Rise of Islam Key Terms

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Rise of IslamKey Terms

• Bedouin
• Shaykhs (Sheik)
• Mecca
• Medina
• Umayyad Clan that dominated Mecca, later an
  Islamic dynasty
• Kaba pre-Islamic shrine in Mecca, incorporated
  into Muslim Worship

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• Quran
• Umma
• Zakat
• Five Pillars
• Caliph
• Ali
• Abu Bakr
• Ridda
• Jihad
• Uthman

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• Ridda
• Jihad
• Utheman
• Siffin
• Muawiya
• Sunnis
• ShiI
• Karbala
• Mawali
• Jizya

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• Dhimmis
• Abbasids
• Wazir
• Ayan
• What was the nature of bedouin society before
  Muhammad received his revelations?
• How did Islam address the fundamental problems in
  Arabian society?

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• How was the succession dispute over the office of
  caliph finally settled?
• What was the nature and extent of the Umayyad
  Empire?
• What events led to the fall of the Umayyads?
• How did the Abbasid Empire differ from the
  Umayyad Empire?
• Did women in the Islamic world have more or less
  freedom that the women in other contemporary
  societies?