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9808009952HijrahMuhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina0
9808015726UmmaCommunity of Muhammad's followers1
9808033822What year did Muhammad cleanse the Kaaba?629-630 AD2
9808054929ZakatMuslim tithe3
9808088314CaliphSuccessor of the prophet Muhammad4
9808103138Which Caliph was assasinated?Uthman of the Umayyad family, the 3rd Caliph5
9808132400Who became Caliph after UthmanAli, the cousin and son in law of Muhammad6
9808134681When was Ali assassinated?661 AD7
9840903615What did Hasan's giving up of power lead to?The Umayyad Dynasty which was mainly Sunni8
9840914946Who was the Done of the Rock built under?The Umayyad Dyansty9
9840919799Capital of the Umayyad Dynasty?Damascus10
9840927244Umayyad Dynasty collapsed in the 700s due toCivil War between Shia and Sunni11
9840930386MalawiNon-Arab Muslims12
9840934153Abbasid Dynasty CapitalBaghdad13
9840938359Abbasid defeated who at the battle of TalusTang Chinese Army —> discovered paper money14
9840950830Abbasid Dynasty foundClassical writings of Athens and Rome, and translated them into Arabic.15
9840958437LevantPresent day Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon (Holy Land)16
9840962836SufisIslamic Missionaries17
9840971544Women veiling beganIn Mesopotamia, and Persia18
9840982044Seljuk TurksNomadic Sunni group19
9840985722Who destroyed the Abbasid Dynasty?Mongols, Crusades helped20
9840995835Roman Empire split in286 and 39521
9841009396Who made Christianity the official religion of Rome, and reunited Empire in Constantinople?Constantine22
9841015718Justinian is known for1.) Justinian Code 2.) Hagia Sophia 3.) Plan to recover W half of Europe23
9841034831Catholic and Orthodox split happened in103424
9841038087W was disorganized politically —>Stronger Church25
9841040045E was more organized politically —>Less of involved Church26
9841045420Slavic people's converted to Christianity because ofSt Cyril, who made the Cyrillic Alphabet27
9841050398VladimirRussian prince from Kiev who converged to Christianity.28
9841055053FranksGermanic tribes who eventually converted to Christianity29
9841060267Franks became united inThe 400s by King Clovis30
9841070013Frank "Empire"Constantly unified, and broke apart31
9841077347Who led Franks to victory at the Battle of ToursCharles Martel32
9841081814Charles's son Pepin the ShortWas crowned by the Pope33
9841099058Charlemagne built the "Holy Roman Empire" but it wasDivied amongst his grandsons by the Treaty of Verdun34
9841106608Vikings attackedConstantinople 3 times35
9841111484WilliamFamous Viking / Norman who conquered Anglo-Saxon England in 1066.36
9841116280Vikings alsoConverted to Christianity37
9888816127ShogunKing and Nobles38
9888816128DaimyoLords39
9888817906Lesser DaimyoVassals40
9888817907PeasantsPeasants and Serfs41
9888822330PrimogeniturePassing rights to eldest son42
9888826007By the 1000sEurope was re-engaging with the world43
9888829258Burghers-Middle class merchants -Citizen of town or city, often members of the bourgeoisie.44
9888830603Hanseatic LeagueEcon alliance established in 1358, that aided much of N Europe.45
9888837364Pope Innocent IIILed multiple inquisitions to target heresy46
9888859111Scholasticism-Founding of universities, and the spread of work from scholars. -Knowledge spread through the Crusades, as Europeans received writings of Greeks that the Arabs had.47
9888879106InterregnumA time between kings in Germany48
9888887877King JohnForced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 AD49
9888900782100 Years' WarWar between England and France on French territory that England claimed.50
9888920434Queen Isabella, who was the ruler of Castile marriedFerdinand, heir to the Spanish Kingdom of Aragon51
9888923765Emperor XuanzongTang Emperor who expanded territory N, E and SE.52
9888942059Tang Dynasty collapsed in 907because it was too large and couldn't oversee everything.53
9888957191Song Dynasty took power in96054
9888960282Song Dynasty fell to theMongols, who created the Yuan Dynasty.55
9888971623Ming Dynasty came afterthe Yuan56
9888974709Even when the Mongols ruled China,the underlying bureaucracy remained.57
9888977089Chinese tribute system targetedVietnam, Korea, Tibet, etc.58
9888984009By 1450, China wasat the top, but it later chose to isolate itself.59
9888988465ChampaFast ripening rice from Vietnam60
9888991106600 --> 1200 China's population went from45 million to 115 million61
9888992879Wu ZhaoFirst and only Empress of China, she was compassionate to peasants62
9888998213Mahayana BuddhismTeaches to seek a life apart from worldly values.63
9889009164Chan Buddhism-Emphasized meditation, and appreciation of beauty. -Won converts in the educated classes64
9889019952Emperor Wuzongled a persecution against Buddhists in the mid 800s, during the Tang Dynasty.65
9889027652Japan 1st ruling clanYamato Clan, current emperor is a descendant of them66
9889034428Shinto-"Way of Gods" -Animism in Japan67
9889042858Japanese often blendedBuddhism and Shintoism68
9889046184Prince ShotokuBorrowed bureaucratic and legal reforms, following Tang Dynasty69
9889049586Japanese largely rejectedConfucianism and the civil service exam, due to their emphasis on heredity70
9889053474Fujiwara-Powerful aristocratic family who intermarried with the Emperor's family and soon ran the affairs of the country. -Led to the Shogun71
9889063359Korea adopedConfucianism and Chan Buddhism72
9889068039Delhi Sultanate-Islamic Kingdom in India -Islam and Hinduism are bipolar -Hindu temples were sometimes destroyed and occasionally violence erupted in communities. -Colleges were founded, and irrigation was vastly improved73
9889083325Kush-African kingdom S of Egypt. -Kush developed at about the same time as ancient Egypt and at one point conquered part of it in 750 BC. -Eventually they retreated back to their capital Meroe74
9889099885Axum-Modern day Ethiopia -Converted to Christianity in the 300s -Many converted to Islam in the 600s75
9889111879Ghana-800-->1000 -Kingdom in W Africa with tons of gold -Traded with Islamic Empires -Collapsed after Holy War led by Muslims tried to convert the nation.76
9889122886Mali-1200-->1450 -Coverted to Islam -Mansa Musa made pilgrimage to Mecca77
9889130452Songhai-Sonni Ali conquered a large area -Timbuktu became a major cultural center, with a university that drew scholars from around the Muslim world.78
9889136034BeninBronze sculpting technique79
9889138980Cuzco may have hadas many as 300,000 people in the 1400s80
9889142593Incan rulerswere mummified after death81
9889144931QuipuIncan set of knotted strings, for data keeping82
9889148630Incan were excellent builders, as seen inTemple of the Sun, and Machu Picchu83
9902059874The area in which Islam showed the most profound change from the 600s to the 1400s wasin the role of women84
9902064806Lower Hindu castes embracedIslam because of its emphasis on equality.85
9902076937Primary source of Muhammad's teachingsThe Hadith86
9902079967Islam gained strengthwithin portions of the former Roman Empire87
9902083865Confucianism combined withBuddhism to create a cultural bridge between China and Korea88
9902088553Japanese feudalismsaw the beginnings of a centralized Japan89
9902097449The position of the Chinese scholar-gentryweakened efforts to curb nomadic invasions90
9902106638Buddhism became more popular among China's neighbors than in China itself becauseBuddhism didn't originate in China91
9902113791The Yuan Dynasty was brought down by all of the following exceptforeign resistance to Mongol Peace92
9902118929Under Mongol rule in ChinaChinese regional rulers were allowed to govern93
9902123738The influence of nomadic peoples in Eurasiacreated a reciprocal relationship between the nomads and settled peoples.94
9902127447Aztec and Inca religionsreflected the agrarian nature of their respective societies95
9902132155The natives of North Americaused architectural designs similar to those of Mesoamerica96
9902138689Which of the American peoples was closer to the Persians in their adminstrative style?The Incas97
9902427468In contrast to Japanese feudalism, W European feudalismcreated a reciprocal relationship between lord and vassal98
9902431506Early medieval Europe's strongest state wasthe Holy Roman Empire99
9902438440During the Middle Ages, the concept of limited gov was seen most clearly inEngland100
9902441150Medieval Europedeveloped new banking institutions from multicultural contacts101
9974616899Merovingian Dynasty400s rule of France102
9974622586Carolingian Dynasty-700s rule of France -Battle of Tours103

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