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10/27/2013

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Oasis
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green area in a desert fed by underground water.
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sheikh
Definition
leader of an Arab tribe.
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caravan
Definition
group of traveling merchants and animals.
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Quran
Definition
holy book of Islam.
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caliph
Definition
an important Muslim religious leader.
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Shiite
Definition
Muslim group that only accepts the descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali as rightful rulers of Muslims.
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Sunni
Definition
Muslim group that accepts descendants of the Umayyad's as rightful rulers of Muslims.
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sultan
Definition
military leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country.
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mosque
Definition
Muslim house of worship.
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bazaar
Definition
a marketplace
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minaret
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tower of a mosque from which the crier calls believers to prayer five times a days.
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crier
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an announcer who calls Muslim believers to prayer five times a day.
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