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Chapter 4 Key Terms
Chapter 4 Key terms
Question | Answer |
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Abu Bakr | one of Muhammad's first converts |
caliph | a title that Muslims use for the highest leader of Islam |
tolerance | acceptance |
Janissaries | slave soldiers that converted to Islam and became fierce fighters |
Mehmed II | defeated the Byzantines also called "the Conqueror" |
sultan | an Ottoman ruler |
Suleyman I | also called "the Magnificent" |
harem | an area of a household in which women who had to live apart from men would stay |
Shia | Muslims who thought that only people who were related to Muhammad's family could become caliph |
Sunni | a person who didn't think caliphs had to be related to Muhammad as long as they were good Muslims and strong leaders. |
Ibn Battutah | he traveled to Africa, India, China, and Spain in the 1320's |
Sufism | teaches that people can find God's love by having a personal relationship with God |
Omar Khayyam | one of the most famous Sufi poets |
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