World History - Islam

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  1. Muhammad
    the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)
  2. Baghdad
    capital and largest city of Iraq
  3. conquest
    the act of defeating and taking control of
  4. Mongol
    of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures
  5. artifact
    a man-made object
  6. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development
  7. Jerusalem
    capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel
  8. Damascus
    an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
  9. Sunni
    a member of one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
  10. Shia
    one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
  11. political
    involving or characteristic of governing or social power
  12. Arabic
    the Semitic language of the Arabs
  13. language
    a means of communicating by the use of sounds or symbols
  14. diffusion
    the act of dispersing something
  15. empire
    the domain ruled by a single authoritative sovereign
  16. development
    a process in which something passes to a different stage
  17. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
  18. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  19. expansion
    the act of increasing in size or volume or quantity or scope
  20. barrier
    a structure or object that impedes free movement
  21. geographical
    of or relating to the science of geography
  22. facilitate
    make easier
  23. origin
    the place where something begins
  24. belief
    any cognitive content held as true
  25. customs
    the government agency that oversees and collects duties on imported goods
  26. traditional
    consisting of or derived from a practice of long standing
  27. Islam
    the monotheistic religious system of Muslims
  28. prophet
    someone who speaks by divine inspiration
  29. monotheism
    belief in a single God
  30. migration
    the movement of persons from one locality to another
  31. landscape
    an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
  32. contribution
    a voluntary gift made to some worthwhile cause
  33. achievement
    the action of accomplishing something
  34. legacy
    a gift of personal property by will
  35. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  36. Persian
    of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture
  37. algebra
    the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
  38. architecture
    the discipline dealing with the design of fine buildings
  39. tessellation
    the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern
  40. mosaic
    design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
  41. university
    an institution of higher learning that grants degrees
  42. translation
    rendering in another language with the same meaning
  43. ancient
    belonging to times long past
  44. Mecca
    joint capital of Saudi Arabia
  45. division
    the act of partitioning
Created on Fri Mar 15 14:44:41 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Mar 15 14:54:04 EDT 2013)

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