Muslim Empires

Question 0

Nomadic Lifestyle

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It means you are always wandering in search of land, being mobile not having one specific location to call home.

Question 1

Irrigation

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Irrigation is an artificial way of bringing water I tot eh land to water crops and keep the soil fresh.

Question 2

Migration Patterns

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It is the search of food, shelter, and safety that has resulted in migration. There are two types of migration voluntary and involuntary.

Question 3

Caravans

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A group of people traveling together across the deserts for trade or for the Hajj.

Question 4

Trade centers

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Trade routes were established as the community matured,ancient civilizations supported a thriving trade around the Mediterranean Sea and all trade routes.

Question 5

Terraces

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A method of growing crops alongside a hill, slows down erosion and water loss.

Question 6

Mecca

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Mecca is a city in the Sirat Mountains in western Saudi Arabia. Mecca is the holiest city in all of Islam.Muslims around the world turn toward this city to pray to Allah, the Muslim name for God. All devout Muslims aspire to make a pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca at least once in their lives.

Question 7

Medina

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Medina is a sacred city to Muslims,Medina soon became the administrative capital of a growing Islamic state until 661,when Damascus was proclaimed the new capital.

Question 8

Oasis

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An oasis is a fertile region of land in the middle of a desert supplied by a regular source of fresh water. The water supply is usually underground in a spring or a structure called an artesian well,Oases are very important to people who live in or near them and to those who travel through deserts.

Question 9

Kaaba

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The Kaaba, also spelled Ka’bah, is a cube-shaped shrine located in the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred spot on Earth for Muslims, or people who follow the religion of Islam

Question 10

Five Pillars of Islam

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The Five Pillars of Islam are five duties that every Muslim is supposed to carry out. Muslims are people who practice Islam, and these duties were first described by Muhammad, the founder of Islam.

Question 11

Sunnah

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Sunnah, also known as Sunni Islam, is one of the two main branches of the religion of Islam. Its followers are known as Sunnites. The other main branch is Shi’a Islam, and its followers are known as Shiites. These two branches separated early in the history of Islam.

Question 12

Qur’an

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The Quran, also spelled Qu’ran and Koran, is the sacred scripture of Islam. Muslims, people who practice Islam, believe the Quran is the word of Allah, or God, which was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through the archangel Gabriel.

Question 13

Caliph

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A caste system which arranges people in a society based on hereditary groups.

Question 14

Caliphate

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The caliphate was the Islamic state and its lands, which were ruled by a caliph, or successor to Muhammad.

Question 15

Caliph Abu Bakr

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Abu Bakr is second only to Muhammad (Prophet of God) in Islamic tradition.

Question 16

Caliphs Umar and Uthan

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Caliph Umar lay mortally wounded, he formed a council that appointed Uthman, then 70 years old, to be caliph. During his reign, Uthman expanded the Islamic empire to include Iran, North Africa, and the Caucuses.

Question 17

Dynasty

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A dynasty is a series of rulers in a particular kingdom or empire, and each ruler in the series is said to be a member of the same family.

Question 18

Shi’a

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Shi’a Islam is one of the two main branches of the religion of Islam. Its followers are known as Shiite

Question 19

Shiite

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Followers of the Shia Muslims

Question 20

Sunni

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Sunni Islam, also known as Sunnah, is one of the two main branches of the religion of Islam, and its followers are known as Sunnites.

Question 21

The Crussades

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The Crusades were a series of military campaigns that western Europeans made from the 1000s to the 1200s. Crusaders were people who went on these campaigns.

Question 22

The Ottomans

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These groups began to unify under a leader named Osman and became known as the Ottomans.