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Chapter 3: Lesson 1-2
Chapter 3: Lesson 3
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Chapter 4: Lesson 3
Chapter 3: A Journey to Mecca - Starting with a Story
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Clans
were families of people related by blood or marriage.
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caliph
a title that means "successor"
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bureaucracy
a system of departments and agencies that carry out the work of the government.
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mercenaires
soldiers paid to fight
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Ayesha
Main character in the story A Journey to Mecca
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Bedouins
Have adapted to arid land
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Shi'a
a group meaning party.
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Abd al-Malik
became caliph in 685
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And al-Rahman II
the eighth emir
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Yazid
Another main character in A Journey to Mecca
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Mecca
An important religious center
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Islam
Muhammed began to spread this religion
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standing army
a fighting force that is maintained in times of peace as well as in times of war.
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al-Andalus
In 756 he declared himself emir
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hajj
The name of the journey
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Muslims
Believe in the basic principal of Islam
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Hijrah
a migration were Muhammad fled to Yathrib with his supporters
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Baghdad
The capital of the Abbasids
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Cordoba
capital of the emir al-Andalus
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Arafat
The location they travel to after Mecca
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mosque
a building used for muslim worship
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Abu Bakr
Muhammad's closest companion and advisor
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golden age
a period of time during which a society or culture is at its peak
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Al-Zahrawi
became famous for his medical encyclopedia