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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Meccan | people that lived in Mecca |
| orphaned | a child whose parents are dead |
| Judasim | the monotheistic religion of the Jews |
| Christianity | the monotheistic religion of the Christans |
| Allah | the only god of Muslims |
| Angel Gabriel | the messenger of Allah |
| Qur'an | the Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel and written down in Arabic |
| Muslim | a follower of the religion of Islam |
| Medina | the old Arab or a quarter of a North African town |
| Mecca | city in Saudia Arabia that fought with the muslims |
| Ka'aba | a black stone building,in Mecca,that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine |
| surrendered | resistance to an enemy or opponent |
| Islam | the religion of the Muslims,a monotheistic faith founded through Muhammad,the last prohet |
| caravan trader | A company of travelers journeying together, across a desert |
| merchant | a person or company involved in wholesale trade |
| monothism | the belief in one god |
| polythism | the belief in many different gods |