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    The passage provides definitions for key vocabulary related to the rise of Islam, including religious and political terms like mosque, Islam, caliphate, caliph, emir, as well as cultural terms like Arab and concepts like monotheism and conquest. Specifically, it defines mosque as a place of Muslim worship, Islam as the monotheistic religion revealed through Muhammad, and caliphate as the rule of a chief Muslim ruler known as a caliph, who was considered the successor to Muhammad.

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    The passage provides definitions for key vocabulary related to the rise of Islam, including religious and political terms like mosque, Islam, caliphate, caliph, emir, as well as cultural terms like Arab and concepts like monotheism and conquest. Specifically, it defines mosque as a place of Muslim worship, Islam as the monotheistic religion revealed through Muhammad, and caliphate as the rule of a chief Muslim ruler known as a caliph, who was considered the successor to Muhammad.

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    The Rise of Islam

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    The passage provides definitions for key vocabulary related to the rise of Islam, including religious and political terms like mosque, Islam, caliphate, caliph, emir, as well as cultural terms like Arab and concepts like monotheism and conquest. Specifically, it defines mosque as a place of Muslim worship, Islam as the monotheistic religion revealed through Muhammad, and caliphate as the rule of a chief Muslim ruler known as a caliph, who was considered the successor to Muhammad.

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    The rise of Islam

    Vocabulary:

    Mosque: A muslim place of worship.


    Islam: the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through
    Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
    Caliphate: the rule or reign of a caliph or chief Muslim ruler.
    Caliph: he chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of
    Muhammad
    Emir: a Muslim (usually Arab) military commander or local chief.
    Arab: Arabs are a people whose place of ethnic origin is the Arabian Peninsula. The
    language which they speak, and which has spread widely to other areas, is Arabic
    Dynasty: a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
    Monotheism: the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
    Conquest: the subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by use of
    military force.
    Muslim: a follower of the religion of Islam.

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