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| 5591155058 | Muslim-culture | a believer or follower of Islam |  | 0 |
| 5591155059 | Five Pillars-culture | The basic tenets of Islam: Allah is the only god and Muhammad is his prophet; pray to Allah five times a day facing Mecca; fast during the month of Ramadan; pay alms for the relief of the weak and the poor; take a hajj to Mecca |  | 1 |
| 5591155060 | Sharia-political | the Islamic system of law |  | 2 |
| 5591155061 | Hijra-interaction | Muhammad's move to Medina. Start of the Islamic calendar (632 CE) |  | 3 |
| 5591155062 | Umayyad-political | the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus |  | 4 |
| 5591155063 | Ulama-culture | Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. |  | 5 |
| 5591155064 | Harun al-Rushid-politcal | (786-809 CE) Abbasid Caliph. Ruled during the high point of the Abbasid dynasty. Baghdad became the center of wealth, commerce, crafts, banking, crafts, and industrial production. |  | 6 |
| 5591155065 | Sufi-culture/social | A member of the more mystical third sect of Islam famous for their dance and their poetry. |  | 7 |
| 5591155066 | "Seal of the prophets"- social | Muhammad's name for himself, signifying that he was the final prophet of Allah. |  | 8 |
| 5591155067 | Dar al-Islam-culture | a term used by Muslims to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely. |  | 9 |
| 5591155068 | Jihad-culture | A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal |  | 10 |
| 5591155069 | Hajj-interaction/culture | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims |  | 11 |
| 5591155070 | Caliph-political | A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government |  | 12 |
| 5591155071 | Abbasid-political | the dynasty that came after the Ummayads. |  | 13 |
| 5591155072 | Qadis-political | Islamic judges |  | 14 |
| 5591155073 | Caesaropopism-political | is the idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power, or making it superior to the spiritual authority of the Church; especially concerning the connection of the Church with government. |  | 15 |
| 5591155074 | Corpus iuris civilis-political | Part of Justinian's Code of Law which dealt with civil law |  | 16 |
| 5591155075 | "Greek fire"-economics | An explosive compound made of crude oil mixed with resin and sulfur, and was heated and propelled by a pump through a bronze tube. This saved Constantinople from Arab assault in 678. |  | 17 |
| 5591155076 | Schism-political | (n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions |  | 18 |
| 5591155077 | Saint Cyril-political | a saint who worked as a missionary, bringing Christianity to the Slavic people; Created the cyrillic alphabet |  | 19 |
| 5591155078 | Saint Methodius-political | Brother of Cyril, invented an alphabet for the Slavs to read the Bible, called the Cyrillic alphabet |  | 20 |
| 5591155079 | Sasanids-political | the successor to the Persians who claimed direct descent from the Persians and recreated much of the culture and splendor of the Achaemenid empire |  | 21 |
| 5591155080 | Hagia Sophia-interaction | Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. |  | 22 |
| 5591155081 | Theme system-political | This system divided the Byzantine Empire into different districts that were each led by a general, they were created so that the military could respond quickly to attacks, also peasants who joined the army were given plots of land, thereby increasing the free peasant class. |  | 23 |
| 5591155082 | Iconoclasm-culture | Opposing or even destroying images, especially those set up for religious veneration in the belief that such images represent idol worship. |  | 24 |
| 5591155083 | Fourth crusade-political | A Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem causing damage to Byzantine Empire |  | 25 |
| 5591155084 | Tang Taizong: political- | Son of Li Yuan. Strong leader. The north-west was pacified and given the name Xinjiang, or "new region". |  | 26 |
| 5591155085 | Uighers: Political & Culture | Islamic group in Northwest China |  | 27 |
| 5591155086 | Chan/Zen Buddhism: Culture | Mut/ a Buddhist sect that emphasizes enlightenment through meditation and stresses simplicity and discipline |  | 28 |
| 5591155087 | Neo-Confucianism: political & culture | term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism |  | 29 |
| 5591155088 | Samurai:political & interactions | Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land. |  | 30 |
| 5591155089 | Chola:political | bile duct |  | 31 |
| 5591155090 | Ceylon:interactions & political | Former name of Sri Lanka |  | 32 |
| 5591155091 | Dhows and Junks: political & interactions | Ships favored in the Indian Ocean |  | 33 |
| 5591155092 | Swahili states: interactions & political | established regional trade centers, where copper, gold, silver, lead, gum copal pottery, beads, and bronze came from Cambodia, China, Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Indian subcontinent |  | 34 |
| 5591155093 | Grand canal: interactions & political | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. |  | 35 |
| 5591155094 | Equal field system: economic | A system to distribute agricultural land in order to avoid land concentrations like during the Han; 1/5 of land became hereditary while the other was available for redistribution |  | 36 |
| 5591155095 | Fast-ripening rice: culture & economic | The most important new crop introduced into China during the Tang and Song periods was |  | 37 |
| 5591155096 | Heian court: political & economic | fujiwara family, capital: kyoto, wrote poetry and stories at court |  | 38 |
| 5591155097 | The Tale of Genjii: culture | Written by Lady Muraski; first novel in any language |  | 39 |
| 5591155098 | Harsha: political & economic | (r.606-648 CE) He restored centralized rule in northern India after the collapse of the Gupta. He can be compared to Charlemagne. |  | 40 |
| 5591155099 | Angkor Wat: Culture | A temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu God, Vishnu. |  | 41 |
| 5591155100 | Zimbabwe: Interaction | Southern Africa |  | 42 |
| 5591155101 | Buzurg ibn Shahriyar | He was a 10th century shipmaster from India. He collected lots of stories and combined them into a book called "Book of Wonders of India." containing 136 stories(not all true). |  | 43 |
| 5591155102 | Harsha-political | (r.606-648 CE) He restored centralized rule in northern India after the collapse of the Gupta. He can be compared to Charlemagne. | | 44 |
| 5591155103 | Mahmud of Ghazni-political | Third ruler of Turkish slave dynasty in Afghanistan; led invasions of northern India; credited with sacking one of wealthiest of Hindu temples in northern India; gave Muslims reputation for intolerance and aggression. |  | 45 |
| 5591155104 | Harihara and Bukka-political | -fused representation of Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara) from the Hindu tradition -Bukka was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Sangama Dynasty |  | 46 |
| 5591155105 | Shankara-political | A Hindu reformer and philosopher in the Advaita Vedanta school |  | 47 |
| 5591155106 | Raminuja-political | was a Hindu theologian, philosopher, and one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. |  | 48 |
| 5591155107 | Guru Kabir-political | (1440-1518) a blind weaver, who was one of the most famous bhakti teachers, went so far to teach that Shiva, Vishnu, and Allah were all manifestations of single, universal deity. |  | 49 |
| 5591155108 | Sind-political | Northwest region of India 1st invaded by Islamic armies |  | 50 |
| 5591155109 | Sultanate of Delhi-political | Major Turkic Muslim state established in northern India in 1206. |  | 51 |
| 5591155110 | Chola Kingdom-political | kingdom situated in the deep south. At its high point, Chola forces conquered Ceylon and parts of southeast Asia, funded by the profits of trade, dominated the sea, did not build a tightly centralized state |  | 52 |
| 5591155111 | Vijayanagar-political | In 1336, Harihara and Bukka, two emissaries from the Delhi sultan, renounced Islam, reconverted to Hinduism, and founded the southern kingdom of |  | 53 |
| 5591155112 | Monsoons-interaction | seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons |  | 54 |
| 5591155113 | Dhows-economic | Large ships favored by Indian, Persian, and Arab sailors that could carry up to four hundred tons of cargo. |  | 55 |
| 5591155114 | Junks--economic | Chinese ships, particularly from the 1400s, are often called these. It was a sturdy Chinese ship design and the largest of its kind were treasures ships that could carry a thousand tons of cargo. | | 56 |
| 5591155115 | Kingdom of Axum-political | The Kingdom of Aksum or Axum, also known as the Aksumite Empire, was a trading nation in the area of northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, which existed from approximately 100-940 AD |  | 57 |
| 5591155116 | Vishnu-political | a Hindu god considered the preserver of the world | | 58 |
| 5591155117 | Shiva-political | A Hindu god considered the destroyer of the world. | | 59 |
| 5591155118 | Sufis-social | a mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life |  | 60 |
| 5591155119 | Bhakti-culture | Hindu devotional movement that flourished in the early modern era, emphasizing music, dance, poetry, and rituals as means by which to achieve direct union with the divine. |  | 61 |
| 5591155120 | Ramayana-culture | one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne |  | 62 |
| 5591155121 | Funan-political/social | An early complex society in Southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries C.E. It was centered in the rich rice-growing region of southern Vietnam, and it controlled the passage of trade across the Malaysian isthmus. |  | 63 |
| 5591155122 | Srivijaya-political | A state based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, between the seventh and eleventh centuries C.E. It amassed wealth and power by a combination of selective adaptation of Indian technologies and concepts, and control of trade routes. |  | 64 |
| 5591155123 | Angkor-political | the first royal city of the Khmer Kingdom | | 65 |
| 5591155124 | Melaka-political | first major Muslim city in Southeast Asia |  | 66 |
