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Topic 11 Vocabulary
| Questi | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nomads | People who moved from place to place |
| Prophets | People who are said to receive messages from God to be taught to others |
| Revelations | Revelations truths from god |
| Quran | holy book of Islam |
| Hajj | a pilgrimage to the holy city of mecca |
| mosque | a Muslim house of worship |
| sharia | the Islamic law code |
| caliph | the title of a Muslim ruler |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| sufism | a Islamic lifestyle that stresses controlling ones desires giving up worldly attachments and seeking nearness to god |
| sultan | rulers of muslim states |
| textiles | woven fabric |
| calligraphy | the art of decorative writing |
| maritime | sea related |