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Chapter 4 Key Terms
Chapter 4 Key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| patrons | |
| minaret | |
| calligraphy |