AP World History Chapter 6 Vocab. Flashcards
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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 |