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Bedouin

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nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam

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Mecca

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city located in mountainous region along Red Sea in Arabian penninsula
formed by Umayyad clan of Quraysh
site of the Ka'ba</li>
original home of Muhammad
location of chief religions pilgramage point in Islam

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Umayyad</p>

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Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca
clan established dynasty as rulers of Islam

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Quraysh</p>

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Tribe of Bedouins that controlled Mecca in 600s

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Ka’ba

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most reverened religions shrine in pre-Islamic Arabia
located in Mecca
focus of obligatory annual truce among bedouin tribes
later incorporated as important shrine in Islam

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Medina</p>

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also known as Yathrib</li>

	town located northeast of Mecca</li>

	grew date palms whose fruit was sold to bedouins</li>

	became refuge for Muhammad following flight from Mecca (hijra)
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| Muhammad</p>

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<ul>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		Prophet of Islam</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		born c. 57- to Banu Hashim clan of Quraysh tribe in Mecca</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		raised by father&#39;s family</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		said to recieve revelations from Allah in 610 CE</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		died in 632</li>
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| Qur&#39;an</p>

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| recitations of revelations received by Muhammad, holy book of Islam</p>

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| Umma</p>

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| community of the faithful within Islam; transcended old tribal boundaries to create degree of political unity </p>

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| Zakat</p>

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| tax for charity, obligatory for all Muslims</p>

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| Five Pillars of Islam</p>

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		Confession / testimony of faith</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		prayer 5 times daily towards Mecca</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		fasting during Ramadan</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		zakat- tax for charity</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		hajj- pilgramige to Mecca</li>
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| Ramadan</p>

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| Islamic month of religions observance requiring fasting from dawn to sunset</p>

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| hajj</p>

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A muslim&#39;s pilgramage to the holy city of Mecca, to worship Allah at the Ka&#39;ab</p>

<p>
unified Islamic people</p>

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| Abu Bakr</p>

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one of Muhammad&#39;s earliest converts</p>

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succeeded Muhammad as first caliph of Islamic community</p>

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| Ridda Wars</p>

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	<li style="text-align: center;">
		wars that followed Muhammad&#39;s death in 632</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		resulted in difieat of firval prophets and some larger clans</li>
	<li style="text-align: center;">
		restored unity of Islam</li>
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| Ali</p>

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| cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, one of orthodox caliphs, focus for Shi&#39;a</p>

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| Khadijah</p>

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| first wife of Muhammad , who had worked for her as a trader</p>

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jihad</p>

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struggle, often used for wars in defense of the faith </p>

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Copts</p>

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Christian sect in Egypt, tended to support Islamic invasions in preference to Byzantine rule</p>

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| Nestorians</p>

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A christian sect found in Asia; tended to support Islamic invasion in preferene to Byzantine rule; cut off from Europe by Muslim invasion </p>

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| Uthman</p>

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<li>
third caliph and member of Umayyad clan</li>
<li>
murdered by mutinous warriors returning from Egypt</li>
<li>
death set off civil war in Islma b/w followers of Ali and the Umayyad clan- didn&#39;t like that he was chosen by Umayyads</li>
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Battle of Siffin</p>

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in 657 b/w forces of Ali and Umayyads

settled by negotiation that led to the fragmentation of Ali’s party

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| Mu&#39;awiya</p>

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| leader of Umayyad clan; first Umayyad caliph following civil war w/ Ali</p>

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| Karbala</p>

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site of defeat and death of Husayn- second son of Ali</p>

<p>
marked beginning of Shi&#39;a resistance to Umayyad caphilite</p>

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Damascus

Syryan city that was capital of Umayyad caphilate

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Dhimmi

literally "people of the book applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastriands and Hindus
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hadiths

traditions of the prophet

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mawali

non-arab converts to Islam

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jizya

head tax paid by all non-believers in Islamic territories

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Baghdad
Capital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Clesiphon
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Wazir
Chief administrative official under Abbasid caliphate; initially recruited from Persian provinces of empire
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hadiths
traditions of the prophet
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Abbasid
dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads as caliphs within Islam. came to power in 750
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Battle of the River Zab
victory of Abbasids over Umayyads; resulted in conquest of Syria and capture of Umayyad capital
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al-Mahdi
third of Abbasid caliphs; attempted but failed to reconcile moderates among Shi'a to Abbasid dynasty; failed to resolve problem of succession
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Buyids
regional splinter dynasty of the mid-10th centufy; invaded and captured Baghdad; ruled Abbasid Empire under title of Sultan; retained Abbasids as figureheads
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Seljuk Turks
Nomadic invaders from centeral Asia via Persia; staunch Sunnis; ruled in name of Abbasid caliphs from mid 11th century
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Crusades
series of military adventures initially launched by western christians to free Holy Land from Muslims; temporary succeeded in capturing Jerusalem and establishing Christian kingdoms ; later used for other purposes such as commercial wars and extermination of heresy
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Shah-Nama
written by Firdawsi in late 10th and early 11th centuries; relates history of Persia from creation to the Islamic conquest
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ulama
orthodox religious scholars whithin Islam; pressed for a more conservative and restrictive theology; increasingly opposed to non-Islamic ideas and scientific thinking
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al-Ghazali
briliant ISlamic theologian; struggled to fuse Greek and Quranic traditions; not entirely accepted by ulama
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Mongols
central Asian nomadic peoples, smashed Turko-Persian kingdoms; captured baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph
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Chiggis Khan
born in 1170s in decades following death of Kabul Khan; elected khagan of all Mongol tribes in 1206, responsible for conquest of northern kingdoms of China, territories as far west the Abbasid regions; died in 1227, prior to conquest of most of Islamic world.
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Muhammad ibn Qasim
Arab general; conquered Sind in INdia; declared the region and the Indus valley to be part of the Umayyad Empire
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bhaktic cults
Hindu groups dedicated to gods and goddesses; stresseed the importance of strong emotional bonds b/w devotees and teh goddesses who were the object of their veneration; most widely worshiped gods were Shiva and VIshnu
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Mira Bai
celebrated writer of HIndu religious poetry; reflected openess of bhaktic cults to women
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Kabir
Muslim mystic; played down the importance of ritual differences b/w HInduism and Islam
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Shrivijaya
trading empire centered on Malacca strait b/w Malaya and Sumatra; controlled trade of empire; Buddhist gov. resistant to Muslim missionaries; fall opened up southern Asia to Muslim conversion
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Malaca
Portugese factory of fortified trade town located on the tip of the Mayalan penninsula; traditionaly a center for treade among the south eastern Asian islands
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juula
malinke merchants; formed small partnerships to carry out trade throughout Mali empire; eventually spread to muhc of west Africa
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Sundiata
The "Lion Prince"; a member of the Keita clan; created a unified state that became the Mali empire; died about 1260
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griots
professional oral hsitorians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kinggs within the Mali Empire
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Ibn Batuta
Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel recores
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Timbuktu
port city of Mali; located just off the flood plain on the great bend in the Niger River; population of 50,000; contained a library and a university
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Songhay
successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of Niger Valley; formed as independant kingdom under a Berber dynasty; capital at Gao, reached imperial status under Sunnni Ali
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Muhammad the Great
extended the boundaries of the Songhay Empire; Islmaic rule of the mid 16th century
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Hausa
peoples of northern nigeria; formed states following the demise of SOnghay Emprie that combined Muslim and pagan traditions

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