Ancient Civilization Textbook Chapter 12

MASON R. (United States of America)
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  1. caravan
    a procession traveling together in single file
  2. Islam
    the monotheistic religious system of Muslims
  3. Muslim
    a believer in or follower of Islam
  4. Quran
    the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
  5. pilgrimage
    a journey to a sacred place
  6. mosque
    a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
  7. oasis
    a fertile tract in a desert
  8. jihad
    a holy struggle by a Muslim for a moral or political goal
  9. Sunnah
    (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran
  10. pillar of Islam
    (Islam) one of the five religious obligations accepted by all Muslims
  11. caliph
    the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state
  12. janissary
    elite Turkish soldier who was a member of the Sultan’s guard
  13. Shia
    one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
  14. Sunni
    a member of one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
  15. tolerance
    willingness to respect the beliefs or practices of others
  16. Sufism
    Islamic mysticism
  17. patron
    someone who supports or champions something
  18. minaret
    a slender tower with balconies, especially on a mosque
  19. calligraphy
    beautiful handwriting
  20. Muhammad
    the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)
  21. Akhbari
    a religious movement by Arab Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iraq that is opposed to the Usuli
  22. Mohammed Ali
    Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)
  23. Omar Khayyam
    Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123)
  24. Ali Baba
    the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment
  25. Aladdin
    in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
Created on Thu Nov 07 08:09:20 EST 2013 (updated Tue Apr 29 10:13:48 EDT 2014)

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