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Bedouin
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Nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam
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Shaykhs
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Leaders of tribes and clans within bendouin society; usually men within large herds, several wives, and many children
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Mecca
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City located in mountainous region along Red Sea in Arabian peninsula; founded by Umayyad clan of Quraysh; site of Ka'ba; orginal home of Muhammad; location of cheif religious pilgramage point in Islam
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Medina
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Also known as Yathrib; town located northeast of Mecca; grew date palms whose fruit was sold to bedouins; became refuge for Muhammad following flight from Mecca (hijra)
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Umayyad
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Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
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