Global- Chap 10

Question 0

Caliph

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• title that means successor or deputy

- first was ABU- BAKR

Question 1

Heigira

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migration of Muhammad and some followers from Mecca to Yathrib (now Medina)

Question 2

Caliphate

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• a rule among multiple caliphs

- first rightly guided was ALI, UMAR, UTHMAN, ABU- BAKR

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Kabaa

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• ancient shrine in Mecca where religious pilgrimages worshipped many gods and spirits, the Qur’an

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Muhammad

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When he was 40, Gabriel came upon him and revealed that he was the messenger of Allah

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Qur’an

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• Holy book revealed to the prophet Muhammad

- compilation of all the revelations of Allah to the prophet

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Ramadan

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A month where Muslims fast from dawn to sunset

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Umayyad Caliphate

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• came to power after the death of Ali
• surrounded themselves with wealth unlike the caliphs
• Damascus was the capital
• brought Iberia under Muslim control

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Abbasid Caliphate

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• 750
• murdered the Umayyad Caliphate
• moved capital of the empire to Baghdad in central Iraq in 672

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Sunni

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Did not outwardly resist the rule of the Umayyads

Question 10

Shi’a

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Believed that the caliph had to be Muhammad’s descendant

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Sufi

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Rejected the luxurious life of the Umayyads and pursues a life of poverty and devotion to a spiritual path

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House of Wisdom

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• center created by Caliph AL- MA’MUM in 800’s
• in Baghdad
• translated texts from around the world into Arabic

Question 13

Maimonides

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• Jewish philosopher and physician

- wrote THE GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED which blended philosophy, religion, and science

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Averroë (Ibn Rushd)

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• philosopher in the 1100’s

- blended Aristotle and Plato’s views with the views of Islam