Tuesday, January 6, 2009

People:
4.Richard the Lion-Hearted-Third Crusade English King

Places:
1.Arabia-a peninsula in SW Asia, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen Arab Republic, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait: divided in ancient times into Arabia Deserta, Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Felix.
2.Meccaa- city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
Terms
1.Benduins-Muslim desert dwellers
5. holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims
6.the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
7.of or pertaining to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam
8.Koran-the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
10.In 732 Islam was defeat in Europe
11.crusades-
often Crusade Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims.