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