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ISLAM
LITERALLY 'SUBMISSION'
MEDINA
HOLY CITY OF ISLAM, WHERE MOHAMMED FLED IN HEJIRA, WHERE MOHAMMED DIED
FIVE PILLARS
BASIC ETHICAL AND RITUAL CODE OF ISLAM
HAJJ
PILLAR OF ISLAM--PILGRIMAGE TO KAABA IN MECCA
SHARIAH
LAW BASED UPON KORAN
ARABIA
DESERT PENINSULA WHERE ISLAM BEGAN
BEDOUIN
DESERT NOMAD FROM ARABIA
SHEIKH
LEADER OF BEDOUIN TRIBE
ALLAH
NAME FOR MUSLIM GOD
KAABA
MOST SACRED MUSLIM SHRINE, CUBE BUILDING SUPPOSEDLY BUILT BY ABRAHAM
MOHAMMED
FOUNDER OF ISLAM
GABRIEL
ANGEL WHOSE VISITS TO MOHAMMED ARE BASIS OF ISLAM AND THE KORAN
KORAN
MUSLIM HOLY BOOK
MECCA
HOLIEST CITY OF ISLAM, BIRTHPLACE OF MOHAMMED, SITE OF KAABA
HEJIRA
622 ESCAPE OF MOHAMMED FROM MECCA TO MEDINA, BEGINNING OF MUSLIM CALENDAR
CALIPH
POLITICAL LEADER, TO ARABS
IMAM
RELIGIOUS LEADER, TO MUSLIMS
DOME OF THE ROCK
HOLY SITE IN JERUSALEM, SITE OF MOHAMMED'S ASCENT TO HEAVEN
JERUSALEM
A HOLY CITY OF ISLAM, SITE OF DOME OF THE ROCK
ALI SHIA
MOHAMMED'S SON-IN-LAW WHOSE ASSASSINATION BEGAN SHIITES
SHIITE
MUSLIM SECT, BEGAN IN BELIEF THAT CALIPH SHOULD BE DESCENDANT OF MOHAMMED'S FAMILY
SUNNI
MUSLIM SECT, BEGAN IN BELIEF THAT CALIPH SHOULD BE ELECTED
UMAYYAD
7TH CENTURY ARAB DYNASTY, WITH CAPITAL AT DAMASCUS, THAT RULED DURING PERIOD OF ARAB EXPANSION
ABBASSID
8TH CENTURY ARAB DYNASTY, WITH CAPITAL AT BAGHDAD, THAT RULED DURING PERIOD OF ARAB EXPANSION
DAMASCUS
CAPITAL OF ARAB EMPIRE UNDER UMAYYAD DYNASTY
BAGHDAD
CAPITAL OF ARAB EMPIRE UNDER ABASSID DYNASTY
BATTLE OF TOURS
732 BATTLE WHERE ARABS WERE PREVENTED FROM CONQUERING EUROPE FROM THE WEST
BATTLE OF CONSTANTINOPLE
717 BATTLE WHERE ARABS WERE PREVENTED FROM CONQUERING EUROPE FROM THE EAST
JIHAD
LITERALLY, HOLY WAR
PERSIANS
ANCIENT EMPIRE CONQUERED BY ARABS
BYZANTINE
EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE CONQUERED BY ARABS
610
DATE OF MOHAMMED'S FIRST VISION OF GABRIEL
622
DATE OF HEJIRA
630
DATE OF MOHAMMED'S CONQUEST OF MECCA
630-32
DATE OF MOHAMMED'S CONQUEST OF ARABIAN PENINSULA
632
DATE OF MOHAMMED'S DEATH
7TH-8TH CENTURY
CENTURIES OF ARAB EXPANSION
MUSLIM
ONE WHO FOLLOWS ISLAM, LITERALLY 'ONE WHO SUBMITS'
ARAB
ORIGINALLY, RESIDENT OF ARABIA, NOW: ONE WHO SPEAKS ARABIC
3 HOLY CITIES OF ISLAM
MECCA, MEDINA, JERUSALEM
SHAHADA, SALAAT, ZAKAAT, SAWM, HAJJ
IN ARABIC, THE 5 PILLARS
ABRAHAM
TO MUSLIMS, FOUNDER OF ARABS THROUGH SON ISHMAEL, BUILDER OF KAABA
ISHMAEL
FOUNDER OF ARAB TRIBES, SON OF ABRAHAM
ADAM, ABRAHAM, MOSES, JOHN THE BAPTIST,JESUS, ETC
TO MUSLIMS, PROPHETS THAT PRECEDED MOHAMMED
SALAAT
PILLAR OF ISLAM IN WHICH MUSLIM PRAYS 5 TIMES DAILY FACING MECCA
ZAKAAT
PILLAR OF ISLAM THAT MEANS CHARITY, COMMUNITY SERVICE
MUEZZIN
INDIVIDUAL WHO CALLS MUSLIMS TO PRAYER
SHAHADA
PILLAR OF ISLAM IN WHICH MUSLIM PROCLAIMS FAITH
RAMADAN
MONTH OF MUSLIM FAST
SAWM
PILLAR OF ISLAM, THE FAST DURING RAMADAN
HAJJ
PILLAR OF ISLAM: PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA ONCE IN A MUSLIM'S LIFETIME
MOSQUE
PLACE OF MUSLIM WORSHIP, LITERALLY, 'PLACE OF PROSTRATION'
RED SEA AND PERSIAN GULF
SEAS THAT BORDER ARABIAN PENINSULA ON WEST AND EAST
BLACK SEA AND MEDITERRANEAN SEA
CONSTANTINOPLE IS ON ISTHMUS BETWEEN THESE TWO SEAS
SPAIN
WESTERNMOST CONQUEST OF ARABS, ONLY EUROPEAN CONQUEST
INDIA
EASTERNMOST CONQUEST OF ISLAM
PAKISTAN
MUSLIM NATION OF CENTRAL ASIA THAT SPLIT IN 1948 FROM HINDU INDIA
AFGHANISTAN
MOUNTAINOUS MUSLIM NATION OF CENTRAL ASIA, BORDERS PAKISTAN
JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST
CHRISTIAN PROPHETS WHO PRECEDED MOHAMMED
MOSES
HEBREW PROPHET WHO PRECEDED MOHAMMED
ADAM
FIRST PROPHET OF ALLAH, ACCORDING TO MOHAMMED, ALSO ONE WHO BROUGHT THE BLACK STONE TO MECCA