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6793439289Abu BakrPeriod 3, father in law, became the first Caliph/Caliphate ("successor"), 630's0
6793482233Caliph Harun al- RashidAbbasid Caliph, 786- 809, made universities, medicine, philosophy, banking systems, sakk= check, made trading easier, calligraphy: icons banned1
6793496682Saladin1138- 1193, Egyptian Arab, took Jerusalem, "you have three days- get out," well respected by Christians because merciful, Muslim city until post WWI2
6793516927Basil II958- 1025, eliminated the enemy of the West, the Bulgars, allowed Byzantium to focus on combatting Islam3
6793529289Sultan Mehmed IIconquered Constantinople, became an Islamic capital, kept expanding from there (Balkans>Eastern Europe>etc), fall of Byzantine4
6793671831Sultan Selim the Grim1515, Ottoman Sultan, expansion to the West and South (Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Damascus, Baghdad), added a navy5
6793676198Sultan Suleiman the Magnificentmost accomplished Ottoman Sultan, continued to expand to North Africa, Eastern Europe (Hungary, Austria- HRE during Reformation), protected people, builder (mosques, bridges, statues), jizya tax, coffee houses built (for discussion, social, added to export of coffee)6
6793684835Shah IsmailCentralized through Twelver Shiism, thought he is al-Mahdi/reincarnation of God, Ottoman Sunni offended= war, Sunni (Ottoman) vs Shiite (Safavid), Ottomans won7
6793688389Akbarheight of Mughal power, most of india under power (expanded to Southern Hindu Kingdoms area), bureaucracy, tolerance: brought Hindus into the government, jizya, worked with the Ottomans8
6793690728Aurangzebintolerant, burn Hindu temples, increased jizya Hindu tax= conflict Taj Mahal9
6793702692Muhammad Aliseparated Egypt from Ottoman (lost important Nile River) during Period 510
6793709769Selim IIIOttoman Sultan Want a modern military Conservative Janissaries rejected ("how dare you bring western ideas, we are good enough!"11
6822523352FranceWhat colonizer controlled Algeria?12
6822527431AlgeriaWhat decolonized country had NLF?13
6822530816KenyaWhat decolonized country had Mau Mau (violent group)14
6822539160LumumbaWho was the leader of the Congo, critiqued the UN (should improve infrastructure, didn't help), turned to the USSR= linked?15
6822546503MobutuWho was the dictator of the Congo, coup d'etat, (US CIA help), anti- Christian, portrayed him as a god, one- party state, lived very wealthy, people starving, ruled for 30 years?16
68225724256 Day WarWhat was the war with Arabs vs Israel, Israel won (US support), gained land, confirmed that Arabs can't win through traditional war= terrorism?17
6822573450Shah PahlaviWho was a dictator installed by US in Iran, police state SAVAK, people suffer?18
6822577892KhomeiniWho was the Iranian leader of the Iranian Revolution against Shah Pahlavi, "puppet of the west! abandoning Islam!" Black Friday Protest, whole state rebel Shah> fled, new, ruled through the imams?19
6822598562HusseinWho was the President Iraq Ba'ath Party, first act: calls out and kills traitors, tested gas on own people, war with Iran (Khomeini)?20
6822626473Dollar diplomacyHow does the US neocolonize Latin America?21
6822731804SomozasWhat right-wing family had control of Nicaragua and was supported by the US (Cold War) and given money after overthrown with the Iran-Contra Scandal?22
6822735680SandinistasWhat was the name of the liberal group in Nicaragua?23
6822748372PeronWho was the nationalist dictator of Argentina, wife is Evita, diversified the economy?24

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