Muhammad, Allah, Mecca, Mosque, Minaret, and Calligraphy: Key Concepts in Islamic History, Quizzes of History of Art

Download Muhammad, Allah, Mecca, Mosque, Minaret, and Calligraphy: Key Concepts in Islamic History and more Quizzes History of Art in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Mohammed DEFINITION 1 Ab al-Qsim Muammad ibn Abd Allh ibn Abd al-Mualib ibn Hshim ( 570- 8 June 632), also transliterated as Muhammad (), was a religious, political, and military leader from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. TERM 2 Allah DEFINITION 2 s a word for God. In Arabic, the word means simply "the God." It is used mainly by Muslims, Arab Christians, and often, albeit not exclusively, by Bah's, Arabic-speakers, Indonesian, Malaysian and Maltese Christians, and Mizrahi Jews. TERM 3 Mecca DEFINITION 3 Mecca, also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia. TERM 4 Mosque DEFINITION 4 is a place of worship for followers of Islam. TERM 5 Minaret DEFINITION 5 distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure.