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47 Cards in this Set
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Oases
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Watering hole in the desert
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Bedouins
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Nomadic Arab Herders
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Mecca
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City in Arabia where religious pilgrims came
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Ka'aba
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Simple house of worship that housed 360 idols
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Allah
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one god belief in Arabic
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Hanifs
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People that believed in only one god.
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Muhammad
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Man who was contacted by Angel Gabriel to proclaim that there was only one god called Allah. Founder of Muslim.
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Khadijah
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Wealthy business women who Muhammad married.
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Gabriel
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Angel who contacted Muhammad.
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Islam
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Religion of Muhammad.
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Muslim
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Person who practices Islam.
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Hijrah
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Muhammads pilgramge from Mecca to Yathrib. This trip is considered start of Islam religion.
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Medina
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New name for city of Yathrib meaning city of the prophet.
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Qur'an
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Holy book of the Muslims
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The Five Pillars
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Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage.
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Mosque
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Islamic house of worship.
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Alms
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Money for the poor.
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Ramadan
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Islamic holy month.
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Hajj
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Pilgrimage to Mecca
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Ulama
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Scholars who are concerned with learning and law.
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Sunna
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Muhammads example of the best way of living.
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Shariah
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Body of law that regulates family life, moral conduct, and business and community of Muslims.
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Torah
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Book of Jewish religion.
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Muezzin
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Call to prayer.
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Minaret
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Tower where muezzin calls may be place. Like a bell tower.
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caliph
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title that means successor.
Title of head of Islam. |
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Jihad
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holy war
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Jizya
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a poll tax
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People of the Book
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Jews/Christionan who had either Torah/Bible to guide religion.
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Umayyads
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Family that took over Caliph and setup a hereditary system of succession.
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Shi'a
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means party of Ali. Meaning that caliph had to be relative of the prophet muhammud.
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Sunni
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Followers of Muhammad's example.
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Sufi
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Group of muslims that pursued life of poverty and devotion to a spiritual path. Kept focus on the Qur'an and tradition.
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Abbasids
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Rebel group that over threw Umayyads. Built stron bureaucracy. Moved capital to Baghdad.
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al-Andulus
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Muslim state in southern Spain formed by the Berbers.
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Fatimid
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Dynasty named after Muhammads daughter Fatima. Dynasty was in North Africa to western Arabia and Syria.
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Baghdad
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Last Capital of Islam. Located on Tigris River. Circular shaped city
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Cairo
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Capital of Fatimid dynasty.
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Purdah
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Mean and women should be kept apart from eachother.
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Harem
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Women's section of a wealthy man's house. Adult boys not allowed in harem. Only adult male allowed was husband.
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House of Wisdom
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A comination library, academy, and translation center.
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Al-Kwarazini
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Founder of algebra
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Algebra
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Art of bringing together unkowns to match a known quantity.
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Optics
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Book written by ALhazen that showed how people see objects.
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calligraphy
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Art of beautiful handwriting.
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Astronomy
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Study of the sky
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Astrolabe
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Early instrument used to measure the angles of the sun and stars above the horizon.
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