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60 Cards in this Set
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What trade route was the Arabian Peninsula between
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Africa and Asia
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What is the landscape of the Arabian Peninsula
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Desert
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What three bodies of water surrounds the Arabian Peninsula
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Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf
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What natural resource does the Arabian Peninsula have a lot of
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Oil
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Who are the Bedouins
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Nomads following camel herds
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What did the Bedouins known for doing
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Raiding each other and caravans
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What was the religion of the Bedouins like
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Believed and many gods and spirits
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What do we know about the spirits of the Bedouins
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They were called jinns and they lived in rocks
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Where is the most important rock
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Mecca (now Kaaba)
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What was Mohammed born
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571
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Who raised Mohammed and why
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His uncle because he was an orphan
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What job did Mohammed grow up and have and why
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He became a merchant because his uncle was a merchant
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What happened to his boss
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He married her- Khadijah
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When did Mohammed become interested in religion
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When he went on these travels and came in contact with Christians and Jews
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At what age did Mohammed start having visions
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40
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Who were Mohammed's visions from
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Allah
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What was Mohammed told in the visions
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That he was a messenger for Allah
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Mohammed continued having visions, what did he told in them
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In these visions Allah told him how people were supposed to behave
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Who were Mohammed's first followers
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His wife, family, and friends
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What did Mohammed have to flee from Mecca
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People did not like what he was teaching
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Where did Mohammed flee to
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Medina
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What is Mohammed's flight called
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Hegira
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After Mohammed's flight what happened to Islam
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It begin to spread rapidly
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Belief
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Islam
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Believer
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Muslim
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Book where teachings were written down by Mohammed's followers
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Koran
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Language
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Arabic
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Only when is the Koran a holy book
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When it is written in Arabic
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What helped Arabic spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa
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Having the Koran written in that Arabic
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Because the Koran was written in Arabic, it became a language for who
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The scholars and the poets
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House of worship
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Mosque
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Tall tower beside mosque
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Minaret
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Person who called the faithful to prayer from the minaret
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Muezzin
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Muslim symbol
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Crescent moon
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Day of prayer
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Friday
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House of worship
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Mosque
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Tall tower beside mosque
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Minaret
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Person who called the faithful to prayer from the minaret
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Muezzin
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Muslim symbol
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Crescent moon
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Day of prayer
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Friday
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What are the most important beliefs in Islam called
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Five Pillars
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What is the most important of the Five Pillars
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State of faith: there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet
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What are the four pillars
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1) Prayer- 5 times a day; 2) Charisty- alms for the poor; 3) Fasting- during Ramadan; 4) Pilgramage- travel to Mecca
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What is the pilgramage to Mecca called
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Hadj
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What are three other rules
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No alcohol; no pork; no marriage to a non-believer; all Muslims equal in the eyes of Alah; men and women lead seperate lives; Muslim man was allowed a maximum of four wives
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What are the most important beliefs in Islam called
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Five Pillars
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What is the most important of the Five Pillars
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State of faith: there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet
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What are the four pillars
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1) Prayer- 5 times a day; 2) Charisty- alms for the poor; 3) Fasting- during Ramadan; 4) Pilgramage- travel to Mecca
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What is the pilgramage to Mecca called
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Hadj
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What are three other rules
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No alcohol; no pork; no marriage to a non-believer; all Muslims equal in the eyes of Alah; men and women lead seperate lives; Muslim man was allowed a maximum of four wives
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What are the most important beliefs in Islam called
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Five Pillars
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What is the most important of the Five Pillars
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State of faith: there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet
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What are the four pillars
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1) Prayer- 5 times a day; 2) Charisty- alms for the poor; 3) Fasting- during Ramadan; 4) Pilgramage- travel to Mecca
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What is the pilgramage to Mecca called
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Hadj
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What are three other rules
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No alcohol; no pork; no marriage to a non-believer; all Muslims equal in the eyes of Alah; men and women lead seperate lives; Muslim man was allowed a maximum of four wives
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What are the most important beliefs in Islam called
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Five Pillars
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What is the most important of the Five Pillars
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State of faith: there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet
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What are the four pillars
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1) Prayer- 5 times a day; 2) Charisty- alms for the poor; 3) Fasting- during Ramadan; 4) Pilgramage- travel to Mecca
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What is the pilgramage to Mecca called
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Hadj
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What are three other rules
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No alcohol; no pork; no marriage to a non-believer; all Muslims equal in the eyes of Alah; men and women lead seperate lives; Muslim man was allowed a maximum of four wives
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