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55 Cards in this Set
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oasis
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fertile area in desert, watered by a natural well or spring
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hanif
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worship one god in tradition of Abraham
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allah
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god
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kaaba
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cube
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medina/Al-Medinah
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city of the prophet
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hijra/hijrah/hegira
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migration or flight
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after hijra
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islam
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"submission to the will of god"
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muslims
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followers of Islam
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Quran
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holy book of islam
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muezzin
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a person who recites the call to worship
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jihad
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the struggle to defend the faith
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shahadah
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recite the words of the witness or declaration of faith
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declaration of faith
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there is no god but god and muhammad is his prophet
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Salat
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worship 5 times a day facing mecca
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Mecca
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holy city of Islam
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Zakat
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give alms or charity to the needy
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Sawm
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fast or go without food and drink from the first light of day to sunset during the month of Ramadan
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Ramadan
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9th month of Muslim year, month that muhammad had his vision
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Hajj
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make a relgious journey to Mecca once in a lifetime, if possible
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abu bakr
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successor to muhammad
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caliph
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successor to the prophet
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people of the book
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jews, christians, and zoroastrians
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berbers
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a group of arabs located at the western end of the mediterranean
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Jabal Tariq
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the mountain of Tariq
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Gi'braltar
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the rock of gibraltar
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moors
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muslims of spain-originally berbers
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what the sunni's beleve
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God -- Quran -- believers
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what the shiahs beleve
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God -- imans -- believers
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imans
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descendent of Fatima and Ali
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what the sufis believe
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mystics claim to have a special knowledge from god and could communicate directly with God
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khadijah
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muhammads wife
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ottomans
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a group that captured constantinople in 1453 and made it the capitalof the Ottoman Empire
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millits
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religious minorities grouped into communites
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jannissaries
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groups of slaves which organied into an infantry
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Babal
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muhammads slave
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sultans
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turkish rulers
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caliphates
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three partsof muslim empire
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sadaq/mahr
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special marriage gift -- dower
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minaret
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tower -- pulpit for the prayer leader
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astrolabe
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a small instrument used to determine latitude and calculated the position of planets and stars
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al-jabr
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reunion of broken parts
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canon of medicine
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medical textbook
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Avicenna -- ibn sina
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philosopher and physician
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Al-rasi / phazes
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physician
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what the sufis believe
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mystics claim to have a special knowledge from god and could communicate directly with God
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khadijah
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muhammads wife
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ottomans
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a group that captured constantinople in 1453 and made it the capitalof the Ottoman Empire
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millits
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religious minorities grouped into communites
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jannissaries
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groups of slaves which organied into an infantry
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Babal
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muhammads slave
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sultans
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turkish rulers
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caliphates
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three partsof muslim empire
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sadaq/mahr
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special marriage gift -- dower
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minaret
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tower -- pulpit for the prayer leader
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