AP World History Chapter 8 from Regular Text Flashcards
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| 7664118924 | Bedouin | Arab nomads | 0 | |
| 7664118925 | Muhammad | Founder of Islam | 1 | |
| 7664118961 | Mecca | the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace | 2 | |
| 7664122081 | Hijra | Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622 | 3 | |
| 7664122082 | Medina | a city in western Saudi Arabia; a city where Muhammad preached | 4 | |
| 7664131368 | Kaaba | The most sacred temple of Islam, located at Mecca | 5 | |
| 7664131369 | Quran | Holy book of Islam | 6 | |
| 7664134201 | Mosque | A Muslim place of worship | 7 | |
| 7664134202 | Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | 8 | |
| 7664134203 | Sharia | Islamic law | 9 | |
| 7664136755 | Caliph | successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims | 10 | |
| 7664136756 | Sunni | Muslims who thought the caliph should be chosen from the community | 11 | |
| 7664136757 | Shiite | Muslims who thought the caliph should be descendant of Muhammad | 12 | |
| 7664139608 | Sufi | The branch of Islam that believes in a more mystical connection with Allah. | 13 | |
| 7664139609 | Minaret | slender tower of a mosque, from which Muslims are called to prayer | 14 | |
| 7664144158 | Sultan | Muslim ruler | 15 | |
| 7664144159 | Ibn Rushd | a scholar who put all knowledge, except the Quran, to the test of reason | 16 | |
| 7664150681 | Ibn Sina | wrote the Canon on Medicine, an encyclopedia of medicinal cures | 17 | |
| 7664150682 | Savanna | an area of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs | 18 | |
| 7664153073 | Cataract | Waterfall | 19 | |
| 7664160965 | Ghana | the first West African kingdom based on the gold and salt trade | 20 | |
| 7664163770 | Mansa Musa | Mali's most famous king | 21 | |
| 7664163771 | Axum | trading center, and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia | 22 | |
| 7664166754 | Swahili | a Bantu language | 23 | |
| 7664170844 | Great Zimbabwe | An ancient city walled town in Southern Africa | 24 | |
| 7664170845 | Patrilineal | Referring to a group that traces kinship through the father's line. | 25 | |
| 7664175454 | Matrilineal | of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line | 26 | |
| 7664175455 | Lineage | line of descent or tradition | 27 | |
| 7664175456 | Consensus | a general agreement | 28 | |
| 7664177984 | Griot | a special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people's history | 29 |