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Social Studies CH. 8
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geography | Definition |
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Astrolabe | a device used to show which direction you are facing by using the stars |
Nomad | Someone who doesn’t have a permanent home and moves according to the seasons |
Mecca | The city where Muslims go to pray |
Idol | An image used as an object of worship |
Bazaar | A market place |
Pilgrimage | A long journey or search |
Koran | The Islamic holy book |
Monotheism | To believe in one God |
Islam | The religion of the Muslims |
Muslim | A group of people who practice the religion of Islam |
Mosque | A Muslim Temple |
Medina | First Islamic city |
Caliph | The religious leader of the Muslims, A representative of Allah |
Ramadan | The month of the fast |
Shiite | A member of the branch of Islam’s that regards Ali and his descendants |
Icon | An art objects that depict holy Christians |
Patriarch | The leader of a tribe |
Excommunicate | To exclude from a church or a religious ceromony |
Belisarius | A Byzantine general under the control of Justinian the 1 |
Vladimir | A city west of Moscow |
Turks | A native of Turkey |
Sultan | A ruler of Muslim country |
Hajj | The pilgrimage to Meccac |
Allah | The Islamic God |
Muezzin | The leader who calls the people to pray 5 times a day |
Kaaba | A Muslim shrine in Mecca where the people pray |
Hegira | The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 |
sunni | A branch of Islam that accepts the four caliphs as right successors of Muhammad |
Muhammad | An Islamic prophet |