The Islamic World and Africa
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12 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Islam | The religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life |
| Arabian Peninsula | A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf |
| Mohammed | The Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) |
| Quran(Koran) | The name for the holy book of Islam; meaning "recital" |
| Five Pillars of Islam | Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage |
| Sunni/Shite Muslims | The 2 groups fighting who would become the calaph after muammads death. could not settle it so broke apart. |
| Savanna | A flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions |
| Glod Salt Trade | Exchange salt from the Sahara Desert. |
| Ghana, Mali, Songhai | During the Trans-Saharan trading time, Kingdoms such as these three countries of western Africa were important in connecting the Mediterranean basin to sub-Sahara Africa. |
| Mansa Musa | This Mali king brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; he was the most powerful king in west africa. |
| Timbuktu | A city in central Mali near the Niger river. |
| Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. |
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