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Islam
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mean the will of GOD
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Muslim
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submitting to teh god and accpet that muhammad is the last of the messengers
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Muhammad Ibin abdullah
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angel came to him and told him to recite the quran
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Mecca
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Became really important because it was the center of trade and it was the home of Kaaba black stone? It was also the pilgrimage site
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Medina
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Society based on faith. When followered of Muhammad were persucated and they have to go somewhere to save eir butt
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Hijra
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Means breaking the ties with family
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Umma
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when moving to medina from mecca, they called ____ meaning a community defined solely by accepting muslum and islam aas the "messager of gods"
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Caliph
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Successor of the prophets
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Abubakr
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Close friend of Muhammad and became the first caliph
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Sharia
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Islamic law that promoted the proper conduct of the followers
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Quran
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Recitiation of what the angel told muhammad to says
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Hadith
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Saying of the prophets
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Sunnah
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Collection of hadiths
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Umayyad
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family(dynasty) of caliphates who ruled ethically
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Abbasid
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defeated the umayyad family of caliphate and moves on to a LONG dynasty of theology and religious laws
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Mutazalite school
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Ash'arite school
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Sicarri
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Group of zealots that joins festivals to kill the elites or people who are losing faith in judaism
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Five Pillar of islam
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1avowal that there is only one god and muhammad is his messenger. 2 prayers five times a day 3 fasting 4 paying alms 5 travelling to meccca at least once in ones lifetime
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Kitaba
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common form a manumission where there is a contract between master and slave like a peculium, however, once sign the deal cannot be revoked
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Muktaba
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once a kitaba is signed, the slave becomes a ___________, he isnt free but he isnt a slave either
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muhtasib market officials
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orchestra
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ali ibn Muhammad
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Believes that he was the new prophet even after muhammad abin abdullah declared to be the seal of the prophet
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zanj rebellion
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swamp slaves led by ali ibin muhammad to fight against islam
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mukhtara
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the zanj established their own capital
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muwaffaq
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general who developed two way to defeat the zanj, which is to be nicer to his people and the river boats
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mumluks
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islam slave soilders who were brought up to fight, were force to converts to islam
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sultan
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people who ruled their own region on behalf of the caliph
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ipsimission
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manumisssion by benig superior to the master
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iltutmish
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freed by manumission: defeated his master in war and declared himself sultan
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salah al- din
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sultana shagrat al- durr
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freed by manumission: her husband died and her son was the heir to the throne. She was in power and even suducces the guy whom the caliph sent to reclaim egpyt
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mumluk sultanate of egypt
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250 years where mamluks ruled themselves at egypt
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dershirme
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jihad
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mecca
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late blooming sity for the muslims. it was important because it was the center of trade and the blackstone aba was there.
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shi'ites
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followers of shi-ism
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ulama
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religious and culture developments, particularly the rise in cities of a social group of religious school.
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sasanid empire
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224-651 ardashir defeated the parthians and started islam dynsaty
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sunnis
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supporter of the first three caliphs
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