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16 Cards in this Set
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Oasis
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a fertile spot in a desert where water is found.
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Sheikh
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an Arab leader, in particular the chief or head of an Arab tribe, family, or village.
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Bedouins
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a nomadic Arab of the desert.
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Caravan
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a group of traveling merchants and animals.
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Makkah
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city of Muhammad’s birth; largest, richest city in early Arabia; important religious site; holy city were Muslims go to worship.
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Kaaba
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low square building in the middle of Makkah; contains a great stone believed to have come from heaven; holy Islamic site; a square stone building in the center of the Great Mosque at Mecca, the site most holy to Muslims and toward which they must face when praying. It stands on the site of a pre-Islamic shrine said to have been built by Abraham.
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Muhammad
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founder of Islam. Arab prophet and founder of Islam. In c. 610, in Mecca, he received the first of a series of revelations that, as the Koran, became the doctrinal and legislative basis of Islam. In the face of opposition to his preaching, he and his small group of supporters were forced to flee to Medina in 622 (the Hegira). Muhammad led his followers into a series of battles against the Meccans. In 630, Mecca capitulated and by his death Muhammad had united most of Arabia; he spread Islam’s teachings to the people of Arabia.
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Islam
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the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah; a religion based on the messages Muhammad is believed to have received from god.
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Madinah
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the city of prophet.
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Quran
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holy book of Islam.
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Muslim
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a person who is Islamic.
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Allah
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the Arabic word for god.
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Sunna
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customs based on Muhammad’s words and deeds, the written record of these deeds is called the Hadith.
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Shariah
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Islamic law based on the interpretation of the Quran and Sunna.
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Caliph
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successor to the messenger of God.
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Sufis
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a group that spent their time praying and teaching Islam.
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