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27 Cards in this Set
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pilgrimage to Mecca |
hajj |
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fasting during Ramadan |
siyam |
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declaration of faith |
shahada |
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giving of alms |
zakat |
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prayer five times daily |
salat |
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Typically followed nomadic herder lifestyle, enlisted by Muhammad in his quest to crush his enemies |
Bedouins |
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Religion most widely practiced by Bedouins prior to Muhammad |
polytheism |
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Method typically used to settle disagreements by early Arabs |
clan feuds |
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Muhammad's early life included these hardships |
frequent movement between relatives after the death of his parents |
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Changed Muhammad's financial fortunes |
hired as the leader of a rich widow's camel caravan |
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Began Muhammad's religious conversion |
experienced "visions" of the angel Gabriel |
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Forced Muhammad to keep his early preaching a secret |
Fear of corrupt merchants and politicians who objected to Muhammad's denouncement of the Kaaba |
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Migration of Muhammad and his followers to Medina |
hijra |
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City where Muhammad became governor and slowly began to win converts, making his migration there successful |
Medina |
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Former Pagan site in Mecca, became an important part of Islamic ritual, denounced by Muhammad |
the Kaaba |
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Succeeded Muhammad after his death |
a caliph, as he had no male heirs |
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Accepts both Judaism and Christianity, refers to Christians and Jews as "people of the Book" |
Islam |
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One true God of Islam |
Allah (God) |
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Forbidden to Muslims |
Eating pork, drinking intoxicating beverages |
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Practice of Muslim women using a veil to cover their hair and sometimes faces |
chador |
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Islamic sect that accepted only descendants of Muhammad as caliph |
Shiites |
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Arab traditions not necessarily related to the Koran |
Sunnas |
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Muslim holy book |
Koran |
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European country, noted center of Islamic civilization in the Middle Ages |
Spain |
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Factor that facilitated communication among Muslims everywhere |
Islam required the use of Arabic language |
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Disciplines advanced by Islamic scholars |
astronomy, algebra, medicine, literature, art, philosophy |
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Group mostly responsible for the decline of the Muslim empire |
Seljuk Turks |
