advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
origin; source; virtuous ancestor
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
Islamic state (state where shari'a law is enforced); Islamic country
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
many; much; plenty; hardly
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
if it is the case that ...
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
not limited to; not just ...
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to concern; to be related
edict; ordinance; proclamation