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Earth and its Peoples AP Chapter 8 vocabulary

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Chapter 8 Vocabulary Shi?ites-Muslims that believe that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad?s son-in-law Ali; Shi?ism is state religion of Iran Sunnis-Muslims that believe the community should select their own leadership; majority religion in most Islamic countries Mecca- Birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad; Ritual center of Islamic religion Muhammad- founder of Islamic religion Muslim- adherent of Islamic religion; person who ?submits? to the will of God Islam- Arabic word for submission; religion founded by Muhammad; hold book is the Quran Medina- city in western Arabia which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca

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Abbas the Great (1571-1629) Shah of Iran (r. 1587-1629). The most illustrious ruler of the Safavid Empire, he moved the imperial capital to Isfahan in 1598, where he erected many palaces, mosques, and public buildings. (p. 533) Abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 234) abolitionists Men and women who agitated for a complete end to slavery. British abolitionists pressed for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in 1808 and slavery in 1834. In the United States the activities of abolitionists were one factor leading to the Civil War (1861-1865). (p. 636) absolutism

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Shi?ites Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believingthat God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad?s son-in-law Ali. Shi?ism is the state religion of Iran. Sunnis Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries. Mecca City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. Muhammad (570?632 c.e.) Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam. Muslim An adherent of the Islamic religion; a person who ?ubmits? (in Arabic, Islam means ?ubmission?) to the will of God. Islam Religion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad (570?632 C.E.) on the basis of his reception of divine revelations,
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