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