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| Green area in a desert fed by underground water. |
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| a leader of an Arab tribe. |
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| Lived in tents and ate dried fruits and nuts. they drank the milk of their animals. Only rarely would they eat meat. Their animals were much too valuable to be used as food. They went from Oasis to Oasis. |
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| a group of traveling merchants and animals |
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| holy city of muslims also known as mecca in western saudi arabia |
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| important muslim political and religious leader |
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| expansion of the arab empire expanded under these caliphs |
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| was the umayyad's chosen capital |
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| were a group that spent their time praying and teaching islam |
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| includes the most muslims than any other nation in the world |
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| was a leading center of muslim learning |
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| believed that ali, muhammuds son in law, should succeed him and that all future caliphs should be ali's decendents |
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| accepted the Umayyad dynasty as rightful caliphs, though they did not always agree with their policies |
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| were the dynasty that came after the umayyads |
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| the abbasids devoted their energies to trade scholarship and the arts. they also built a new capital called bagdad. |
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| the Selguk ruler called himself Sultan or "holder of power" |
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| was a man with many talents. he was enthusiastic about architecture and built many schools and mosaics |
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| these muslim warriors came from the mountains north of india. the moguls used guns, canyons, elephants, and horses to conquer territories. |
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| in 1526 they made the city of Delhi the center of the empire. |
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| was the greatest mogul ruler. he brought peace and order to the part of india he ruled by treating all of his subjects fairly |
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| are muslim houses of worship |
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| Abbasid caliph who founded the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. Mamun staffed his center with Christian, Jewish and muslim scholars. They exchanged ideas and rewrote Greek, Persian and indian works in Arabic. |
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| developed a system for categorizing substances as animal, mineral or vegetable. wrote books for doctors that helped them to identify diseases |
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| Persian doctor who showed how diseases spread from person to person. |
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| persian poet who wrote parts of the Rubaiyat. was also muslim. |
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| muslim historian who wrote that all civilizations rise, grow and then fall. one of first historians to study the effect of geography and climate on people. |
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| most striking feature of a mosque. are towers from which a crier or announcer calls believers to prayer five times a day |
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| announcer from the minaret, calls believers to prayer 5 times a day |
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| holds the most famous example of a muslim palace,the alhambra |
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| home of another famous muslim building, the Taj Mahal in India |
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| a low square building surrounded by statues of gods and goddesses |
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| "the city of the prophet" |
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| born in Makkah, an orphan, worked as a caravan leader and became a successful merchant. felt the wealthy town leaders should return to their old ways - that they should honor their families, be fair in business and help the poor. |
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