World History 1 The World of Islam Flashcards

7347447722	Arabian Peninsula	Region of the world that has the largest sand desert in the world	0
7347456408	Makkah (Mecca)	The birthplace of Muhammad. The home of the Kaaba.	1
7347462015	Muhammad	Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.	2
7347465037	Islam	the religion of Muslims based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad. The world Islam means Peace through submission to the will of Allah	3
7347469275	Submission	the act of yielding to the authority of another	4
7347470633	Madinah	"city of the prophet"; city to which Muhammad and his supporters went in 622	5
7347475268	Hijrah	the journey of Muhammad and his followers to Madinah	6
7347478729	Abū Bakr	Wealthy merchant and Muhammad's father in law who will take Muhammad place when he dies.	7
7347485417	Caliph	successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims	8
7347491564	Damascus	Muʿāwiyah I moved the capital of the Arab Empire here when he became caliph and established the Umayyad dynasty	9
7347502320	Bagdad	In 762, the Abasids built a new capital city here, on the Tigris River.	10
7347506204	Sultan	"Holder of Power" In 1055 a Turkish leader captured Baghdad and took command of the empire.	11
7347513620	Ibn Sina	wrote the Canon on Medicine, an encyclopedia of medicinal cures. He showed how diseases could be spread by contaminated water supplies. Also a well know philosopher	12