World history 1 ch 8 vocabulary

refers to a desert-dwelling Arab Nomad

• bedouin

• yathrib

• sharia

• caliph

Introduced the religion of islam to Asia---he heard the voice of angel gabriel telling him to be a messenger for god (viewed as God's final prophet)

• Muhammad

• yathrib

• Abu Bakr

• Minaret

Birthplace of Muhammad -- holy city for the Islamic people

• Mecca

• Medina

• Mosque

• Abbasid

city in western Saudi Arabia where Muhammad preached

• Medina

• Mecca

• Hajj

• Caliph

one of the five pillars of Islam --- pilgrimage all Muslims must make at least once

• Hajj

• quran

• sharia

• Minaret

one of two major Muslim Sects, descendents of Muhammads daughter and are the true Muslim leaders

• sunni

• shiite

• sufi

• umayyad

one of the muslim groups that does not get along with the with the Sunni

• shiite

• Caliph

• sultans

• hijra

slender tower of a mosque from which Muslims are called to prayer

• Minaret

• umayyad

• sufi

• Kaaba

body of islamic law that includes interpretations of the Islamic holy book and applies guidelines for everyday life

• Sharia

• Safavid

• Suleiman

• Sundiata

sacred temple of Islam located in Mecca

• Kaaba

• Mansa Musa

• Songhai

• Axum