Ap World History Flashcards

Chapter 11

278023841	Quran	Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam.	0
278023842	umma	Muslim religious community	1
278023843	Pillars of Islam	is the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. These duties are Shahadah (profession of faith), Salat (ritual prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm (fasting during Ramadan) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)	2
278023844	Ulama	Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238)	3
278023845	Anatolia	a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey	4
278023846	sikhism	Religion founded by Nanak that blended Islamic and Hindu Beliefs	5
278023847	House of Wisdom	a center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s	6
278023848	Timbuktu	Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning	7
278023849	Ibn Battuta	Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. (p. 373)	8