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11060399964Longshipsnaval vessels made and used by the Vikings used of commerce, exploration, and warfare. Long and skinny made of wood. Bow and stern had pointed tips that pointed upward.0
11060399965BerbersA member of a North African, primarily Muslim people living in settled or nomadic tribes from Morocco to Egypt1
11060399966Polynesian Migrationsmariners with canoes who migrated to Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand, Marquesas, and Easter Island2
11060399967Bantu MigrationThe movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 500 b.c. to around A.D 10003
11060399968CrusadesA series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.4
11060399969JerusalemIsrael5
11060399970IslamA religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims.6
11060399971MuhammadFounder of Islam7
11060399972Sufismystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, & simple life8
11060399973CaliphateIslamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad.9
11060399974AbbasidsAbbasids or Umayyads? Were more open and integrating of non Arab peoples, and were more open to the non-Arab masses converting to Islam.10
11060399975Al-AndalusA Muslim-ruled region in what is now Spain, established by the Berbers in the eighth century A.D.11
11060399976Ka'abaA building in the middle of a mosque12
11060399977HirjaThe northern emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib.13
11060399978Qu'ranA sacred Islamic book14
11060399979HadithA tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; next to the Quran, the most important basis for Islamic law. I'm15
11060399980Bedouinssmall groups of nomadic people in Arabia16
11060399981Black DeathA deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 135117
11060399982Harun al-RashidOne of the great Islamic rulers of the Abbasid era18

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