Middle East
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- Mecca
- holy place of Islam, where you pray to, holy city of Muhammad
- Arabs
- traveling people who lived throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia/Middle East, first followers of Islam
- Ulama
- body of Islamic scholars
- Quran
- holy book of Islam
- Sharia
- Islamic law which interprets Quran into everyday life
- Bedouins
- nomadic Arabs who live in the desert
- Kaaba
- most sacred shrine of Islam in Mecca
- Allah
- the one god of Islam, arabic word for god
- Surah
- core teachings of Islam, chapter of Muslim's holy book
- Muhammad
- late 6th century, Islamic Leader/founder of Islam: first merchant, then prophet of Islam, spread his teachings/"missionary", then led followers to Medina
- Mosque
- muslim house of worship
- Islam
- monotheistic religion based on the word of god sent to Muhammad; literally means "to submit to god"
- Umma
- community of faithful in Islam
- Hijra
- journey from Mecca to Medina in 622
- Muslim
- follower of Islam
- Cuneiform
- system of writing, symbols not pictographs
- Mesopatamia
- region between Tigris and
- Hadith
- collection of teachings of Muhammad,
- Medina
- where Muhammad preached and brought followers
- Jihad
- effort in god's services
- Sunna
- collection of works pf Muhammad, how to live