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37444900Islama monotheistic religion that delevoped in Arabia in the 7th century0
37444901Muslima follower of Islam1
37444902BedouinNomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam.2
37444903CaliphThe political and religious successor to Muhammad3
37444904shariaa body of law governing the lives of Muslims4
37444905dhimmiLiterally "people of the book"; applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastrians and even Hindus & Buddhists5
37444906Crusadeexpeditions in which medieval Christians warriors sought to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims.6
37444907stateless societiescultural groups in which authority is shared by lineages of equal power instead of being exercised by a central government.7
37444908animismthe belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects8
37444909griotsWest African storyteller, served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali emperor9
37447607patriarchhead of the Orthodox Church in Byzantium10
37447608orthodoxreferring to the slip in Christianity, Eastern orthodox officials viewed themselves as the true heirs of Rome11
37447609schismA split or division - especially a formal split within a Christian Church.12
37447610(tsar) czarrussian emperor (Russian word for Caesar)13
37447611manorialismSystem that described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the Middle Ages; involved hierarchy of reciprocal obligations that exchanged labor or rents for access to land.14
37447612feudalismsocial organization of the middle ages whereby grants of land or fiefs were exchanged for formal oaths of allegiance and promises of loyal service15
37447613fiefan estate granted to a vassal by a lord under feudal system of Medieval Europe16
37447614serfsPeasant legally bound to live on a lord's estate17
37447615Popeleader of theCatholic church in Rome18
37447616Papacythe government of the Roman Catholic Church, in which pope is supreme head19
37447617investiturePractice of state appointment of bishops (ie. king appoints a church bishop, not the Pope)20

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