AUDIO GLOSSARY

Glossary for the letter "I":

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Ibn Jubayr

Twelfth-century Muslim traveler and chronicler of the Crusades.

Ibn Khaldun

North African Muslim historian, 1332 - 1406.

Ibo

People living in southeastern Nigeria since at least the ninth century CE; their language is also known as Ibo or Igbo.

Igbo-Ukwu

Ancient archaeological complex in modern-day Nigeria with sites related to ancestors of the modern Ibo.

Imam

Muslim religious leader.

Islam

Literally "submission" in Arabic; religion of Muslims that calls on believers to submit to the laws of Allah as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, 570 - 632 CE.

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