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Islamic Civ. - bvick

Chapter 11 Vocabulary

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Makkah Arabian town that became the largest and riches because it was on the trade route; the holiest place for Muslims
Kaaba religious building in Makkah; means “the cube”
Madinah city that used to be called Yathrib but was renamed; it means “the city of the prophet
Bedouins Arab nomads that traveled from place to place for water and food; live in tents
Muhammad Founder of Islam
Damascus Umayyad capital city
Indonesia country that includes more Muslims than any other
Timbuktu African city that became a center of Muslim learning
Baghdad the Abbasid’s capital in modern day Iraq
Delhi Mogul capital in India
Umayyad dynasty of caliphs that expanded the Islamic Empire from A.D. 661-750
Sufis Islamic evangelists that spent their time preaching and teaching
Abbasid Dynasty after the Umayyad Dynasty
Suleiman I Ottoman’s greatest sultan; nickname was the Magnificent
Akbar greatest Mogul ruler
Agra location of the Taj Mahal
Mamun Abbasid caliph who founded the House of Wisdom in Baghdad
al Razi Muslim chemist that developed a system for categorizing substances
IbnSina Persian doctor who showed how dieseases spread from person to person
OmarKhayyam Persian poet who wrote Rubaiyat
IbnKhaldun Muslim historian
Oasis green area in a desert fed by underground water
Sheikh leader of an Arab tribe
Caravan group of traveling merchants and animals
Quran holy book of Islam
Caliph important Muslim political and religious leader
Shiite Muslim group that accepts only the descendents of Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali as rightful rulers of Muslims
Sunni Muslims group that accepts descendents of the Umayyad as rightful rulers of Muslims
Sultan military and political leader with absolute authority over Muslims country
Mosque Muslim house of worship
Bazaar marketplace
Minaret tower of a mosque from which the crier calls believers to prayer five times a day
Crier announcer who calls Muslim believers to prayer five times a day
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