| A | B |
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| Islam | monotheistic religion that developled in Arabia in the seventh century A.D. |
| Muslim | a follower of Islam |
| Koran (Qur'an) | the holy book of Islam |
| Mosque | an Islamic place of worship |
| Jihad | a holy war by Muslims against non-believers (infidels) |
| Sunni | branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad |
| Shi'ite | a branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad |
| Justinian Code | the body of Roman civil law collected and organized by the order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian around A.D. 534 |
| Hagia Sophia | the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian |
| Czar | a Russian emperor (from the Roman title Caesar) |
| Taj Mahal | a beautiful tomb in India built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife |
| Crusades | one of the expeditions in which medieval Christian warriors sought to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims |
| Great Schism of 1054 | split of the Roman Catholic Church over religious doctirne by the Pope and Patriarch, resulted in Christianity splitting into Roman Catholicism and the Eastern Orthodox church |
| Miniatures | small, colorful highly detailed paintings that flourished during the Safavid empire |
| Eastern Orthodox | the religion of the Byzantine empire which split from the Roman Catholic church in 1054 |
| Icons | a religious image used by eastern christians |
| Patriarch | a principal bishop in the eastern branch of Christianity |
| Allah | God (an Arabic word, used mainly in Islam) |
