MMW 12 Study Guide - Final Guide: Muawiyah I, Zhu Xi, Sufism

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Alexander B Stewart

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Mmw 12 study guide practice final questions: hijra was the process of muhammad and his followers leaving mecca in order to found their new community in medina. Medina was the new city that muhammad and his followers created due to persecution and increasing tensions in mecca following the death of muhammad"s uncle. The hijra was a trip to medina from mecca. It focused on the use of shamans, or religious professionals, as agents for healing and communicating between this world and the spiritual one. Mantras and mandalas are features of mystic buddhism. Mantras are chants of sacred texts, and mandalas are sacred geometric figures; both are used in order to focus concentration, as a form of meditation. These two terms are related because shamanism, over time, began to blend in with buddhism as buddhism became more common in japanese and.