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| Oasis | a wet fertile area in a desert |
| caravan | a group of traders that travel together |
| Muhammad | a prophet who brought a new religion to Arabia |
| Islam | to submit to God; the messages Muhammad received God that form the basis of their religion |
| Muslim | A follower of Islam |
| Qur'an | The holy book of Islam |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a sacred place |
| influence | Muhammad began with just a few followers, but it soon grew |
| mosque | building for Muslim prayer |
| Jihad | to make an effort to struggle; the inner struggle people go through to obey God |
| Sunnah | referes to the way Muhammad lived, which provides a model for the duties and the way of life expected of Muslims |
| 5 Pillars of Islam | 5 acts of worship |
| first pillar | there is no god but God, and Muhammad is his prophet |
| second pillar | pray five times a day |
| third pillar | give to the poor and needy |
| fourth pillar | fast during Ramadan |
| fifth pillar | Hajj: a pilgrimage to Mecca |
| Shariah-Islamic law | a system based on Islamic sources and human reason that judges the rightness of actions |
| Caliph | a title that Muslims use for the highest leader of Islam |
| tolerance | acceptance |
| development | the process of growing or improving |
| Janissaries | slaves that converted to Islam and became fierce warriors |
| Shia | Muslims that thoght only Muhammad's descendants could be caliphs |
| Sunni | DON'T think cliphs have to be Muhammad's descendants |
| Mughgal | Turkish Muslims from Central Asia |
| Safavid Empire | began in 1501 when the Safavid leader Esma'l conqured Persia.He wanted Shia to spread |
| Ottamans | were Sunnis.took territory from Byzantine Empire.mid-1200s. height=Suleyman1 |
| Sufism | people who focas on spiratual issues |
| Sufis | poeple who practice Sufism.belive they find God's love by having a personal relationship with Him |
| Ibn Battutah | traveled to Africa,India,China,Spain on 1320s. |
| MUSLIMGEOGRAPHERSMADEMOREACCURATEMAPS | anASTROLABE is like a compass:figures out where are |
| Arabic numerals | numbers based on the Greeks and Indians |
| Muslim doctors | started first pharmacy school |
| Baghdad | doctor that figured out a way to treat smallpox.AKA (in west)Avicenna wrote encyclopedia of history and medicine |
| minaret | narrow tower where Muslimsare called to prayer |
| patrons | sponsors |
| calligraphy | decorative handwriting |
| Omar Khayyaym | most faomus Sufi poets |
