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Quiz 4 Sawyer History -Chapt 9
DH Conley
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History
9th Grade
10/08/2008

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bedouins
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nomadic Arab people
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Muhammad
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marred by the death of both his parents. founder and main starter of Islam
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hegira
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Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina
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Islam
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achieving peace through submission to God
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Muslims
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followers of Muhammad
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Qur'an
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Sacred text of Islam
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Five Pillars of Islam
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basic acts of worship that are central to Islam and that Muhammad fufilled himself
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mosque
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building were muslims worship and pray
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jihad
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struggle for faith
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Abu Bakr
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one of Muhammads closest companions
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caliph
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successor to th prophet
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caliphate
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area ruled by a caliph
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Umayyad
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had been Muhammad's enemies
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Sunnis
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followers of the Sunna
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Shia
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party of Ali
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Sufis
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to seek a mystical personal connection with God
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Abbasids
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united many of the Umayyads' opponents
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Harun al-Rashid
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most priminent abbisid caliph, helped bring muslim culture to great heights
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astrolabe
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instrument used for finding the positions and movements of stars and planets
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Ibn Rushd
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Muslim scholor of Cordaba Spain A.K.A. arrerroes wrote commenteries on aristotle
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Ibn Sina
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Persian doctor a.k.a. Avicena was famous medical scholor of his time
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Ibn Khaldun
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wrote a history of the world
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calligraphy
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beautifully styled writing
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minarets
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tall towers from which the faithful are called to prayer
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Rumi
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wrote Persian language peoms
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Omar Khayyam
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his collection of four-line poems is called the Rubaiyat
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