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Peninsula on which the early Arabs lived |
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Climate of the early Arabs' homeland |
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Christians' term for the Muslim people who conquered Spain |
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Major occupation of Arabian nomads |
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City to which Muhammad fled and established his leadership |
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City captured by Muhammad that became the center of Islam |
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Body of water on the west coast of Arabia |
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Continent whose northern border was conquered by the Arabs |
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Western European country that became part of the Arab Empire |
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Empire to the east of Arabia taken over by the Arabs |
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Empire to the north of the Arab Empire extending from Asia Minor into Europe |
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Near Eastern countries to the north of Arabia taken over by the Arab Empire |
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African country to the west of Arabia that became part of the Arab Empire |
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River on which Baghdad was built |
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Wealthy businesswoman who married Muhammad |
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Original name of the city of Medina |
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New capital of the Umayyad caliphs, in Syria |
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New capital built by the Abbasid caliphs |
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Spanish cities that were centers of learning under the Arabs |
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Founder of the Arab Empire |
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How the Arabs treated people they conquered |
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Official language of the Arab Empire |
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Term for a successor of Muhammad |
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The first 100 years in power of the Abbasids, 750-850 |
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Muhammad's early profession |
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a camel driver (or caravan trader) |
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Method of choosing the first caliphs |
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How the title of caliph was passed on after the early caliphs |
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Source of income for the Arab Empire |
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Battle in which the Arabs were turned back from their invasion of Europe |
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Muhammad's daughter, who established her own dynasty in North Africa and western Arabia |
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Muhammad's loyal friend, follower, and first successor |
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Muhammad's son-in-law, the last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs |
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Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 |
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Dynasty that ruled as hereditary caliphs for 90 years |
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Group of Muslims who favored caliphs chosen only from Muhammad's own family |
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Group of Muslims who favored electing any eligible, pious Muslim as caliph |
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Group that defeated the Umayyads to rule the empire |
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Term for the three parts of the later empire |
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Muslim body of law, incorporating religious, criminal, and civil matters |
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Type of mathematics invented by Muslim scholars |
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Type of numbers introduced to Europeans by Arab mathematicians |
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Health-care field in which Arabs excelled |
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Things that could not be pictured by Islamic artists |
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Artistic use of flowing Arabic script |
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Muslim scientists who tried to turn tin and lead into silver and gold |
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Muslim scientists who gave many stars their names |
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Muslim scientists who determined the earth might be round |
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Popular collection of Persian tales |
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The Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights) |
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European country that became a point of contact for Europeans and Muslim culture |
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Events that brought Europeans into contact with Muslim culture |
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Slender towers built next to mosques |
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Navigation instrument perfected by Muslim scientists |
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Arab encyclopedia of medicine used in European medical schools for 500 years |
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Famed Persian scholar, astronomer, and poet, author of the Rubaiyat |
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Great physician and author of collection of medical knowledge |
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Weapons from Damascus that became world famous |
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Revered Muslim shrine in Jerusalem built in the 600s using Byzantine domes and arches |
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Library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad, a center for scholars |
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Muslim book of scriptures, the sacred word of God as revealed to Muhammad |
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a prophet (the last and greatest) |
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Food forbidden to Muslims |
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Beverage forbidden to Muslims |
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liquor (alcoholic beverages) |
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Number of times per day Muslims must pray |
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Position in which Muslims must pray |
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Muslims must do this for the needy. |
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What Muslims must do during the daylight hours of the holy month |
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Men learned in Islamic faith and law |
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Muhammad believed Allah was the same god that these two religious groups worshipped. |
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Heavenly creature whose voice spoke to Muhammad |
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Holy shrine of Mecca that contains a sacred cubelike black structure |
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What the word Islam means |
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Islamic creed that Muslims must recite |
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"There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet." |
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Meaning of the word Muslim |
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Event that marks the first year of the Muslim calendar |
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