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39077332Islama monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in the 7th century0
39077333Muslima follower of Islam1
39077334BedouinNomadic pastoralists of the Arabian Peninsula, early converts to Islam2
39077335Caliphpolitical and religious successor to Muhammad3
39077336shariaa body of law governing the lives of Muslims4
39077337dhimmipeople of the book - applied as inclusive terms to Christians & Jews in Islamic territories, eventually included Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Buddhists5
39077338Crusadeexpeditions in which medieval Christian warriors sought to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims6
39077339stateless socitiescultural groups in which authority is shared by lineages of equal powere instead of being exercised by a central government7
39077340animismthe blief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects8
39077341griotsWest-African storyteller / served as keepers of tradition and advisors to Kings of Mali9
39077342patriarchhead of the Orthodox Church in Byzantium10
39077343orthodoxreferring to the split in Christianity, Eastern orthodox officials viewed themselves as the true heirs of Rome11
39077344schisma split or division - especially a formal split within a Christian church12
39077345tscar / czara Russian emperor (from the Russian for Caesar)13
39077346manorialismsystem that described economic and political relations between landlords and peasant laborers - involved a hierarchy of reciprocal obligations that exchanged labor or rent for access to land14
39077347feudalismsocial organization of the Middle Ages whereby grants of land or fiefs were exchanged for formal oaths of allegiance and promises of loyal service15
39077348fiefan estate granted to a vassal by a lord under the feudal system of Medieval Europe16
39077349serfspeasant legally bound to live on a lord's estate17
39077350Popeleader of the Catholic Church in Rome18
39077351Papacythe system of government of the Roman Catholic Church of which the pope is supreme head19
39077352investiturepractice of state appointment of bishops (ie King appoints a church bishop, not the Pope.)20

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