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A group of people related by blood or marriage.
What is a clan?
The Ka'aba was built by these two people.
Who are Abraham and Ishmael?
What is a boat or the sea?
"People of the book is often used as a term to describe _________?
What are J ews and Christians.
a head covering worn in public by some Muslim women.
What is a Hijab?
The belief in multiple Gods.
What is polytheism.
Medina's former city was know as __________?
What is Yathrib?
Mecca and Damascus are are about _________ moles apart.
What is 900 mile?
They treated them with a mixture of religious tolerance and and called their rule a caliphate.
Who are the Caliphs?
These people accepted Ummayad rule.
Who are Sunni Muslims
This word means cube and is found in Mecca.
What is the Ka'aba.
Muhammad began his teachings in _____________.
What is Mecca.
The Black Sea is found _______ of Aden.
What is North
Why were the caliphs tolerant of the people they conquered?
because the Qur'an did not allow Muslims to force people to convert to Islam?
This group though one of Muhammad's relatives should be caliph.
Who are Shi'a Muslims
This is a place where Muslims worship.
What is a mosque?
They wanted to set up a hereditary line of caliphs
What are the Umayyads?
Textiles are produced by this country.
What is Persia?
What freedoms did Jews and Christians have in the Muslim Empire?
1. could keep their religions
2. Exempt from Military Duty
3. Could Hold Public Office
80% of Muslims are _________ (Sunni or Shi'a)
Sunni
This is used by Muslims as guides for proper living.
What is the Sunnah?
Uthman was the ________ Caliph after Muhammad's death.
Spices come from the _______.
What is the East.
What Restrictions did Jews and Christians have in the Muslim Empire?
1. Could not convert others
2. had to pay a poll tax.
Mecca is found in present day ____________
What is Saudia Arabia?