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Avicenna
physician of Middle Ages, wrote "Canon of Medicine"
Rumi
Sufi poet
Beduins
herdsmen nomads organized into tribes
Abu Bekr
Muhammed's father in law and supporter, supressed Beduin split off groups, used holy wars to expand authority
Omar Khayyam
poetry "Rubaiyat" impermanenceof life, created calendar of day
Alchemists
trying to turn metal into gold, inventing steel
Shan Jahan
Mughal emporer, built Taj Mahal
Mullah
learned men in Islamic faith and law, not priests
Rhazes
wrote medical encyclopedia (surgery), translated into latin
Hajj
shrine of Islam, annual 6 day event,
Imam
prayer leader
Unayyad
more political than Pious
Muhammed Ali
Muhammed's cousin and son in law, wanna be "caliph"
Mohammed
born in Mecca, orphaned, peverty stricken, street kid, little formal education, became camel driver, exposed to many diverse religions, began to think about the problems of religion, developed idea of one supreme being: Allah, considered self to be prophet/teacher, like Jesus, captured Mecca after fleeding, 632 CE: ascends to heaven
Al-Mas'udi
1st islamic historian

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