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PeopleShiite or
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The Spread of Islam
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The empire after the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs
Umayyad
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The Muslim holy book.
Quran
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Magnificent sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Suleiman The Magnificent
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They believed the Umayyad Dynasty should
rule.
Sunni
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Followers of Islam.
Muslims
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The field of science Muslims helped to
develop.
Chemistry
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Desert herders who traveled from oasis to
oasis for water.
Bedouins
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Centered in India this empire promoted religious
freedom.
Mogul
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Acts of worship Muslims must fulfill.
The Five Pillars
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First ruler of the Abbasid Dynasty.
Abu al-Abbas
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Most Muslims are this.
Sunni
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They were the first successors to Muhammad
and obeyed Islam’s teachings.
The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs
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The two major contributions to math that Muslims made.
Arabic numbers and Algebra
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“surrender to the will of God”.
Islam
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Centered in Turkey it was one of the largest and
most powerful empires.
Ottoman
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Islam has these two beliefs in common
with Christianity and Judaism.
Monotheism and prophets
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The Mogul ruler who allowed religious freedom.
Akbar
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They believed Muhammad’s son-in-law should rule.
Shiite
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This country has the largest Muslim population today.
Indonesia
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The beautiful Muslim tomb in India.
Taj Mahal
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Towers on a mosque from which Muslims are called to
prayer.
Minarets
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This event ended the Arab Empire.
Mongols burned Baghdad to the ground
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When Ramadan is celebrated.
9th month of the Islamic Calendar
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The two great Muslim scientists.
Al-Razi and Ibn Sina
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The two countries where you will find the most Shiites.
Iraq and Iran
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West African center of Muslim learning.
Timbuktu
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The marvelous Muslim palace in Spain.
Alhambra
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What “sultan” means.
Holder of Power
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The sacred Temple in Makkah.
Kaaba
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This stretches over most of the Arabian Peninsula.
Desert
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What the people of Medinah did to Muhammad once he
reached their city.
Made him the ruler.
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What Suleiman I was best known for building
Schools and Mosques
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