| A | B |
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| oasis | small area in the desert watered by springs and wells |
| nomad | herders who migrate (move) from place to place |
| tribe | families joined together for protection and travel |
| pilgrimage | journey to a sacred place |
| fertile | place that good for growing crops and vegetation |
| Arabian peninsula | land surrounded on three sides by the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Sea |
| migrate | to move from place to place |
| polytheism | belief in many gods; (poly=many) |
| monotheism | belief in one god; (mono=one) |
| Muhammad | prophet of the Islam |
| Qur'an | Muslim holy book |
| Muslim | believer in Islam |
| mosque | Muslim place of worship |
| Allah | Arabic word for God |
| Islam | third monotheistic belief system; means submission to God |
| revelation | an appearance |
| Abu Bakr | The first caliph; friend of Muhammad and his successor |
| caliph | Arabic word meaning "successor" |
| Shiite | Muslims who believe that only a blood relative of Muhammad can be his successor. |
| Sunni | Muslims who believe that successors can be chosen (not a blood relative of Muhammad). |
| Abraham | prophet shared by Judaism and Islam |
| Ka'bah | cube-shaped shrine that once held polytheistic idols |
| Sunna | collections of the hadith and the Qur'an |
