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| 5006524668 | Seljuk Turks | Nomadic Turks from Asia who conquered Baghdad in 1055 and allowed the caliph to remain only as a religious leader; they governed strictly | 0 | |
| 5006524669 | Sultan | military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country | 1 | |
| 5006538216 | Byzantine Empire | 500 CE - 1453 CE) Eastern portion of the Roman Empire which survived beyond the collapse of the Roman Empire with its capital at Constantinople; retained Mediterranean culture, particularly Greek; later lost Palestine, Syria, and Egypt to Islam. | 2 | |
| 5006543931 | Umma | the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan significance: Provided peace along these land | 3 | |
| 5006543932 | Mosque | Place of worship for muslims | 4 | |
| 5006547974 | Abbasid Dynasty | The dynasty that came after the Umayyads, devoted their energy to trade, scholorship, and the arts significance: ushered in an era of flourishing of the dar al-Islam | 5 | |
| 5006558421 | Sufi | a mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life | 6 | |
| 5006561756 | Sassanid Empire | A persian dynasty (224-651) that greatly strengthed persian power and threatened Roman rule in western Asia | 7 | |
| 5006561757 | Heretical | a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | 8 | |
| 5006563926 | Caesaropapism | System in which the temporal ruler extends his own power to ecclesiastical and theological matters. Such emperors appointed bishops and the Eastern Patriarch, directed the development of liturgical practices, and even aided the recruitment of monks. | 9 |
