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10th Grade
01/14/2009

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Term
Islam
Definition
a religion from the Arabian peninsula, which means 'submission'.
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Mecca
Definition
a city by the Red Sea in the mountainous region. center of islam.
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caliph
Definition
a Muslim ruler.
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Umayyad
Definition
a clan of the Quraysh that ruled over the politics and commercial economy of Mecca.
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Quran
Definition
the holy book of Islam that contains Allah's revelations to Muhammad.
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zakat
Definition
a taxation for charity, which is compulsory for all Muslims.
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Five Pillars
Definition
things that all Muslims must do and accept. there is Allah and Muhammad is his prophet, pray while facing Mecca 5 times a day, fast during the month of Ramadan, Zakat: spending 1/10 of one's income for charity, and hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Muhammad
Definition
the prophet of Allah/Islam.
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Abu Bakar
Definition
one of Muhammad's earliest followers and closest friends; was caliph from 652-634.
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Ali
Definition
the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad.
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Sunnis
Definition
people who follow the Umayyads.
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Shi'as
Definition
people who follow Ali.
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ayan
Definition
the elite landlords that emerged in Abbasid rule.
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Battle of the River Zab
Definition
where the Abbasids won over the Umayyads.
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jihad
Definition
to strugle, it is the Islam holy war.
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Mawali
Definition
non-Arab Muslims.
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dhimmis
Definition
people of the book, non-Muslims in an Islamic state.
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Medina
Definition
a town northwest of Mecca.
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wazir
Definition
the head of the national government and head of the caliph's council.
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hajj
Definition
the pilgrimage to Mecca to worship Allah.
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Abbasid
Definition
a line of caliphs that came to power in 750.
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Bedouins
Definition
nomadic pastoralists in Arabia.
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harem
Definition
where wives and concubines lived.
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Ka'ba
Definition
the most famous shrine in pre-Islamic Arabia, which is located in Mecca.
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Karbala
Definition
the site where Husayn, son of Ali, was killed and defeated.
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Damascus
Definition
the capital of Syria.
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