Bakr | Wealthy merchant and Muhammad's father in law who will take Muhammad place when he dies. | ![]() | 7 |
7347485417 | Caliph | successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims | 8 | |
7347491564 | Damascus | Muʿāwiyah I moved the capital of the Arab Empire here when he became caliph and established the Umayyad dynasty | ![]() | 9 |
7347502320 | Bagdad | In 762, the Abasids built a new capital city here, on the Tigris River. | 10 | |
7347506204 | Sultan | "Holder of Power" In 1055 a Turkish leader captured Baghdad and took command of the empire. | 11 | |
7347513620 | Ibn Sina | wrote the Canon on Medicine, an encyclopedia of medicinal cures. He showed how diseases could be spread by contaminated water supplies. Also a well know philosopher | ![]() | 12 |
World History 1 The World of Islam Flashcards
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