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A bridgelike structure that carries a water from the countryside to cities
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Aqueduct
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The numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, used since the 12th century.
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Arabic Numerals
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A Japanese worrier who pledged to serve a particular lord and protect his estate.
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Samurai
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A right to which every person is entitled.
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Human Rights
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A fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
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Great Wall of China
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an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean 4,000 miles long.
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Silk Road
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A Chinese philosopher of the sixth century b.c.; the founder of Confucianism. His teachings have come down to us as a collection of short sayings.
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Confucius
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A Chinese philosophy founded in the 200s b.c. by Lao Tzu
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Taoism
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A family of rulers.
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Dynasty
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A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.
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Mosaics
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An image; a representation or symbol
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Icons
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A person that goes to another country to do religious and social work.
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Missionaries
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A.D. 570–632, Arab prophet: founder of Islam.
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Muhammad
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A religion that teaches that there is one god and that Muhammad is his prophet
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Islam
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a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
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Mosque
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A city of western Saudi Arabia near the coast of the Red Sea. The birthplace of Muhammad, it is the holiest city of Islam and a pilgrimage site for all devout believers of the faith
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Mecca
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The old Arab quarter of a North African city.
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Medina
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The sacred text of Islam, considered by Muslims to contain the revelations of God to Muhammad
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Koran
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In Islam the most important teachings of Muhammad, including belief in Allah and Muhammad the prophet, prayer, charity or almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Five Pillars of Islam
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The title used by rulers of the Muslim community from 632 until 1924.
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Caliphs
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