Third study set for 600-1450.
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| 7743578063 | Bantu | A major African language family. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa. |  | 0 |
| 7743578064 | Timbuktu | City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, Timbuktu became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning. |  | 1 |
| 7743578067 | Mali Empire | From 1235-1400, this was a strong empire of Western African. With its trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao, it had many mosques and universities. The Empire was ruled by two great rulers, Sundiata and Mansa Musa. Thy upheld a strong gold-salt trade. The fall of the empire was caused by the lack of strong rulers who could govern well. |  | 2 |
| 7743578084 | Ummayad Dynasty | First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus, they ruled an empire that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate. |  | 3 |
| 7743578085 | Abbasid Dynasty | (750-1258) Overthrew the Umayyads. Put in place things similar to what was already there so people would be familiar with it (ex. mosques that look like Ziggurats, similar coinage, etc.). Golden age of Islam during this dynasty. |  | 4 |
| 7743578086 | Sufi | A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means. |  | 5 |
| 7743578087 | Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslim people. |  | 6 |
| 7743578088 | Bedouin | Arab nomads. They were organized into tribes and groups called clans. These clans provided security and support for a life made difficult by the extreme conditions of the desert. Their settlement is from where the Muslim Empire sprang. This was around the 600s CE and at the Arabian Peninsula. |  | 7 |
| 7743578089 | Muhammad | Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam 570-632 CE. |  | 8 |
| 7743578090 | Caliphate | Office established in succession to the Prophet Muhammad, to rule the Islamic empire; also the name of that empire from the 7th to 13th century. |  | 9 |
| 7743578096 | 632 | Date for the death of Muhammad: Rise of Islam |  | 10 |
| 7743578099 | 1095 | Date for the First Crusade |  | 11 |
| 7743578100 | 1258 | Date for the Mongol conquest of Baghdad. End of the Abbasid dynasty. |  | 12 |
| 7743604123 | Charles Martel | Stopped Muslims from advancing further into Europe | 13 | |
| 7743616760 | Dar al Islam | Lands that practiced Islam | 14 | |
| 7743622741 | Baghdad | Capital of the Abbasid Empire | 15 | |
| 7743638174 | Mosque | Muslim place of worship | 16 | |
| 7743641873 | Dhimmi or People of the Book | Jews and Christians | 17 | |
| 7743650513 | Muslims | Followers of Islam | 18 | |
| 7743654049 | 5 Pillars | - confession of faith - prayer five times a day - charity to the needy - fasting during the holy month of Ramadan - pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during one's lifetime (if finances permit) | 19 | |
| 7743656096 | Sharia | Islamic law | 20 |
