Introduction to Islamic Empire

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Introduction to Islamic Empire

• Understanding Others
• List three monotheistic religions.
•  Judaism, Christianity, Islam
• Why do we study peoples religious faiths?
•  to be better able to understand them
• Where are most believers of western religions
  found?
• North America, South America, Europe, West Asia,
  Australia
• What is a key difference between western
  religions and many eastern religions?
• Western belief in one God
• Eastern look within oneself
• List the religion/s of Japan and China.
• Shinto, Daoism, Hinduism, Buddhism
• Define animism.
• Natural objects having souls

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Introduction to Islamic Empire

• Icons of Islam
• What is the icon of Islam?
• Crescent, Star, Green
• What does the star and crescent represent?
• Star knowledge and light
• Crescent progress  
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• Why does Islamic art not depict (show) people?
• Quran says not to try to show what Allah (God)
  has made
• How do you Spell That?
• What is the Quran?
• Holy book of Islam
• How can it be spelled?
• Quran or Koran

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Key Terms

• Pilgrimage
• A journey to a sacred place or shrine
• Nomad
• A member of a group that moves from place to
  place following food, water, and grazing land for
  their herds
• Shiite
• A member of the branch of Islam that supports the
  descendants of Muhammad as his rightful
  successors
• Quran
• The sacred book of Islam that is believed to
  contain the revelations made to Muhammad by Allah
• Monotheism
• The belief that there is only one God
• Caliph
• The civil and religious ruler of a Muslim state
• Muslim
• A believer in Islam
• Mosque
• A Muslim house of worship

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Key Terms

• Sunna
• A traditional Islamic law observed by orthodox
  Muslims and based on the teachings of Muhammad
• Sunni
• The branch of Muslims that follows orthodox
  tradition and accepts the validity of the first
  four caliphs elected as successors to Muhammad