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Chapter 3 History
Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Nomad | a person who moves from place to place rather than settling permanently |
Oasis | a fertile area in the midst of a desert |
Clan | a group of people related by blood or marriage |
Allah | God in the Islamic religion |
Monotheism | a belief in one God |
Pilgrimage | a journey to a sacred place or shrine |
Islam | a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Muhammad |
Muslim | a person who follows the religion of Islam, accepting Allah as the only religion |
Qur'an | the Muslim holy book, consisting of revelations from Allah that were collected by Muhammad's followers after his death |
Sunnah | Muhammad's words and deeds, which serve Muslims as a guide for proper living |
Mosque | a building for Muslim worship, designed to face the city of Mecca |
Caliph | a ruler of the Muslim community, viewed as a successor of Muhammad |
Shi'a | a Muslim group that resisted the Umayyads' rule, believing that the caliph should be a relative of the prophet Muhammad |
Sunni | a member of the Muslim group that accepted the rule of the elected caliphs and did not resist the Umayyads |
Hijrah | the move of Muhammad and is followers from Mecca to the city of Yathrib in a.d 622 |
Ka'aba | a Muslim shrine in Mecca toward which the faithful turn to pray |