AP world history Flashcards

3359846735	Bedouin	Nomadic peoples of northern Arabia.	0
3359846736	Caliph	The secular leader of the Islamic community, developed in period after the death of Muhammed	1
3359846737	Hadith	Collected sayings of the prophet Muhammed	2
3359846738	Hegira	The flight of Muhammed from Mecca to Medina in 622, which marks the first date of the official calendar of Islam.	3
3359846739	Imam	Islamic religious leader	4
3359846740	Jihad	In Islam, struggle, "striving in the way of the Lord" sometimes translated as holy war	5
3359846741	Mihrab	Niche in the wall of a mosque facing Mecca.	6
3359846742	Muezzin	Means "crier" person who calls faithful to worship five times a day from a Minaret of a mosque	7
3359846743	Qur'an(Koran)	Holy book of Islam, believed to contain the revelations of Allah as given to Muhammed means "recitation"	8
3359846744	Ramadan	Holy month of Islam, one of the five pillars, Muslims fast during the daylight hours	9
3359846745	Shari'a	Islamic law code	10
3359846746	Sheikh	Ruling member of a Bedouin tribe	11
3359846747	Shi'ites	Smaller of two main sects of Islam, drawn from the Arabic phrase Shi'at Ali "partisans of Ali" belief that leadership should co,e from the line of Ali	12
3359846748	Shufism	Form that Islamic belief that called for mystical relationship between Allah and human beings	13
3359846749	Sultan	Leader of the Seljuk Turks, means "holder of power"	14
3359846750	Sunni	From Sunna, larger of two main sects of islam, translated as "orthodox" leadership drawn from any true believer	15
3359846751	Umma	The Muslim community as a whole	16
3359846752	Vizier	Leader of the council who advised the caliph	17
3359846753	Zakat	Giving also to the poor, one of the five pillars.	18