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APWH, Islam
Reading quiz for Chapter 14, Traditions and Encounters, 4/e
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History
10th Grade
10/07/2008

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Al-Ghazili
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famous sufi thinking
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damascus
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capital of the umayyad
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hijra
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muhammad flight to medina
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sakk
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the root of modern checks
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muhammad
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"seal of the prophets"
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abbasid
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ruling dynasty centered around baghdad
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baghdad
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capital of the abbasid
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harun al-rashid
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high point of the abbasid dynasty
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sharia
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islamic law code
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hajj
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pilgramage to mecca
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ibn rushd
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tried to understand the world in a purely rational way
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quran
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revelations of allah as given to muhammad
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abu al-abbas
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founder of the abbasid dynasty
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sufi
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uslim mystic who believes in simple life and meditation
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madrasas
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high centers of muslim learning
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shia (shi'ite)
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sect that proposed that the caliphate should be through Ali's line.
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