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    to be a very strong military leader‚ who would seize control of major trade routes in Ghana‚ and later conquer the Empire‚ thus‚ creating the empire of Mali. Sundiata’s Predecessors‚ Mansas‚ meaning Sultan; would later convert to Islam by building mosques‚ and attending public prayer. The empire’s society is filled with farmers and herders‚ who mainly mined salt and gold. Which was also the basis of their trade in Niani‚ creating a gold and salt rich economy. In 1312-1337‚

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    read voraciously in the prison library. Upon his release in 1952 he moved to Detroit and soon was appointed assistant minister of the local mosque. By now he was known as Malcolm X‚ following the standard Black Muslim practice of giving up one’s "slave" name for the initial X. After other assignments he was dispatched to Harlem in 1954 to lead the important mosque there. Soon he was the most prominent spokesman of the Nation of Islam. During an era when the civil rights movement was promoting integration

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    CHAPTER 13 Study Guide- Tropical Africa and Asia 1200-1500 1. Why is Ibn Battuta an important historical figure? P.325 -Ibn Battuta had completed a pilgrimage to Mecca and throughout the Middle East‚ and he wrote in journals about his travels‚ providing valuable information about these lands 2. What marks the center of the tropic zone? P. 325 -the equator 3. What are 3 examples of domesticated plants/animals that spread around the tropics. P.328

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    The Flowering of the Islamic Empire Islamic Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the world. Islam began on the Arabian Peninsula. By the middle of the 8th century‚ Arab conquests had created the Muslim Empire. Spain‚ North Africa‚ western and central Asia ruled by the religion of Islam. Over the next 500 years‚ Islamic civilization flowered over this area. This large land empire united under Islam in the 700s to 1200s. Many advances were made in Islamic Empire; such as mathematics‚ art

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    Islamic Architecture

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    architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day‚ influencing the design and construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture. The principal Islamic architectural types are: the Mosque‚ the Tomb‚ the Palace and the Fort. From these four types‚ the vocabulary of Islamic architecture is derived and used for buildings of lesser importance such as public baths‚ fountains and domestic architecture. * 3.1 Persian style * 3.2 Azerbaijani

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    on to become Britains official national dish. In the 1950s and 1960s‚ the building of none-Christian places of worship saw much opposition‚ mosques and temples were often vandalised. By 1981 there were an estimated 149 registered mosques accommodating 553‚000 Muslims living in Britain. In 1996 work began on the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden‚ London. The Mosque‚ one of the largest in Europe covering over 5 acres of

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    undertook campaigns with his troops‚ their families and their weapons of war that extended all the way to India [1]. Around A.D. 700: Procurement logistics in the construction of the Mezquita Mosque – pillars came to Spain from all parts of the Islamic empire. Construction of the famous Mezquita Mosque in

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    ASSIGNMENT NO.1 IMPACTS OF ISLAM ON INDIAN SOCIETY Group-1: Junaid-ur-Rahman (ME-123052) Muhammad Zaid (ME-123051) Shamoon Tariq (ME-123053) Section: ME (09) Submitted On: 08-10-2012 Submitted To: Sir Aijaz Athar IMPACT OF ISLAM ON INDIAN SOCIETY ARRIVAL OF ISLAM IN INDIA Muhammad bin Qasim in A.D. 712. After the foundation of Muslim rule in India‚ Islam spread far and wide and brought about a great change in the social a religious outlook

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    that they are heretics in the eastern city of Dammam‚ where three quarters of residents are Shia‚ Ashura is banned‚ and there is no distinctly Shia call to prayer. There is no Shia cemetery for the 450‚000 Shias that live there. There is only one mosque for the city’s Shias. The Saudi government has often been viewed as an active oppressor of Shias because of the funding of the Wahhabi ideology which decries the Shia faith. The Day of Ashura is a commemoration made by Shia Muslims to remember

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    Eid ul-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر ‘Īdu l-Fiṭr‎)‚ often abbreviated to Eid‚ is a three-day Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan‚ the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm). Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity"‚ while Fiṭr means "conclusion of the fast"; and so the holiday celebrates the conclusion of the thirty days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid‚ therefore‚ falls on the first day of the month Shawwal. Eid-ul-Fitr Salat (Namaz in Urdu/Persian)

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