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| hajj |
holy pilgramige
once in a life time |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:04:23 GMT |
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| almsgiving |
giving 2.5% to charity |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:04:23 GMT |
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| fasting |
during ramadad
nothing in till the sun goes down |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:04:23 GMT |
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| prayer |
pray 5 times daily
facing mecca
using special motions |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:03:40 GMT |
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| faith |
submit to one god |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:03:40 GMT |
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| 5 pillars |
faith prayer fasting almsgiving hajj |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:03:40 GMT |
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| the story behind the rise of Islam |
raised by uncle
managed business of future wife
married khadija
went to a cave and had vision
chosen by god to be prophet
angel gabriel reveals message to him
merchants fear loss of wealth
leaves mecca after wife dies
went to yathrib (madinah)
622 beginning of islamic era
ppl accepted muhammad as prophet
tells all to pray toward mecca
ended up expelling non believers
mekkans invade madinah
muhammad wins
captures mecca
kaaba dedicated to allah
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:03:40 GMT |
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| what were muhammads beliefs? |
one god
all believers are equal
rich should share with poor
live a moral life
judgement day- evil will be punished |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:58:33 GMT |
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| when did muhammad live? |
AD 570-632 |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:54:15 GMT |
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| mosque |
muslim house of worship also used as
school
shelter
court of law |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:54:15 GMT |
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| mecca |
destination of the holy pilgramige
birth place of Muhammad |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:54:15 GMT |
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| kaaba |
black holy shrine in the center of mecca |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:53 GMT |
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| jihad |
holy struggle to spread islam |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:53 GMT |
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| islam |
religion of muhammad |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:53 GMT |
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| imam |
spirtual leader equivelant of a priest |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:53 GMT |
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| hajj |
holy pilgramige to Mecca every able bodied msulim who can afford it must go once in their lifetime |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:05 GMT |
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| bedouin |
arabic nomad of the desert |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:05 GMT |
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| arabic |
language of the Quran |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:05 GMT |
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| allah |
arabic word for god |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:50:05 GMT |
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| chess |
introduced by persians
became widly popular
muslims adapted and improved
caliphs invited good players to play at palaces |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:48:49 GMT |
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| polo |
introduced by persians
played on horseback
used mallet to hit ball into goal
abbasid rulers loved it
muslims adatped and improved polo |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:48:49 GMT |
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| banking system |
check from sakk
cashing checks in diff. places was now possible |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:48:49 GMT |
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| herbal medicines and pharmacies |
sedatives
painkillers
antiseptics
devolphed pharmacies
separated sick and non sick people (during hospital stay) |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:48:49 GMT |
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| house of wisdom |
educational instituation
founded in baghdad in 830
translated diff. languages
preserved classic writings |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:46:02 GMT |
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| astronomy |
study of the sky
corrected mistakes of ptolemy
determined where mecca was
made astrolabe
measured latitude
believed earth roatated on its own axis |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:46:02 GMT |
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| calligraphy |
used when making Quran
form of art
decorated many things |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:46:02 GMT |
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| zoology |
made book of animals called lives of animals
gave better idea about the humane body |
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porkchoppony Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:46:02 GMT |
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| Astrolabe |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:37:59 GMT |
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| Arabesques |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:37:59 GMT |
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| Muslim Art |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:37:59 GMT |
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| Madrasa |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:37:59 GMT |
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| House of Wisdom |
educational instituation founded in baghdad
translated diff. langages of texts with math and astronomy and logic
extensive public library
presurved classic writings |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:49:25 GMT |
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| Calligraphy |
beatiful writing
used when making quran
decorated textiles, ceramics metal
form of art |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:49:25 GMT |
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| Bazaar |
maze of shops and stalls... sometimes enclosed becuase of the glare of the sun |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:49:24 GMT |
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| arabic |
language of the Quran |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:42:10 GMT |
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| abbasid dynasty |
golden age
major city of baghdad
lands break up
sophistocated urban civilization |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:42:10 GMT |
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| Umayyad Dynasty |
moved empire to Damascus
united lands
improved conditions for other religions..(jews)
rulled like kings
made some people pay higher taxes and recieve lower wages
discriminated to non arabs |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:42:09 GMT |
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| rightly guided caliphs |
abu-bakr through ali
desendants of muhammad
good army
spread islam
followed muhammad's examples
asked advice of other leaders |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:42:09 GMT |
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| damascus |
syria... umayyad dynasty moved the capital to here to make it more centrally located |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:38:32 GMT |
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| Baghdad |
became major city during the abbasid dynnasty |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:38:32 GMT |
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| martyrdom |
dieing for God |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:38:32 GMT |
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| Shiites |
small group
lives mainly in arabian penninsula
believed caliph should be held only by desendant of muhammad
stressed spiritual rather than political aspects of islam
regard suffering and martyrdom as signs of their devotion |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:38:32 GMT |
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| Sunni |
90% of todays muslims
caliph is primarly a leader...not a religous authority
any devote muslim could be a caliph with acceptance of people
sunni means "follower of the way" |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:31:24 GMT |
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| Harun al-Rushid |
the Abbasid Empire reached its height
CALIPH (not rightly guided)
*devolped civilization based on diversity of people
*worked on the equality between muslim Arabs and non arabs
*set up new nationality ruling groups
*persians=dominant group of bureaucracy
*Turkes= leading in the army |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:31:24 GMT |
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| Fatimah |
Only surviving child of Muhammad's 7 children |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:31:24 GMT |
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| Ali |
married Muhammad's only child Fatimah
rightly guided caliph |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:31:24 GMT |
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| Abu Bakr |
Muhammads father-in-law ... and best friend |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:21:27 GMT |
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| Jihad |
holy struggle |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:21:27 GMT |
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| dynasty |
a group of leaders from the same family |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:21:27 GMT |
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| Caliph |
successor to Muhammad a strong leader to presurve unity and guide daily affairs |
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porkchoppony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:21:27 GMT |
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