ap world history - chapter 9 Flashcards

15441879024	Qur'an	Islamic sacred book of Muhammad's life and message.	0
15441890444	umma	The community of all Muslims	1
15441899440	Pillars of Islam	The five core practices required of Muslims: a profession of faith, regular prayer, charitable giving, fasting during Ramadan, and a pilgrimage to Mecca (if financially and physically possible).	2
15441907783	Hijra	Muhammad's move to Medina. Start of the Islamic calendar (632 CE)	3
15441914046	Sharia	Islamic law	4
15441918783	Jizya	Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within a Muslim empire	5
15441921837	Ulama	Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies	6
15441928579	Sufism	Islamic mysticism	7
15441936772	Madrassas	Schools that teach the Islamic religion	8
15441940310	House of Wisdom	a center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s	9