Chapter 9&17
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Bedounis | small groups of nomadic people in Arabia
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Muhammad | Prophet of Islam whom Muslims recognize as Allah's messenger to all humankind
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Hegira | Mohammad's journey from Mecca to Medina
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Islam | a monotheistic religion whose prophet is Muhammad and whose holy book is the Qurยดan
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Muslims | followers of Islam
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Qurยดan | the sacred text of Islam
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Five Pillars of Islam | behaviors and obligations that are common to all Muslims, which include the profession of faith
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Mosque | a building for Muslim prayer
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Jihad | ยจstruggle for the faithยจ , can be thought as an individual or common struggle
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Abu Bakr | First Muslim caliph
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Caliph | ยจsuccessor to the Prophetยจ; title given to the political and religious leader of Muslims
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Caliphate | area ruled by a caliph
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Umayyad | first ruling dynasty over the Muslim Caliphate
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Sunnis | ยจpeople who follow the Sunna (way of the Prophet)ยจ
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Shia | a branch of Islam whose adherents believe that the caliphate must go to a descendant
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Sufis | a branch of Islam emphasizing a personal, mystical connection with God
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Abbasid | dynasty that overthrew the Umayyad dynasty to rule the Muslim caliphate from 750 to 128
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Harun al-Rashid | Fifth Abbasid caliph (ruled 786 to 809); under his rule, the Abbasid dynasty reached its height and Islamic culture experience a flowering
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Ghazis | warriors for the Islamic faith
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Ottomans | ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire (1293-1922), named for Osman I , the founder; at the Empires height, the Ottomans ruled a vast area
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Sultan | title for the ruler of the Ottoman Empire
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Jainissaries | highly trained soldiers in the elite guard of the Ottoman Empire
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Mehmed ll | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 to 1446 and again from 1451 to 1481. He helped conquer Constinople
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Suleyman l | Sultan for the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566; he expanded the empire and took on large economic affairs
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Shah | name given to a king of Safavid Empire
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ยดAbbas | Shah of the Safavid Empire in Persia he has lead many military victories and has skilled administration brought about a golden age
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Babur | Founder of the Mughal empire of India
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Mughal Empire | a Muslim empire in India
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Akbar the Great | Mughal emperor of India he enlarged his empire to include nearly all of the Indian peninsula
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Sikhism | an Indian religion founded in the late 1400s whose beliefs blend elements of Hinduism and Islam
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Shah Jahan | Mughal emperor of India from 1628 to 1658; under its rule the empires power reached its peak
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Taj Mahal | a mausoleum built by India's Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
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Aurangzeb | Mughal emperor who made Mughalยดs power extend its greatest extent
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