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Mandate of Heaven
divine right to rule
Mauryan Empire
321 B.C. - 185 B.C.
Abbasid
the man who founded the abbasid dynatsy
Shah Jahan
akbars grandson who built the taj-mahal 1632 - 1652
Muhammad
the greatest and last prophet
Hijra
Muhammads joiurney to Mecca
Sunna
a community of Muslims
Umayyad
a dynasty of sunni caliphs
Sharia
text that interprets the mesages of the Quran
Sultan
the one ruler
Safavid Empire
an empire that controlled iran, turkey and georgia
Ulama
a body of mullahs
Bedouins
nomadic herders
Confucianism
official belief of china
Siddhartha Guatama
a reformer who taught the core aspects of buddhism
Daoism
founded by laozi
Buddhism
a religion also made of the himdu traditions
Sunni
people who beleived that any good muslim can be the caliph
Heretics
someone against you
Medina
a sacred city
Hadith
oral sangs of Muhammad
Quran
the sacred text of islam
Shah Abbas
the man who brought back glory to ancient persia
Sulieman the Magnificient
a great ruler, the caliph of all muslims
Abu Bakr
the father in law of muhammad
Janissaries
the ottoman army
Allah
the supreme God
Ottoman Empire
turkish speeking nomads
Umma
arabic word for community
Mahdi
expected savior of muslim beliefs
Kabba
the temple where abraham went to worship
Caliphate
the sucessor
Mughal Empire
the mongol warriors 1526 - 1857
Sufis
muslim mystics who meditate, fast and perform sacrafices
Mecca
a sacred city
Shah
the king of safavid
Janism
a religion made of the hindu traditions
Aryan Migration
a group of namadic people moved into india
Shi Hunagdi
built the great wall of china, the first ruler of the zang empire
Surah
chapters of the quran
Jihad
a struggle in Gods' service
Akbar
cheif builder of empire 1556 - 1605
Shiites
people who believed that the son in law of muhammad should've been the caliph
Bhagvad Gita
hindu literary beleifs
Mullahs
people trained in law and doctrine
Nirvana
the ultimate goal of buddhism
Seljuk Turks
a civilization taht dominated the fertile crescent and they adopted islam as ther religion
Mosque
the temple of islams
Muslim
the followers of islam

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