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Chapter 11 I & D

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Mecca   Islamic holy city.  
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Bedouins   They're a part of a desert-dwelling Arabian ethnic group.  
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Kaaba   Cube in arabic, is the sacred building in the middle of a great mosque in Saudi Arabia.  
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Khadija   First wife of Muhammad, she was the first to convert to Islam.  
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Quran   The Islamic "Bible".  
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People of the Book   Other Religions, such as Judaism and Christianity.  
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Sharia   Moral code and religious law of prophetic religion.  
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Oasis   Fertile area in a desert, watered by a natural well or spring.  
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Hijra   They journey Muhammad and his follwers made from Mecca for Yathrib.  
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Monotheistic   The belief in one God.  
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Mosque   Islam house of worship.  
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Hajj   A religious trip to Mecca.  
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Jihad   The effort in God's services.  
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Abu Bakr   Muhammad's first caliph.  
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Battle of Tours   The battle at Tours, France, which pushed the muslims out of Europe.  
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Fatima and Ali   The daughter and son-in-law of Muhammad.  
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Sufi   Were another tradition of muslims, which fasted and meditated.  
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Umayyads   A dynasty that reigned until 750, where they were overthrown.  
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Abbassids   A dynasty that overthrew the Umayyads. They ended Arab dominance and made Islam a universal religion.  
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Harun al-Rashid   A very wealthy Caliph. He was extremely generous and very helpful.  
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Seljuks   They were Turks who migrated into the Middle East from Central Asia. They adopted Islam and built a large empire across the fertile crescent.  
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Tamerlane   A muslim Mongol leader, who took muslim and non-muslim lands.  
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Caliph   A succesor to Muhammad.  
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Minaret   The slender towers on a mosque.  
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Muezzin   A cryer who climbs to the top of the minaret and calls people to prayer.  
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Sultan   Authoratized wealthy person.  
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Omar Khayyam   A muslim scholar and astronomer.  
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Averroes   He was first interested in every subject and profession. But he is best know for being a muslim philosopher.  
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Muhammad al-Razi   Was one of the most original medical thinkers.  
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Avicenna   A Persian physician who wrote the Canon of Medicine, an encyclopedia about all medical practices.  
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Social Mobility   The ability to move up in social class  
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Arabesque   An intricate design composed of curved lines that suggest floral shapes.  
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Calligraphy   Beautiful handwriting.  
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Sikhism   The religion taught by Nanock, which was a blending of Islam and Hindu. The people of the religion later turned into a military, which clashed with Mughal rulers.  
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Babur   A Mongol invader who was a military genius, poet and author.  
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Mughal   The Persian word for Mongol.  
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Nur Jahan   The daughter-in-law of Akbar the Great  
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Taj Mahal   A mausoleum made for Shah Jahan's wife, Mumtaz Mahal.  
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Sultanate   Land ruled by a sultan.  
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Caste   Social groups from which they could not change.  
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Rajah   Local Hindu rulers.  
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Sinan   A janizary military engineer, who created many mosques and palaces.  
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Isfahan   A magnificent capital of the Safavid Empire.  
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Millet   Religious communities.  
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Janizary   The elite force of the Ottoman army.  
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Shah   A king.  
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