Vocab chapter 9 Flashcards
The sasanid empire and the rise of Islam 200-1200
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| 126798465 | Sasanid empire | new Iranian state | 0 | |
| 126798466 | Mecca | A late- blooming caravan city | 1 | |
| 126798467 | Muhammad | Engaged in trade and married a quraysh widow named khadija | 2 | |
| 126798468 | Muslim | One who makes "submission" | 3 | |
| 126798469 | Islam | To will of god | 4 | |
| 126798470 | Medina | City in western Arabia | 5 | |
| 126798471 | Umma | Communiy defined solely by acceptance of Islam and of Muhammad as " messanger of god" | 6 | |
| 126798472 | Caliphate | An office | 7 | |
| 126798473 | Quran | Recitation | 8 | |
| 126798474 | Umayyad caliphate | First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs | 9 | |
| 126798475 | Shi'ites | Shi'ism flowers | 10 | |
| 126798476 | Sunnis | Consider the caliphs to be imams | 11 | |
| 126798477 | Abbasid caliphate | Decendents of prophet muhammad's uncle | 12 | |
| 126798478 | Mamluks | Turkic slaves | 13 | |
| 126798479 | Ulama | "people with (religious) knowledge" | 14 | |
| 126798480 | Hadith | Thousand of reports used to understand the Sunna | 15 |