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Birth of Muhammad led to -

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Ummayid dynasyty

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Han china -

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Sui dynasty

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Fall of Romans

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Byzantine and Germanic tribes

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Bantu migrations

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Ghana empire

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Gupta empire

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Regional kingdoms

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Bedouins relied on?

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Camels, caravans (desert surrounded)

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What happened in pre Islamic world?

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Most cities forming on the coast and feud due to resources

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Mecca was a..

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Key trading center, also to make pilgrimage once a year

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Ka’aba was built by?

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Ismael and Abraham

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Angel that saves Ismael?

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Gabriel

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What merchant tribe was Muhammad born in?

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Quraysh, 570 ce

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Who’d he marry?

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Khadija, rich and wealthy, operated the best trading network

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Seal of the prophets

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Last to get the words of god

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Death of P.M.? Who led after?

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632 CE, and his friend abu bakr

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5 pillars of Islam?

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  1. Declaration of faith - monotheism
  2. Prayer - salah, wudu,kaaba
  3. Charity - zakat
  4. Fasting- sawm
    5 Pilgrimage to Mecca - hajj
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Hadith

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Collecting of saying from p.m

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Sunnah

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Accounts of m’s daily practice, guide to Muslims outside Quran

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Aftermath of battle of Karbala?

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Division of Shia and Sunnis

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What did Sunnis believe in?

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Abu bakr,caliphates,sunnah

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Shias?

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Powers should’ve went to Ali and his descendants, inams

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Shiat Ali

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Followers of Ali (m’s cousin)

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Sufi

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Diffused in Persia and India, mystical, connection w/ god (less strict)

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Asceticism

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Giving up your worldly possessions

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What was Yemen known for?

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Well watered, good agriculture

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What did Bedouin’s heard?
Camels,goats
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When did Arabia became a trade link for china and Persia?
3rd CE
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Trade roads?
Silk,royal, Saharan
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610 ce?
M’s spiritual awakening and considering Allah to be the only deity
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What did merchants think for the journey to Medina?
An attack
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Quran
Holy book of islam
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Kaaba
Holy shrine of Islam
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629 ce?
Attack on mecca and destroying pagan shrines
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Jihad
Islamic struggle
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Sharia
Holy Book of law code
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Umma
Community of the faithful
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Caliph
Sunni deputy/authority
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630-640 ce?
Muslim forces seizing Palestine,Syria,,Egypt, and N. Africa
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Why were ummayids prominent?
Association w Mecca and ruled dar - al Islam
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Abbasid
Cosmopolitan and sparring dynasty
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Baghdad?
Capital of Iraq’
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Baghdad Knowing for?
Center for commerce,trading, crafts
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Conquered by?
Seljuk Turks
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Decline of Abbasid?
Civil war between the harun sons
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What did merchants lead to?
Richer diets,flourishing cities,increased trade market, made paper cheaper and mainstream
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Muslim conquerors did what?
Help merchants travel the Silk Road
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Islam also made?
Banks and checks (Sakk)
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Holy books of Islam did what?
Enforced patriarchy and hijabs for modesty
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Al andalus
Prosperity of Islamic spain
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Ulama and qadis?
Helped resolve Islamic disputes
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Mosques?
Muslim place of worship
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Al ghazali
Important scholar of Sufism
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Before M for females?
Female infanticide,transactional marriage
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After?
Equality,refusal for marriage, forbade infanticide
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Masjid
A place where Allah is worshipped (1st mosque)
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Dome of the mosque?
Jerusalem
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Minaret?
There’s to call prayer
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Qibla
Wall that points direction to Mecca and kaaba (where to pray)
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Mihrab
Doorway too divine, semicircular niche in the mosque
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Muslims took arches from?
Rome
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Minbar
Symbol of authority in a place of worship (Inam, sermon)
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Mosque of Damascus
Great mosque in cordoba
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Fall of ummayids?
Failed attack on Byzantine empire
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