AP World History Chapter 6 Vocab. Flashcards

140179440	Abu al-Abbas	leader of the rebellion against the Umayyad; descendant of Muhammad's uncle (750 CE)	0
140179441	ayan	The wealthy landed elite that emerged in the early decades of Abbasid rule	1
140179442	Ramadam	Islamic month of religious observance requiring fasting from dawn to sunrise	2
140179443	bedouin	Nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam.	3
140179444	Medina	also know as Yathrib; town located northeast of MEcca; grew date palms whose fruit was sold to bedouins; because refuge for Muhammad following flight form Mecca	4
140179445	Ka'ba	("cube") a pre-islamic cubed building in mecca believed by muslims to have been built by Abraham. It is the center of the Muslim Pilgrimage	5