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Chapter 9 Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |