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Chapter 11
Identify and Define
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mecca | A holy city located in Saudi Arabia which is home to the leading religion Islam. |
| Bedouins | A nomad of the Arabic Desert |
| Kaaba | A cube building which is the center of the Islamic religion and is the most sacred point in the world for them |
| Khadija | First wife of Muhammad and no kids. |
| Quran | central religious text of Islam and Muslims believe is the revelation of god |
| People of the Book | Jews and Christians as regarded by muslims |
| Sharia | Islamic canonical law based on the teachings of Koran |
| Oasis | A natural pond that is spouted up in the desert |
| Hijra | Muhammad departure form Mecca to Medina |
| Monotheistic | The belief that there is one god |
| Mosque | a Muslim place of worship |
| Hajj | a pilgrimage to mecca that takes place once a year to celebrate their religion around Kaaba |
| Jihad | A war or struggle against unbelievers |
| A bu Bakr | The first Caliph or successor to Muhammad |
| Battle of Tours | Muslims defeat the Byzantines from going farther into Euroupe |
| Fatima and Ali | Shiites argued that only true successors are Muhammad's daughter and son in law Fatima and Ali |
| Sufi | Muslim mystics who sought communion with God through meditation |
| Umayyads | set up a dynasty that ruled the Islamic world until 750 |
| Abassids | ended Arab dominance and helped make Islam a truly universal religion |
| Harun al Rashid | in both Europe and the Muslim world ha-run was admired as a model ruler. he was viewed as a symbol of wealth and splendor. |
| Seljuks | migrated into the middle east form central Asia. they adopted Islam and built a large empire across the fertile Crescent. |
| Tamerlane | Otherwise known as Timer the Lame led his armies into the Middle East though he himself was a Muslim Tamerlane ambitions led him to conquer Muslim as well as non Muslim lands. |
| Calph | a chief Muslim civil and religious ruler |
| Minaret | tall slender building usually part of a mosque that has a balcony where the Muezzin calls the Muslims to prayer |
| Muezzin | a man who calls Muslims to prayer from a minaret of a mosque |
| Sultan | a Muslim sovereign |
| Omar Khayyam | a Sufi mystic which taught things like astronomy and philosiphy |
| Averroes | Andalusian Muslim Polymath |
| Muhammad Al Razi | Studied many things like Omar but made a big impact and advancement in the world of medicine like Cataract expulsion. |
| Avicenna | Studied many things like Omar but had 240 works 40 of which involved medicine. |
| Social mobility | the movement of individuals between a social status in society |
| Arabesque | an ornamental design consisting of flowing lines mainly used by Muslims |
| Calligraphy | a unique way of writing. |
| Sikhism | a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab |
| babur | layed the basis for the Mughal dynasty and became the first Mughal ruler |
| Mughal | Persian empire spreading over much of the land of India |
| Nur Jahan | empress of the mughal empire |
| Taj Mahal | shah jahan built by the mughal empire and one of their rulers, shah jahn, memories of his third wife |
| sultanate | sultan is like the ruler of an empire such as the mughal dynasty |
| Caste | A system where people are born and reborn again in different series of wealth |
| Rajah | an Indian king or prince |
| Sinan | Islamic word meaning spearhead or spear. |
| Isfahan | capital of Isfahan providence located by Iran |
| Millet | A plant that is grown on farms that is used to make alcoholic beverages. |
| Janizary | a member of the Turkish infantry in-between the 19th and 14th centurys |
| Shah | a title of a former monarch of Iran |
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