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26 Cards in this Set
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Bedouin
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Group of tribal nomadic people from the Arabian Peninsula.
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Ka 'aba
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A shrine the most sacred site of Islamic faith located in Mecca.
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Hadith
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Collection of sayings of the prophet.
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Caliph
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Political and religious successor to muhammad.
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Iman
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Religious leader.
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Vizier
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Chief administrative official or prime minister.
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Crusades
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Waves of Christian attacks on Islamic territories in the Holy Land.
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Sikhism
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Monotheistic religion founded in India that blended Islam and Hinduism.
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Sufi
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Mystical dimension or faction of Islam.
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Sheikh
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Ruling member of the bedouin tribe.
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Five Pillars
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Basic ethical code of Islam.
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Shari 'a
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Islamic law code.
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Jihad
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Struggle against evil in oneself or against enemies of Islam.
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Sunni and Shi' ites
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Factional of Islam based on Schism over the role of the caliph.
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Sultan
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Turkish military and political leader who assumed command.
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Coptic
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Egyptian form of Christianity.
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Savanah
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Vast grasslands
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Berbers
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North African traders who carried goods like gold and salt along b the Trans-Canada network.
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Bantu
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People who spread throughout Africa spreading agriculture language and iron.
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Swahili
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Bantu language mixed with Arabic spoken in coastal regions of east Africa.
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Mogadishu and Mombasa
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Major trading cities located on the coast of east Africa.
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Mansa
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Local west african chieftain who ruled as religious and administrative leader.
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Timbuktu
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Major trading and learning center in West Africa.
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Matrilineal
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Societies in which lineage or inheritence passes through the woman.
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Nok culture
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Iron-working society located in modern-day Nigeria.
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Pantheism
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Belief in a single creator god from all things come from.
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