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05/27/2021

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Imam
Definition
Religious leader who uses the minbar to give sermons(a speech about moral or religious subjects).
Term
Minaret
Definition
Where the person that calls the prayer stays.
Term
What is the call to prayer called?
Definition
The Azan.
Term
Why is the dome in a mosque important?
Definition
▪ In hot countries, the shape keeps the inside of the building cool
(like an AC Air Conditioner)
▪ Amplifies the voice of whoever is addressing the congregation.
Term
What is the name of the person who calls the prayer?
Definition
The muezzin.
Term
What is a mosque?
Definition
Where muslims go to pray.
Term
Where does a face when praying?
Definition
The person faces mecca or more specifically the Kaaba(which is in mecca).
Term
What is Ablution?
Definition
Ablution is preformed before a person prays they wash their face, arms, feet, and head.
Term
What is a Mihrab?
Definition
A mihrab is a semicircular niche, the person leading the congregational prayer will face into the mihrab.
Term
What is a minbar.
Definition
A minbar is like a mini stair-case that leads to a small platform where the Imam stands.
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Term
How is the Arabian Peninsula's climate?
Definition
The climate is harsh meaning there is little to no rain and it is extremely hot.
Term
Why was the harshh climate helpful?
Definition
harsh climate meant limited population so no invaders.
Term
What did the people of Arabia rely on?
Definition
Oasis for water.An oasis is a place in the desert where water can be found usually from springs.
Term
In Arabs there were 2 lifestyles, what were they?
Definition
Nomadic (no home, wanderers)- sedentary life(settled, dont move)
Term
What are nomadic Arabs called?
Definition
Bedouins
Term
What are common things between both types of
Arabs?
Definition
-Both belong to tribes.
-Both are loyal to the tribe and family rather than the larger nation.
-Both worshiped many gods and tribal spirits.
Term
What is the belief in 1 god called?
Definition
Monotheism
Term
What is the belief in many gods?
Definition
Polytheistic
Term
How did bedouins live?
Definition
-lived in rural desert areas
-herded sheep, goats, and camels
-traveled from oasis to oasis with their flock
-skilled warriors who raided other tribes for animals and goods
Term
Who built the Kaaba?
Definition
To Muslims, it is said that Abraham and his son Ismael.
Term
What is the most important part of Hajj.
Definition
The most important ritual of the Hajj is tawaf in which pilgrims walk around the Kaaba seven times in an anti-clockwise direction.
Term
When do the main acts of hajj happen?
Definition
In five days during the twelfth month.
Term
532AD
Definition
Emperor Justinian rebuilt the Hagia Sophia after the Nika riots.
Term
570AD
Definition
Muhammad was born.
Term
595AD
Definition
Muhammad married khadija a wealthy caravan owner and merchant(widowed before muhammad)
Term
610AD
Definition
Muhammad visits mount hira to get get away from mecca because the people there are not nice, and meets Gabriel an angel.
Term
613AD
Definition
Muhammad begins preaching publicaly about Islam.
Term
622AD
Definition
Muhammad and his followers went to yathrib because they had a chrisian king and "no man is wronged in his country."
Term
630AD
Definition
Muhammad returns to mecca.
Term
1453AD
Definition
Hagia Sophia is turned into a mosque after Constantinople lost to the Ottoman Empire.
Term
1953AD
Definition
The Hagia Sophia is turned into a museum during the shift from religious to secular state.
Term
2020AD
Definition
The Hagia Sophia is turned back into a mosque.
Term
Does Hajj happen the same time every year?
Definition
No, because it revolves around the Islamic calendar.
Term
How does Hajj help Muslims?
Definition
It brings them closer together and helps them connect to their religious past.
Term
Who were Byzantines?
Definition
People on the East side or the 'rich' side of the Roman Empire differed themselves from the western side and called themselves Byzantines.
Term
How were Romans and Byzantines different?
Definition
Byzantines were Christian; Romans were polytheistic.
Byzantines spoke Greek; Romans spoke Latin.
Byzantine capital was constantinople; Roman capital was Rome.
Term
How was Byzantine and Roman similar?
Definition
They both had a similar set of governance and law.
Term
Why did historians call them 'Byzantine'
Definition
Because it was built on a place called Byzantium.
Term
What is a strait?
Definition
A narrow body of water that cuts through land connecting 2 larger bodies.
Term
Where was constantinople built.
Definition
The Bosporus strait.
Term
Why was Constantinople easier to build than Rome? What were its defenses?
Definition
1-It was built on a peninsula (body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides).
2-Greek fire (blue fire)Greek fire=chemical mixture that burned furiously, even in water
Constantinople could not hold out forever.
3-Had a moat a trench (a hole in the ground that is deeper than it is wide) filled with water.
4-Heavy chain that protected the city harbor.
5-It was surrounded by thick walls.
Term
Why was Constantinople good for trading?
Definition
1-It was between Europe and Asia.
2-It had good harbors.
Term
How did trade affect Constantinople?
Definition
It made Constantinople rich.
Term
Who was Justinian?
Definition
Justinian is a Byzantine emperor who ruled for nearly 40 years: A.D. 527 to 565. His wife Theodora was an actress. She came from a lower-class family. Her father was a bear trainer at the circus.
The Byzantine empire reached its greatest size under Justinian’s rule. He restored Rome's lost empire by winning back lands around the Mediterranean. He recaptured the city of Rome.
Term
What are the similarities between roman catholic and eastern orthodox?
Definition
1-common Theology(set of beliefs)
2-christian holidays.
3-use Icons.
Term
Differences between eastern orthodox and Roman Catholic.
Definition
1- Eastern orthodox priests could marry
2-Eastern orthodox used Latin whereas Roman Catholic spoke Greek.
3- Roman Catholic priests were highest in power. Whereas, in Eastern orthodox patriarchs were equally powerful as priests and were the highest church officials.
4-
Eastern Orthodox-Byzantine emperor headed the church.
Roman Catholic-Pope headed the church.
Term
What was the great schism of 1054?
Definition
The divide of the Roman Empire into 2 the eastern and western, the western went as 'Roman Catholic' and the Eastern went as 'Eastern orthodox'.
Term
3 details about mecca in 610AD
Definition
1. It has different social classes, including slaves
2. It has different markets where merchants sell their goods
3. There were poetry sessions where they praise the leaders of the tribes
Term
What was inside the Kaaba?
Definition
Icons and statues that they used to worship.
Term
What happened in the worst years of Muhammad's life?
Definition
Hunger, thirst, cruelty, Khadija and Abu Talib died.
Term
Where did the Muslims go after mecca?
Definition
They went to Abyssinia.
Term
What happened in Abyssinia?
Definition
The king Al-Najashi let them stay for as long as they needed.
Term
What was the walk to Medina called?
Definition
The Hijra it was a long and cruel walk so cruel that they based the beginning of their calendar on it.
Term
How does Muhammad avoid assassination?
Definition
His cousin Ali sleeps in his bed the first time and the second time he goes into a cave when a spider comes out and makes a web at the entrance, The assassins think that if there is a web he cannot be inside so they leave.
Term
Who chooses to build the first mosque?
Definition
Kozma, Muhammad's camel chooses to place the mosque in Medina after his camel is guided to stop there by God.
Term
What happened to the muslim's belongings in mecca?
Definition
They are sold with the caravan.
Term
What does Hamza want to do?
Definition
He wants to go to war and fight, but Muhammad says 'no do to them what they did to us and kick them out but do not kill them'.
Term
How does Hamza die?
Definition
Hind offered a deal to a slave nicknamed 'the beast' to kill Hamza and in return she would give him his freedom and his weight in silver.
Term
Where is the war? And what is it called?
Definition
It is called the war of Badr and it is at the Badr wells
Term
Who are the champions sent from the muslim's?
Definition
Ubaida, Hamza, Ali
Term
3 Details about the war of Badr.
Definition
1. Champions fight each other
2. Muslims win as the champions
3. It happened in the wells of Badr
Term
What do the muslims do with the prisoners after the war of Badr?
Definition
Did not rope or drag the prisoners, gave them water, shared their food, walked beside them. They set the prisoners free if they could teach 10 Muslims to read.
Term
How do the meccans deal with their defeat?
Definition
Meccans mourn their defeat at Badr, they blame Bu Sufian
Term
What happens at the battle of Uhud?
Definition
1. The prophet sent the archers to hold off the horsemen
2. The Meccans outnumbered the Muslims
Term
Why did the muslim's lose the battle of Uhud?
Definition
Because the archers moved from their position and the horsemen attacked.
Term
According to muslim's what did they get from their defeat?
Definition
They thought God sent the defeat to test their faith.
Term
Suhayl and the Meccans offer a truce why did the Muslim's sign it?
Definition
The Muslims signed it because Mecca is their home, and they continue their pilgrimage. They signed it for safety for 10 years of peace.
Term
Why did Amr and Suhayl convert to Islam? How did they change?
Definition
They converted after listening to a lecture. They became humbler.
Term
Who broke the truce?
Definition
Abu Sofyan
Term
What role did Abu Sofyan play in the muslims return to mecca?
Definition
He did not deny them or fight, he let them enter.
Term
How did the muslim's take mecca?
Definition
They took mecca peacefully nothing was destroyed or damaged and no one was hurt.
Term
What did the Muslim's do to the Kaaba after they got into mecca?
Definition
They got rid of all the icons and polytheistic statues.
Term
What happens in the end?
Definition
The meccan's convert to Islam and spread the message all over Arabia.
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