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10/15/2007

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Supreme God for  Arabs
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Allah
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"struggle in the way of God" warfare
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jihad
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islamic societies, where the husband give a gift of money or land to his wife
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dowry
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scholars created a law code
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Shari'ah
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the bible of Islam

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Quran
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Problems in society the gap between the rich greedy people and the simple honest meccains he prayed and recived a revelation from god while he was on a hill
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Muhammad
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monothesitic relgion that emerged in the Arabian peninsual during the seventh century A.D isnt a set of relgious beliefs but a way of life
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Islam
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"peace through submission to the will of Allah"
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Islam
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muslims must pratice honesty and justice in dealing with others, game eat pork, drink alcoholic 1. belief 2. prayer 3. Charity 4. fasting 5. pilgrimage
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5 pillars of islam
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Mountians, Sahara, savannas, plateaus,rain forest, mild zone
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Africa
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growing crops for personal use not for sale
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subsistence farming
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mixed African- Arabian culture, intermarriages were common
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Swahili
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means descent is traced through the mother(societies)
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matrilineal descent
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these extended family units were turned in to communities know as

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Lineage groups
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How did rulers interact with the people
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they held audiences (meetings) prob. most people lived in the counrty and had no way of getting there
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was based on the idea of divine intervention
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ordeal
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came to power after his fathers death in 768 he was considered a great king, smart, curious, stond warrior & devout Christian

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Charlemagne aka Charles the Great
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"messengers of the lord king"
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missi dominici
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covered much of the western and central europe.
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Carolingian Renaissance
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was a rade of ethics that knigts were supposed to uphold
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chivalry
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