Ancient Civ: Ch.8 Sec.2: Arab Culture
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- What trade route was the Arabian Peninsula between
- Africa and Asia
- What is the landscape of the Arabian Peninsula
- Desert
- What three bodies of water surrounds the Arabian Peninsula
- Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf
- What natural resource does the Arabian Peninsula have a lot of
- Oil
- Who are the Bedouins
- Nomads following camel herds
- What did the Bedouins known for doing
- Raiding each other and caravans
- What was the religion of the Bedouins like
- Believed and many gods and spirits
- What do we know about the spirits of the Bedouins
- They were called jinns and they lived in rocks
- Where is the most important rock
- Mecca (now Kaaba)
- What was Mohammed born
- 571
- Who raised Mohammed and why
- His uncle because he was an orphan
- What job did Mohammed grow up and have and why
- He became a merchant because his uncle was a merchant
- What happened to his boss
- He married her- Khadijah
- When did Mohammed become interested in religion
- When he went on these travels and came in contact with Christians and Jews
- At what age did Mohammed start having visions
- 40
- Who were Mohammed's visions from
- Allah
- What was Mohammed told in the visions
- That he was a messenger for Allah
- Mohammed continued having visions, what did he told in them
- In these visions Allah told him how people were supposed to behave
- Who were Mohammed's first followers
- His wife, family, and friends
- What did Mohammed have to flee from Mecca
- People did not like what he was teaching
- Where did Mohammed flee to
- Medina
- What is Mohammed's flight called
- Hegira
- After Mohammed's flight what happened to Islam
- It begin to spread rapidly
- Belief
- Islam
- Believer
- Muslim
- Book where teachings were written down by Mohammed's followers
- Koran
- Language
- Arabic
- Only when is the Koran a holy book
- When it is written in Arabic
- What helped Arabic spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa
- Having the Koran written in that Arabic
- Because the Koran was written in Arabic, it became a language for who
- The scholars and the poets
- House of worship
- Mosque
- Tall tower beside mosque
- Minaret
- Person who called the faithful to prayer from the minaret
- Muezzin
- Muslim symbol
- Crescent moon
- Day of prayer
- Friday
- What are the most important beliefs in Islam called
- Five Pillars
- What is the most important of the Five Pillars
- State of faith: there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet
- What are the four pillars
- 1) Prayer- 5 times a day; 2) Charisty- alms for the poor; 3) Fasting- during Ramadan; 4) Pilgramage- travel to Mecca
- What is the pilgramage to Mecca called
- Hadj
- What are three other rules
- No alcohol; no pork; no marriage to a non-believer; all Muslims equal in the eyes of Alah; men and women lead seperate lives; Muslim man was allowed a maximum of four wives