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Mecca
- where Ka'aba is
- destination of hajj
Hijra

Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina
Koran
- written in Arabic
- gives direct commands
Shar'ia

Islamic law according to Koran
Sunni
- thought caliph should be chosen by leaders of Muslim community
- caliph should be pious Muslim
- caliph is leader not religious authority
Sultan

Muslim ruler
Janissaries

Elite force of Ottoman army
Ka'aba

Shrine Muslims must make pilgrimage to at least once in their life
Islam
- means submission in Arabic
- no clergy
5 Pillars of Islam
- Faith
- Prayer
- Charity
- Fasting
- Hajj
Shi'ite
- thought only ture successors to Prophet should be caliphs
- caliphs should be religious and secular rulers
Averroes
- philosopher
- wrote about Aristotle
Suleiman
- ruler of Ottoman empire
- brilliant general
- conquered many laws
- built one of most pwrful empires
Millets

religious community of non-Muslims
Muhammad
- merchant married to Khadija
- went to Medina after kicked out of Mecca
- unified Bedouin tribes and fought against Mecca
Allah

Arabic for God
Hajj
- pilgrimage to Mecca
- Muslims must go at least once in life
Caliph

successor to Muhammad
Sufi

Muslim version of Zen Buddhists
Yathrib/ Medina

where Muhammad went when he left Mecca
Muslim
- "one who submits"
- follows Islam
People of the Book
- name for Christians and Jews
- spritually superior to polytheistic idol worshippers
"rightly guided caliph"

first four caliphs
Seljuks
- Turks migrated to Middle East and adopted Islam
- built large empire
Ottomans
- people who migrated from Central Asia
- captured Constantinople

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