AP History Chp 11 Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Quran | Muslim holy book, collection of Muhammad's revelations |
| umma | ideal community that restores old beliefs, just and moral society of Islam |
| 5 Pilars of Islam | there is only one allah, prayer 5 times facing mecca, fasting during ramadan, yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, almsgiving to the poor |
| hijra | arabic for the pilgrimage to mecca, marked new beginning of Islamic calendar |
| sharia | laws that regulated every aspect of life |
| jizya | special tax that people who weren't Muslim had to pay |
| ulama | religious scholars |
| Umayyad caliphate | Shia viewed it as illegitimate, protested luxurious living of their rulers |
| Abbasid caliphate | overthrew Umayyads in 750, Baghdad large important capital, persian influence |
| al-Ghazali | major Islamic thinker who incorporated Sufism into mainstream thinking |
| Sikhism | the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam |
| Anatolia | modern day Turkey, Islam largely replaced Christianity |
| 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. (p. 373) |
| Timbuktu | cosmopolitan center that boasted Quranic schools and libraries |
| al-Andalus | name given to the part of the Iberian peninsula that was governed by Muslims |
| madrassas | Muslim religious schools that often teach hatred toward the west |
| House of Wisdom | Combination library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad established in the 800s. |
| Ibn Sina | Persian doctor that wrote the "Canon on Medicine" |
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