CHAPTER VOCAB Flashcards
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| 37960461 | QURAN | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | 0 | |
| 37960462 | MUHAMMAD | the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) | 1 | |
| 37960463 | HADITH | (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran | 2 | |
| 37960464 | MECCA | a place that attracts many visitors, joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia | 3 | |
| 37960465 | KA'ABA | (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine | 4 | |
| 37960466 | HAJJ | the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah | 5 | |
| 37960467 | JIHAD | a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | 6 | |
| 37960468 | DAR AL ISLAM | house, haven or realm of islam | 7 | |
| 37960469 | HIJRA | The Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, marking the founding of Islam | 8 | |
| 37960470 | CALIPH | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | 9 | |
| 37960471 | ABU BAKR | Companion of 1st muslim leader after Muhammad. Regarded by Sunni's as the 1st caliph and rightful succesor. The Shi'ah regard him as a traitor of Muhammad. Known as best interpretter of dreams following Muhammad's death. | 10 | |
| 37960472 | SUNNI | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam | 11 | |
| 37960473 | SHI'A | the Shia believe that leader is called an imam and this "caliph/imam" should be a direct descendant of Mohammed They want Ali- 11 descendant 12 imam =caliph | 12 | |
| 37960474 | ALI | the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites | 13 | |
| 37960475 | IMAM | (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque | 14 | |
| 37960476 | MAHDI | The last Imam for the Twelvers, believe that he disappeared but will return to save them | 15 | |
| 37960477 | UMMAYYAD | Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Isla | 16 | |
| 37960478 | ABBASID | The dynasty that came after the Umayyads. Devoted their energy to trade, scholorship, and the arts. | 17 | |
| 37960479 | FATIMIDS | people who claimed they were descended by Muhammad's daughter Fatima. The Shi'a Muslims formed the Fatimid Caliphate around 1258 in North Africa but it eventually spread to western Arabia and Syria. | 18 | |
| 37960480 | SELJUK TURKS | The threat of this new Muslims led to the call for a crusade. | 19 | |
| 37960481 | ULAMA | the body of mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community | 20 | |
| 37960482 | SUFIS | a mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life | 21 | |
| 37960483 | DELHI SULTANATE | A series of sultans that controlled Northern India. | 22 | |
| 37960484 | GHANA | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea | 23 | |
| 37960485 | MALI | a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa | 24 | |
| 37960486 | SUNDIATA | the one son of Mandinka that survived, founded Mali | 25 | |
| 37960487 | MANSA MUSA | this Mali king brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; he was the most powerful king in west africa | 26 | |
| 37960488 | DHIMMI | Literally "people of the book"; applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastrians and even Hindus & Buddhists | 27 | |
| 37960489 | CRUSADE | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | 28 |