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| 3144572306 | what is a bedouin society? | people who live at the edge of a desert, they are nomadic and lived herding camels and goats | 0 | |
| 3144572307 | why was there a state of constant warfare in Bedouin society? | because a member of a rival clan led his animals to a restricted well/pasture and the actions of a clan member usually called the clan into battle | 1 | |
| 3144572308 | what is a religious significance of Mecca prior to Muhammad? | it was a mix between animism and polytheism | 2 | |
| 3144572309 | why was Islam influenced by Judaism and Christianity? | region, common view of Abraham as prophet, monotheism, cultural ties in the region | 3 | |
| 3144572310 | why did the leaders of Mecca fear Muhammad's teachings? | they saw Islam as a threat to Mecca's status as a pilgrimage, destination for those who came to worship the Myriad of Gods and spirits with the Ka'ba | 4 | |
| 3144572311 | what is the significance of the Hijrah? | Muhammad and his new followers (muslims) made a journey and it marked peace and strength for Islam, and the founding date of the new religion | 5 | |
| 3144572312 | what is the term for the Muslim community? | Umma | 6 | |
| 3144572313 | how does the Qur'an shape the lives of Muslims? | it is their holy book and what they live by | 7 | |
| 3144572314 | how does the Hadith shape the lives of Muslims? | collection of stories of Muhammad's sayings which helped give them a reference | 8 | |
| 3144572315 | what is the Shar'ia Law? | a law system | 9 | |
| 3144572316 | what are the 5 pillars of Islam? | faith, prayer, fasting, alms, hajj | 10 | |
| 3144572317 | what is a caliph? | a political and religious successor to Muhammad | 11 | |
| 3144572318 | what are some reasons for the rapid expansion and conquest by the Arab Muslims? | no political powers to stop them, weakness of empires, religious fervor | 12 | |
| 3144572319 | what is the Sunni- Shi'ite split? | Shi'ite's believed calips had to be a member of Muhammad's family. Sunni believed any good muslim could rule | 13 | |
| 3144572320 | what are some political and social changes of Islam under the Umayyad dynasty? | tried to heal split and it never worked, social inequality, Shi'ite's did not have right to rule, bureaucracy | 14 | |
| 3144572321 | what was a key reason for the fall of the Umayyads? | exclusion of non-arab subjects | 15 | |
| 3144572322 | why was Mecca an important city prior to Islam? | because it was a religious center, with shrines Ka'ba and it was also a market palce | 16 | |
| 3144572323 | Islam eventually spread to which 3 countries? | Africa, Asia, Europe | 17 | |
| 3144572324 | which two empires did Islamic expansion conflict with? | Spain (the franks) and Byzantine | 18 | |
| 3144572325 | what was the nomadic/tribal leader called of the Bedouin society called? | Sheikh | 19 | |
| 3144572326 | what did small scale trade and AG develop around? | oases | 20 | |
| 3144572327 | what was the original name of Mecca? | yatrhib | 21 | |
| 3144572328 | who was the first muslim? | khadijah | 22 | |
| 3144572329 | what were 4 motives for arab conquest? | islamic unity, bedouin heritage, wealth, misconceptions | 23 | |
| 3144572330 | where did the Umayyad caliphate move the Islamic capital to? | Damascus | 24 | |
| 3144572331 | what was the name for people of the book? | Dhimmi | 25 | |
| 3144572332 | what were non-arab converts called? | Mawali | 26 | |
| 3144572333 | the Rashidun caliphate established what? | islamic caldendar | 27 | |
| 3144572334 | where did Abbasid caliphate move the islamic capital to? | baghdad | 28 | |
| 3144572335 | what is a Wazir? | chief administrator/head of caliph's inner circle | 29 | |
| 3144572336 | what caliphate built huge bureaucracy to govern the empire? | abbasid | 30 | |
| 3144572337 | under what caliphate was islam's golden age? | abbasids | 31 | |
| 3144572338 | what was special about the abbasid dynasty? | tolerance toward non arabs | 32 | |
| 3144572339 | what was the center of islamic Golden age and major trade city? | baghdad | 33 | |
| 3144572340 | where did islamic merchants settle in in swahili? | coastal villages | 34 | |
| 3144572341 | what did the swahili states trade and for what? | traded raw materials for Indian, Islamic, and Chinese luxuries | 35 | |
| 3144572342 | what did Zimbabwe build? | massive stone enclosures | 36 | |
| 3144572343 | what did Zimababwe supply and for who? | gold and swahili coast | 37 | |
| 3144572344 | why did Zimbabwe decline? | internal divisions | 38 | |
| 3144572345 | what did camels do? | they replaced horses and donkeys as transport animals | 39 | |
| 3144572346 | what was traded on the Trans-saharan trade routes? | gold, salt, and ivory flourishes | 40 | |
| 3144572347 | what did trans-saharan trade lead to? | the rise of the kingdoms in the sudan | 41 | |
| 3144572348 | what was the political structure of sudan? | patriarch or council of elders | 42 | |
| 3144572349 | what was sudan based upon? | ethnic core | 43 | |
| 3144572350 | what were rulers considered in sudan? | sacred | 44 | |
| 3144572351 | what did islam reinforce in sudan? | kingship | 45 | |
| 3144572352 | what did Ghana use to control trans-sahran trade routes? | territorial expansion | 46 | |
| 3144572353 | what did trade lead to? | urbanization | 47 | |
| 3144572354 | what weakened ghana? | nomadic raids form the sahara | 48 | |
| 3144572355 | what is sundiata? | the lion prince | 49 | |
| 3144572356 | what was the base of Mali society? | AG with gold trade | 50 | |
| 3144572357 | what were most people in mali society? | rural farmer, small farms owned by families | 51 | |
| 3144572358 | what controlled mali trade? and what was it called? | the merchant class, called the juula | 52 | |
| 3144572359 | when did slave trade become common in mali? | after the islamic conquest | 53 | |
| 3144572360 | how was society organized in mali? | according to clans | 54 | |
| 3144572361 | what were many societies in mali? | matrilineal | 55 | |
| 3144572362 | what was common in mali? | polygamy | 56 | |
| 3144572363 | what are griots? | oral historian in mali | 57 | |
| 3144572364 | why was Dejenne famous? | for the largest adobe building in the world, called the great mosque | 58 | |
| 3144572365 | why was timbuktu famous? | for its library and university | 59 | |
| 3144572366 | who founded songhai founded by? | sunni ali and expaned by Askia muhammad the great | 60 | |
| 3144572367 | who conquered the songhai empire? | moroccans with muskets in 1591 | 61 | |
| 3144572368 | what was the kingdom of Benin? | city-state established by Edo peoples | 62 | |
| 3144572369 | what was Benin know for? | its bronze and ivory sculptures | 63 | |
| 3144572370 | what language was impressed by Benin? | portuguese | 64 | |
| 3144572371 | who invaded Indian subcontinent at the beginning of the 11th century? | afghan warlords | 65 | |
| 3144572372 | what does islam start conquering? | hindu kingdoms | 66 | |
| 3144572373 | what is the islamic state in india called? | delhi sultanate | 67 | |
| 3144572374 | what is the capital of the islamic india? | delhi | 68 | |
| 3144572375 | what time span did islam rule inda? | 1206-1526 | 69 | |
| 3144572376 | why did many people convert to islam? | it meant not having to pay the head tax imposed on the nonbelievers | 70 | |
| 3144572377 | despite influence what did many indians stay true to? | hinduism | 71 | |
| 3144572378 | what other religion did islam have tension with? | hinduism | 72 | |
| 3144572379 | why was persia's conversion easier? | ideas were closer to christianty | 73 | |
| 3144572380 | what influenced islamic states? | persian traditions | 74 | |
| 3144572381 | shi'a based persian art was.... | colorful geometric desgns | 75 | |
| 3144572382 | what type of communities settled in SE asia? | diasporic | 76 | |
| 3144572383 | how did islam enter SE asia? and what did it become? | merchants, and became crossroads for trade between India,China, and arab pen. | 77 | |
| 3144572384 | what empire developed in SE asia? | Srivijaya | 78 | |
| 3144572385 | what did Mansa Musa do? | pilgrimage to mecca | 79 | |
| 3144572386 | who is Ibn Battuta? | muslim traveler who narrated experiences | 80 | |
| 3144572387 | what is the european term for muslims? | moors | 81 | |
| 3144572388 | what was the european cultural and economic center? | cordoba | 82 | |
| 3144572389 | what is another name for Al-Andalus? | Moorish Iberia | 83 | |
| 3144572390 | what did islamic merchants trade with India and SE asia? | spices | 84 |
