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80 Cards in this Set
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Where is Arabia located
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Between the Red Sea and persian gulf
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What was the name of a bedouin tribe leader
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Sheik
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The Ka'aba was built by whom
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Abraham
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Abraham built what
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The Ka'aba
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What did the Ka'aba become
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A mosque
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What were Traveling holy people called
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Hanifs
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When has Muhammad born
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A.D. 570
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Where was Muhammad born
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Mecca or Mekkah
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What has a buisness leader called
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Khadija
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Who was Muhammad raised by
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Uncle and Grandfather
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When did Muhammad have his religious experience
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While meditating, in a cave
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Whose voice did Muhammad hear in the cave
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Angel Garbriel
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Who said it
"Recite in the name of the lord" |
Angel Gabriel
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What does Islam mean
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Submission to the will of Allah
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What is the islamic god called
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Allah
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What does Muslim mean
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One who has submited to Allah
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What did Muhammad believe of the upper class
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they were greedy
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Who were the majority of his followers
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the lower class
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Where and When did Muhammad move
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Yarthrib, 622 A.D.
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What is the journey made by Muslims called, and how many times must Muslims complete this jouney
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Hijrah, once during lifetime
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What was Yarthrib renamed
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Madinah
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What does Madinah mean
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"The prophets town"
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What document united everyone in the community
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The Madinah Compact
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What ddi Muhammad do in Ka'aba
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Destroyed Idols
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By what date was the entire Arabian Pennisula Islamic
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631 A.D.
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Why can't Muslims worship paint pictures of Allah
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Only allah can create life
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At what age did Muhammad die
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62
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What is the holy book of Islam
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Quran
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What were Jews and Christians called
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People of the book
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What does Quran mean in Arabic
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Recite
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Name two things the Quran comdems
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Lying and Murder
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What cannot be separated from religion
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Law
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Name the five pillars of Islam
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Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage
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How many times - pray each day
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Five
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What was worship called on friday at noon
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Imam
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What is giving money called
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Alms
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What is the holy month in which fasting occuress
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Ramadan - 9th month
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Why is the 9th Month sacred
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When Muhammad saw vision
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What is the Pilgrimage called
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Hajj
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What color must all dress in
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White
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What can't muslims eat
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Pork - unclean
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How many wives can a man have, on what conditions
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Five, all treated equally
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Who could not be slaves
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Muslims
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What is the Holy war called
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Jihad
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What were the rulers after Muhammad's death called
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The rightly guided caliphs
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Name the Rightly Guided Caliphs in order
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Umar, Uthman, Ali
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What did all the caliphs have in common
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all related to Muhammad
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What was one area ruled by a caliph called
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Caliphate
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Date - Strait of Gibralter
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A.D. 711
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Date - Streched 4,000 miles
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A.D. 750
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Name 4 reason why they won
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Weakened enemies, highly mobile, well disiplined armies, Strong faith, victoies - sign of Allah's support
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What could the Muslims not take over
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Constatinople
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What area welcomed Muslim armies
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Ferticle Cresent
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What were the Muslims known as and why
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Liberators, Muslims - Religiously Tolerant
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When did the Umayads come to power
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661
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When was Uthman murdered
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656
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When were Ali and Hussyn murdered
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661
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What kind of government did the Umayyads set up
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Dynasty
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In what type of government is rule hereditary
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Dynasty
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What ruler moved the capitol and where did he move it
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Muawiya - Damascus, Syria
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What three groups did Islam divide up into
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Shiite, Sunni, Sufi
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What does Shiite mean
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Party of Ali
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What does Sunni mean
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Followers of the way
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Which group did not resist Umayyads
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Sunni
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How did the Sufi seek conection with god
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Meditation and Prayer
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What did the Sufi become
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Missioneries
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When were the Umayyads defeated
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Battle of Tours, 732
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Who defeaded the Umayyads and where
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France, Charles Martel
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What did the Umayyads achomplish during their rule
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Built Roads, Postal system, civil service system, currency
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When did the Abbasids come to power and when did they leave power
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750-1258
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How did the Abbasids murder the Umayyads
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At a diner party, one prince escaped - set up rule in Spain
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Where did the Abbasids move the capitol to
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Bagdhad
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When did the Adsids move the capitol
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762
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Who ruled in Charlemagne
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Harun Al-Rashid
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Who ruled in Cairo
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Fatamid
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Who invaded
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Seljuk Turks
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What was the ruler of the seljuk turks called
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Sultan
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When was Bagdhad captured
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1055
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Who attacked and burned Baghdad and when
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Halagu Khan - 1858
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What was the Islamic world called
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Dar Al-Islam
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