The world of Islam
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| Sheikh | chosen from one of the leading families by council of elders.
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| Allah | abrabic for god.
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| Makkah | muhammad was born, go for the haij.
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| Muhammad | he lived with his uncle that was caravan manger.
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| Quran | the holy book of Islam.
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| Hijrah | the journey to mandinan.
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| Pillars | 1.Beief, 2. Prayer, 3. Charity, 4. Fasting, 5. Pilgrimage.
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| Shari'ah | muslim scholars deveopled a law code.
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| Caliph | he is incharge.
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| Abu Bakr | leader of Islam, sucessor to muhammad.
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| Jihad | struggle in the way of god.
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| Umayyad | arabs carried new attack at the easten & western ends of the mediterrdain sea.
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| Abbasid | muhammads uncle over threw the umayyad dynasty in 750. Baghdad is on the tigris river to the east of umayyad.
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| Battle of Tours | arab forces were defeated.
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| Shia | a muslim group that accepts descendants of muhammads son-in-law.
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| Sunni | muslim group that only descendants of the umayyads as the ruler of Islam.
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| Vizier | high government offical in Egypt or in muslim countries.
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| Sultan | "holder of power".
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| Astrolabe | used by sailors for location.
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| Minaret | the tower of a mosque, prayer five times a day.
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| Bazaar | covered market in Islamic cities.
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| Hijab | head dress that women wear.
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| Dowry | a gift of money or property at the time of marriage.
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| Arabesques | geometric patterns repeated over and over.
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| The Arabian Peninsula took on a new importance when political disorder in Mesopotamia and Egypt _____. | shifted trade routes through Makkah to Yemen and then across the Indian Ocean.
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| In the year 1 of the Islamic calendar, Muhammad and his followers relocated to _____. | Makkah
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| After Muhammad's death, Muslim scholars developed a law code known as the _____. | shari'ah
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| A revolt of Muslims in 680 in Iraq led to a split of Islam, with _____ Muslims accepting only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam. | Shia
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| What was significant about the Battle of Tours? | Arab expansion in Europe was halted
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| The Umayyad capital was at Damascus, but the Abbasids moved the capital of the Arab Empire to _____. | Baghdad
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| How were Arab traders' goods carried over land for long distances? | by camels.
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| Although according to Islam, all people are equal in the eyes of Allah, _____. | slaves were not considered equals
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| Muslim contributions to later European culture included _____. | the improvement of the astrolabe,translations of and commentaries on the works of Aristotle, the development of algebra.
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| The Alhambra in _____ is considered the finest example of an Islamic palace. | Baghdad.
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