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Chapter 9&17

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Bedounis   small groups of nomadic people in Arabia  
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Muhammad   Prophet of Islam whom Muslims recognize as Allah's messenger to all humankind  
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Hegira   Mohammad's journey from Mecca to Medina  
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Islam   a monotheistic religion whose prophet is Muhammad and whose holy book is the Qur´an  
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Muslims   followers of Islam  
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Qur´an   the sacred text of Islam  
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Five Pillars of Islam   behaviors and obligations that are common to all Muslims, which include the profession of faith  
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Mosque   a building for Muslim prayer  
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Jihad   ¨struggle for the faith¨ , can be thought as an individual or common struggle  
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Abu Bakr   First Muslim caliph  
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Caliph   ¨successor to the Prophet¨; title given to the political and religious leader of Muslims  
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Caliphate   area ruled by a caliph  
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Umayyad   first ruling dynasty over the Muslim Caliphate  
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Sunnis   ¨people who follow the Sunna (way of the Prophet)¨  
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Shia   a branch of Islam whose adherents believe that the caliphate must go to a descendant  
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Sufis   a branch of Islam emphasizing a personal, mystical connection with God  
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Abbasid   dynasty that overthrew the Umayyad dynasty to rule the Muslim caliphate from 750 to 128  
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Harun al-Rashid   Fifth Abbasid caliph (ruled 786 to 809); under his rule, the Abbasid dynasty reached its height and Islamic culture experience a flowering  
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Ghazis   warriors for the Islamic faith  
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Ottomans   ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire (1293-1922), named for Osman I , the founder; at the Empires height, the Ottomans ruled a vast area  
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Sultan   title for the ruler of the Ottoman Empire  
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Jainissaries   highly trained soldiers in the elite guard of the Ottoman Empire  
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Mehmed ll   Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to 1446 and again from 1451 to 1481. He helped conquer Constinople  
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Suleyman l   Sultan for the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566; he expanded the empire and took on large economic affairs  
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Shah   name given to a king of Safavid Empire  
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´Abbas   Shah of the Safavid Empire in Persia he has lead many military victories and has skilled administration brought about a golden age  
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Babur   Founder of the Mughal empire of India  
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Mughal Empire   a Muslim empire in India  
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Akbar the Great   Mughal emperor of India he enlarged his empire to include nearly all of the Indian peninsula  
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Sikhism   an Indian religion founded in the late 1400s whose beliefs blend elements of Hinduism and Islam  
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Shah Jahan   Mughal emperor of India from 1628 to 1658; under its rule the empires power reached its peak  
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Taj Mahal   a mausoleum built by India's Mughal emperor Shah Jahan  
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Aurangzeb   Mughal emperor who made Mughal´s power extend its greatest extent  
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