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Chapter 10: The Muslim World 600-1250. Allah – The One God according to Islam beliefs Muhammad – Born into a powerful Meccan family, orphaned at 6, little schooling, Greatest Prophet according to Islamic Beliefs Muslim – The one who has submitted Islam – Submission to the will of Allah.
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Chapter 10: The Muslim World 600-1250 • Allah – The One God according to Islam beliefs • Muhammad – Born into a powerful Meccan family, orphaned at 6, little schooling, Greatest Prophet according to Islamic Beliefs • Muslim – The one who has submitted • Islam – Submission to the will of Allah
Chapter 10 Vocabulary • Quran – the holy book of Islam • Caliph – rightly guided leader (Abu-Bakr) the successor to spread Muhammad’s Islamic Ideas • Umayyad – powerful ruling family, moved Muslim capital to Damascus away from Mecca • Sunni – Believe Muslim rulers should follow Muhammad’s example, claim that Shi’a have distorted the meaning of the Quran • Shi’s – Believe that all Muslim rulers should be descended from Muhammad, claim Sunni have distorted the meaning of the Quran