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| oasis | a wet,fertile area within a dessert |
| caravan | a group of traders that travel together |
| Muhammad | In 613 began to talk about his messages |
| Islam | a religion based on the messages Muhammad is believed to have received from God |
| Muslim | a follower of Islam |
| Qur'an | the holy book of Islam |
| pilgramage | a journey to a sacred place |
| mosque | a building for Muslim prayer |
| jihad | to make an effort or to struggle;has also interpreted to mean holy war |
| Sunnah | a collection of writings about the way Muhammad lived that provides a model for Muslims to follow |
| Five Pillars of Islam | five acts of worship required of all Muslims |
| Abu Bakr | one of Muhammad's first converts,to be the next leader of Islam |
| caliph | a tittle that Muslims use for the highiest leader of Islam |
| Janissaries | an Ottoman slave soldier |
| Mehmed II | In 1453 Ottomans conquered Constantinople |
| Suleyman | "the Magnificent"from 1520 to 1566 the Ottomans took control |
| Shia | and the Sunni were Muslims |
| Sunni | they didn't think caliphs had to be related to Muhammad |
| tolerance | acceptance |
| Ibn Battutah | The explorer traveled to Africa,India,China,and Spain in the 1320s |
| Sufism | a movement in Islam that taught people they can find God's love by having a personal relationship with God |
| Omar Khayyam | the most famous poet,author.The Thousand and One Nights.Simbad,Aladdin,and Ali Baba |
| patrons | a sponsor |
| minaret | a narrow tower from which Muslims are called to prayer |
| calligraphy | decorative writing |
