AP World- Ch. 6 Vocab

followers of Muhammad

The prophet of Islam

Islam’s holy book

nomadic people of the Arabian Peninsula

leaders of tribes and clans

holy city where Muhammad lived

Mu’awiya’s tribe

north of Mecca, city where Muhammad fled to

Muhammad’s wife

Muhammad’s son in law, tried to be caliph but killed

Community of the faithful

tax for charity

Islam’s main principles that must be practiced by all believers

Islamic month of religious observance requiring fasting from dawn to sunset

Pilgrimage to Mecca

political and religious successor to Muhammad

Muhammad’s 1st successor, first caliph to declare “holy war”

Wars that followed Muhammad’s death; resulted in defeat of rival prophets and some larger clans; restored unity in Islam

Islamic holy wars

Christian sect of Egypt

Christian sect found in Asia

3rd caliph and member of Umayyad clan; murdered by mutinous warriors returning from Egypt; set off a civil war

fought in 657 between forces of Ali and Umayyad; settled by negotiation that led to fragmentation of Ali’s party

General from Syria who became caliph after he fought for power with Ali

A group of Muslims that believed succession could be given to anyone

A group of Muslims that believed succession should be hereditary

Site of defeat and death of Husayn, son of Ali

Umayyad’s shifted the capitol to this city in Syria

Muslim converters

people of the book

Dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads as caliphs within Islam

chief administrative official under the Abbasid caliphate

Victory of Abbasid over Umayyads; conquest of Syria and capture of Umayyad capital

capital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq