Chapter 11 Terms

Islam

Muslim house of worship

Mosque

Group of traveling merchants and animals

caravan

Was visited by an angel in A.D. 610 and told to preach Islam

Muhammad

Holy book of Islam

Quran

The city of Yathrib was renamed this which means “the city of the prophet”

Madinah

Great Mogul ruler who brought peace and order to the part of India he ruled by treating all his subjects fairly

Akbar

Mogul ruler who had the Taj Mahal built as a tomb for his wife; took 20 years to complete

Shah Jahan

Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali, as rightful rulers of Muslims

Shiite

Military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country

sultan

Important Muslim political and religious leader

caliph

A collection of four-line verses called quatrains written by the poet, Omar Khayyam

Rubaiyat

Tower of a mosque from which the crier calls believers to prayer five times a day

mineret

Desert herders who lived in tents and ate dried fruits and nuts; nomadic wanderers

Bedouin

Announcer who calls Muslim believers to prayer five times a day

crier

Green area in a desert fed by underground water

oasis

Muslim group that accepts descendants of the Umayyads as rightful rulers of Muslims

Sunni

A marketplace bazaar

A crossroads for merchants; the most religious site of Islam

Makkah

Low square building surrounded by statues of gods and goddesses; holiest place in Islam

Kaaba

Leader of an Arab tribe

sheikh

Chapter 11 Terms

Islam