Islam history and expansion-- introduction

Founder of Islam whose words are recorded in the Quran

• Muslim

• Caliph

• Mecca

• Muhammad

the most holy book of Islam, believed to contain the teachings of Allah, or God, to Muhammad

• nomad

• Quran

• caravan

• hijra

the religion of Muslims based on the teaching of the prophet Muhammad in the AD 600's

• Islam

• hijra

• Kaaba

• Quran

followers of Islam

• Ramadan

• mosque

• bedouin

• Muslim

desert dweller

• Muslim

• bedouin

• Ramadan

• Medina

the five basic duties of all Muslims

• cartography

• pilgrimage

• Five Pillars

• cartographer

a large peninsula in southwestern Asia

• Algebra

• Oasis

• Arabia

• Kaaba

a person who wanders in search of food and shelter

• Muslim

• nomad

• Quran

• Ramadan

a Muslim place of worship

• oasis

• Arabia

• Ramadan

• mosque

a religious temple in Mecca that became sacred to the Muslims

• caravan

• Baghdad

• Kaaba

• Arabia