Ap World U3 Flashcards

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230863569	Caliph	The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth	0
230863570	Allah	The Arabic word for God	1
230863571	Muhammed	born 570 C.E. Died 632 C.E. The creator and Preacher of the islamic religion. Sent away in his childhod to live with a nomad, he grew up as a trodor and became a prophet of the Angel Gabriel, founder of Islam	2
230863572	Quran	the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina	3
230863573	Ramadan	ninth month of the Muslim calendar marked by fasting	4
230863574	Hajj	the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah	5
230863575	Muslim	a believer or follower of Islam	6
230863576	hejra	Muhammed and followers fled from Mecca to Medina in 622, considered to be the beginning of Islam as a religion	7