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Nomads on the Arabian peninsula were ruled by a..

Sheikh

Muhammed received revelations from this angel

Gabriel

Gabriel

He was the first Caliph and converted bedouin tribes

Abu Bakr

Caliph

Successor to Muhammad

Jihad

Struggle in the way of God

Shia

Only accept descendants of Ali (son-in-law) as true rulers of Islam

Sunni

Accept Umayyads as rulers

Umayyads

Dynasty started by the caliph General Mu'awiyah

Revolt by this guy caused split of Islam

Hussein

Achievements of Early Muslim Societies

legal rights for women, art, paved streets, libraries, medical treatments, astrolabe, etc.

Why was Ghana important?

First powerful western African kingdom

Ghana's wealth depended on their supply of..

Gold

Berbers

Indigenous nomadic camel caravan people west of the Nile Valley (N Africa)

Griots

Story tellers and muscians

Mansa Musa

Created the golden age of Mali and established Islam in W Africa

Timbuktu

Major city for trade; mosques, libraries, etc.

Bantu

African language, and the people speaking that language

Matrilineal vs. Patrilineal

Traces descendence through female line (mat) or male line (pat)