These are the terms for the Chapter 7 Term Quiz in Mrs. Ray's AP History class. Please comment if you have any corrections to offer.
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| 37421592 | al-Mahdi | The third Abbasid caliph; His attempts to reconcile the relationship between the Abbasids and the Shi'is failed, leading to his assassination; Lavish living | 0 | |
| 37421593 | Harun al-Rashid | Al-Mahdi's son; Won the struggle for power after his fathers death and became the next caliph; relied heavily on Persians in his first few years of rule; Lavish living | 1 | |
| 37421594 | Buyids | Region of the Abbasid empire that broke off and formed their own dynasty; Invaded and took control of Baghdad; Persian; Controlled caliphs | 2 | |
| 37421595 | Seljuk Turks | Took over the Buyids in 1055; Ruled for 2 centuries | 3 | |
| 37421596 | Crusades | The eight trips by European "crusaders" to retake their Holy Land from the Muslims; Unsuccessful in the end | 4 | |
| 37421597 | Saladin | Leader of Muslims against the Crusaders; Ruled at the time the Muslims regained all their land | 5 | |
| 37421598 | Ibn Khaldun | Arabian Historian | 6 | |
| 37421599 | Rubiyat | Book written by Omar Khayyam; Pest known Persian literature in the West | 7 | |
| 37421600 | Shah-Nama | Lengthy epic poem written by Firdawsi; Tells of the Persians from the beginning of the Islamic conquest | 8 | |
| 37421601 | Sa'di | Great poet of the time; Fused everyday messages with religious messages | 9 | |
| 37467532 | al-Razi | Chemist; Classified all material sustances into three classes: aminal, vegetable, and mineral | 10 | |
| 37467533 | al-Bruni | Calculated the specific weight of 18 major mineral in the 11th century | 11 | |
| 37467534 | Ulama | Orthodox religious group that was hostile to non-Islamic ideads and scientific thinking; Crusadedes promoted this belief | 12 | |
| 37467535 | al-Ghazali | Islamic theologian; Struggled to fuse Greek and Quranic traditions | 13 | |
| 37467536 | Sufis | Wandering mystics who sought a personal union with Allah | 14 | |
| 37487802 | Mongols | Central Asian nomadic people who raided the Turko-Persian empire in 1220; Put 37th caliph to death (the last caliph) | 15 | |
| 37487803 | Muhammad ibn Qasim | Arab general at age 17; led 10,000 men into Sind to avenge assault on Arab shipping | 16 | |
| 37487804 | Shrivijaya | Far-flung trading empire | 17 | |
| 37487805 | Arabic Numerals | Type of numbers introduced to Europeans by Arab mathematicians | 18 | |
| 37487806 | Harasha | Took control of the Indian empire after the assasination of his brother; Was at war with rival kings seeking power | 19 | |
| 37487807 | Mahmud of Ghazni | Third ruler of dynasty started by Muhammad ibn Qasim; Led a series of expeditions that led to two centuries of raids on muslims in northern India | 20 | |
| 37487808 | Muhammad of Ghur | Military commander of Persian extraction; Took control of much of North India | 21 | |
| 37487809 | Qutb-ud-din-Aibak | Lieutenant of Muhammad of Ghur | 22 | |
| 37487810 | Sati | Indian ritual where the widows are burned with their dead husbands | 23 | |
| 37487811 | Bhaktic | Devotional cult groups | 24 | |
| 37487812 | Mir Bai | Writer of religious poetry; Woman | 25 | |
| 37487813 | Kabir | Muslim weaver; Famous for his religious writings | 26 | |
| 37487814 | Malacca | Powerful trading city; Replaced Shrivijaya; Helped in the spreading of Islam | 27 | |
| 37487815 | Demak | Trading center on the north coast of Java; Most powerful trading state in Java | 28 |
