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Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Pilgrimage

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Journey to a sacred place or shrine

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Clans

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Groups of people who share an ancestor

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Islam

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Monotheistic religion based upon submission to gods will and the teachings of the qur’an the Muslim holy book

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Muslims

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Followers of islam

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Hijrah

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Move of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to yathrib in ad 622

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Qur’an

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Muslim holy book

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Sunnah

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Teachings and practices of Muhammad used as guides for living

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Mosque

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Muslim house of worship

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Arid

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Receiving little or no rainfall, dry

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Oasis

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Fertile area in a desert

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Allah

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Arabic word for god

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Caliph

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Head of a Muslim community

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Umayyads

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Dynasty that ruled the Muslim empire from 661 to 750

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Sunnis

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Members of the branch of Islam that accepted the selected caliphs as successors of Muhammad and did not resist the Umayyads

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Shi’a

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Branch of Islam that resisted the rule of the Umayyads

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Iberian peninsula

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Southwestern tip of Europe ; preset location of Spain and Portugal

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Abdul al-Malik

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Caliph in the 600s who imposed a common language in Muslims lands

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Abbasids

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Group that took control of the Muslims empire from the Umayyads in 750

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Standing army

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Fighting force maintained even in times of place

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Baghdad

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Capital of the Abbasid empire capital of present day Iraq

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Golden age

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Period during which a society attains prosperity and cultural achievements

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Calligraphy

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Art of fine handwriting

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Omar khayyam

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Master of the poetic called the quatrain popular in Persia

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Al-Andalus

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Muslim Spain

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Cordoba

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Capital of Muslim Spain

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