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vocab ch 2 lesson 1 2 and 3
vocab ch 2 lesson 1 2 and 3
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10/16/2013

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Oasis
Definition
green areas fed by underground water
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sheikh
Definition
the head of a tribe or a tribal leader
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caravan
Definition
a group of traveling merchants and animals
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Quarn
Definition
the messages that Muhammad said she recived from Allah, these writings were put in a book and were the holy book of Islam
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caliph
Definition
the successor to the messenger of God
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Shiitle
Definition
believed that Alli, Muhammad's son-in-law should succeed him snd that all future caliphs should be Ali's decendants.
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Sunni
Definition
outnumbered the Shittles, accepted the Umayyad dynastyas rightful caliphs though they did not always agree with their policies.
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sultan
Definition
what the Seljuk ruler called himself
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mosque
Definition
Muslim houses of worship
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bazaar
Definition
a marketplace
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minaret
Definition
the most strinking feature of a mosque, they are towers from which a crier calls believers to prayer five times a day
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crier
Definition
an announcer
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