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Islam

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Arabian Peninsula Dessert, Indian Ocean, Caravan trade
Bedouins Nomadic Arab people who have inhabited the desert regions of the Arabian Peninsula
Mecca City in West Arabia, big trade route stop, rich city, where Muhammad was born, holy city of Islam
Ka'abba Large cubical shrine, holy cite in mecca
Muhammad Born in 560, in 610 he began to receive revelations from Angel Gabriel from Allah
Allah Muslim word for god
Abu Bakr close friend of Muhammad, believed in Muhammad's revelations
People of the Book Christians and Jews
Umma community who accepted Muhammad and the belief in Allah.
Hajj Muhammad and followers back to Mecca
Caliph "successor" to Muhammad, ruled part of the Islamic empire
Hijra emigration of Muslims from mecca to medina in 622 CE
5 pillars of Islam Arowl of faith- 1 god, allah Prayer - 5x a day Fasting - No eating Alms- charity Pilgrimage- journey to Mecca
Quaran/Karan holy book of Islam
Sunnis Leadership chosen by community
Shi'ites Leadership of Muslim community from Muhammad to Ali
Ummayad Caliphate 1st dynasty, capital Damascus, 661-750
Abbasid Caliphate 2nd dynasty, capital Baghdad, 750-1258
Arabian nights 1001 stories, Abbasid period called "Golden Age"
Mamluks Turkic speaking warriors, same war techniques and Mongols
Berber Indigenous people of North africa, nomadic
Ghana Powerful, West Africa, wealthy from control over trans Saharan trade
Averroes (Ibn Rushd) Muslim philosopher and scholar from Cordoba
Ulama Muslim scholastic, interpreted Quaran and Islamic law
Seljuks Turkish Muslim dynasty, control Middle East
Battle of Manzikert 1071 CE, Seljuks defeated Byzantine Empire
Crusaders series of religious wars over 200 yrs, 3 years each war, 7 wars. Muslims vs Christians over Jerusalem
Saladin leader, United Muslim forces and captured Jerusalem from teh crusaders
Mongols nomadic people in central Asia, largest empire in history
Sahri'a law Islamic law, Quar'an based
Sufi Muslims who followed Sufism branch, a mystical branch that emphasizes closeness to God
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