| geography |
 |
|
| Definition |
|
|
| 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 |
Poultry
