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Chapter 9 Terms
Question | Answer |
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Bedouins | a small groups of nomadic people in Arabia |
Muhammad | A Powerful Clan Leader |
Hegira | Mohammad's Journey From Mecca To Medina. |
Islam | A Monotheistic Religion. |
Muslims | Followers Of Islam. |
Qur'an | The Scared Text Of Islam. |
Five Pilliars Of Islam | Behaviors And Obligations That Are Common To All Muslims. |
Mosque | A Building For Muslim Prayer. |
Jihad | "Struggle For The Faith" |
Abu Bakr | One Of The Earliest Converts To Islam. |
Caliph | "Successor To The Prophet" Title Given To The Political And Religious Leader Of Muslims. |
Caliphate | Area Ruled By A Caliph. |
Umayyad | First Ruling Dynasty Over The Muslim Caliphate. |
Sunnis | People Who Follow The Sunna. |
Shia | A Branch Of Islam Whose Adherents Believe That The Caliphate Must Go To A Descendant Of Muhammad |
Sufis | A Branch Of Islam Emphasizing A Personal, Mystical Connection With God. |
Abbasid | Dynasty That Overthrew The Umayyad Dynasty To Rule The Muslim Caliphate From 750 to 1258. |
Harun al-Rashid | The Most Prominent Abbasid Caliph |
Astrolabe | An Instrument For Determining The Positions And Movements Of Heavenly Bodies. |
Ibn Rushid | A Muslim Scholar Of Cordoba , Spain. |
Ibn Sina | A Persian Doctor Known As Avicenna. |
Caligraphy | The Art Of Fine Handwriting. |
Minarets | Towers Attached To The Outside Of A Mosque. |
Rumi | Was A Sufi Mystic. |
Omar Khayyam | Also Was Writing In Persian. |