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world history voc
world history chapter 9 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hijrah | Flight or migration |
| Qur'an | Holy book of Islam |
| Jihad | Struggle to defend the faith |
| Mosques | Muslim places of worship |
| Colph | Islamic title meaning "successor to the prophet" |
| Jabal Taria | It became know as "The Great Rock Of Gibraltar" |
| Caliphates | Three divisions of the Muslim Empire |
| Dower | The grooms marriage gifts to his bride |
| Sultan | Another name for Turkish ruler |
| Millets | Communities of religious minorities within the ottoman empire. |
| Suttee | Indian ritual in which a widow commits suicide after the death of her husband. |
| Bedouin | Another name for Aribic herders and they lived as nomads |
| Muhammad | Prophet of Islam |
| Abu Bakr | The successor to Muhammad when he died |
| Berbers | North African people who converted to Islam. |
| Moors | Muslims of Spain |
| Al-Razi | A Physician/Doctor in Baghdad who wrote medical books. |
| Ottomans | Turkish group who concerned much of Asia minor and Europe. |
| Janissaries | Asultins elite army of slave soldiers |
| Harsha | 16 year old leader who reunited the Gupta Empire. |
| Rajputs | Strong rulers who claimed divined origins. |
| Timur | Turkish Mongol leader who captured much of India and the Adimin Empire. |
| Urdu | Language of present day Pakistan |
| Babur | Brought the region of Delhi under his control and established the Mughal empire. |
| Akbar | The Greatest Mughal emperor |
| Shah Jahan | Best known for the construction of the TajMahal and the hall of private audiences. |
| Nanak | The first guru-leader of teacher of the Sikh faith. |
| Imams | Spiritual leaders who were thought to be direct descendants of Muhammad. |