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39 Cards in this Set
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Caliph |
Successor to the Messenger of God
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Umayyads |
lost power in AD 750
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Omar Khayyam |
mathematician astronomer and poet
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Oasis
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green area in a desert fed by underground water
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Indonesia |
modern country with more Muslims than any other |
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Ottoman Empire |
began in Turkey |
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Sunnis
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believed the Umayyad dynasty should rule
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Akbar
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Mogul ruler who brought peace to his territory
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Makkah |
the largest and richest town in Arabia
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Mosque |
Muslim house of worship
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Shiites |
believed that the Umayyads should not be in power, believed that Muhammad’s son-in-law should rule after Muhammad’s death
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Seljuks |
ruled the government and army
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Abu al-Abbas |
first ruler of the Abbasid Empire
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Bedouins |
desert herders who traveled from oasis to oasis for water
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Quran |
the holy book of Islam
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Timbuktu |
West African center of Muslim learning
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Taj Mahal |
a beautiful tomb in India
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Suleiman I |
sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the 1500’s
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Minarets |
towers of a mosque from which an announcer calls Muslims to prayer
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Muslims |
followers of Islam
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5 Pillars of Islam |
acts of worship Muslims must fulfill
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Islam |
Surrendering to the will of God
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Ibn Sina |
Persian doctor who discovered how germs traveled from person to person
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Shah Jahan
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Mogul ruler who built the Taj Mahal
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In caravans |
How Arab merchant transport goods across the desert?
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Wealthy Merchants |
felt threatened by Islam
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Muhammad |
built an army and conquered Makkah
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The Ottoman Empire |
allowed freedom of Religion
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Great Britain
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took control of most of India after the Mogul Empire collapsed
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In Villages |
Where did most Muslims in the Arab Empire live
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Muslim |
What scholars preserved ancient learning?
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Desert |
What stretches over most of the Arabian Peninsula?
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Madinah made Muhammad its ruler |
What happened when Muhammad and his followers left Makkah?
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2 reasons why Muslim traders were successful |
Language and Coins
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In Muslim Society social groups were based on what? |
Wealth and Power
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What does Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common? |
Belief in one god
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Who were the rulers who had a personal connection with Muhammed? |
First four caliphs
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When the Mongols burned Baghdad marked the end of What? |
Arab Empire
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What country today has the largest Muslim population? |
Indonesia |
