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| 5402570451 | Vocabulary | 0 | ||
| 5402570452 | Islam | A monotheistic religion based on the belief that there is one God, Allah, and that Muhammad was Allah's prophet. Islam is based in the ancient city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Muhammad. | 1 | |
| 5402570453 | Muslims | Followers of Islam | 2 | |
| 5402570454 | Allah | Islamic God | 3 | |
| 5402570455 | Quran | The holy book of Islam | 4 | |
| 5402570456 | Hijra | Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina | 5 | |
| 5402570457 | Ka'ba | the shrine of Mecca | 6 | |
| 5402570458 | Hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca | 7 | |
| 5402570459 | Mecca | City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. | 8 | |
| 5402570460 | Caliph | A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government | 9 | |
| 5402570461 | Abu Bakr | first caliph after death of Muhammad | 10 | |
| 5402570462 | Ali | fourth caliph of the four caliphs | 11 | |
| 5402570463 | Caliphate | Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad. | 12 | |
| 5402570464 | Umma | Muslim community | 13 | |
| 5402570465 | Dar al-Islam | an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule | 14 | |
| 5402570466 | Jihad | Holy war | 15 | |
| 5402570467 | Sufis | mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, & simple life | 16 | |
| 5402570468 | The Umayyad Dynasty | 17 | ||
| 5402570469 | Expansion | 18 | ||
| 5402570470 | Cordoba | 19 | ||
| 5402570471 | Damascus | 20 | ||
| 5402570472 | Dome of the Rock | 21 | ||
| 5402570473 | Dhimmi status | status of a non-muslim but a follower of 'the book' | 22 | |
| 5403682838 | What are the three options non-Muslims had? | A non-Muslim (but had to be part of the monotheistic faith) that lives in a Muslim state has three options: Dhimmi status, conversion, or fight against the Muslim state. | 23 | |
| 5402570474 | Sunni | A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 24 | |
| 5402570475 | Shite | people who only want Muhammad's descendants as ruler | 25 | |
| 5402570476 | The Abbasid Dynasty | 26 | ||
| 5402570477 | Gold Age | occurred in Abbasid Dynasty | 27 | |
| 5402570478 | Baghdad | Abbasid capital | 28 | |
| 5402570479 | Battle of Talus River - impact! | an Abbasid army defeated a Tang Chinese army during the Battle of Talus River, giving them control over Silk Road trading posts in central Asia. | 29 | |
| 5402570481 | Reasons for the fall | Problems with the line of succession led to civil war • The use of slave troops in their armies was unreliable - military control of the empire was compromised. • Bureaucracy became corrupt as the empire expanded - ie, tax collection. • Empire became too expensive and too difficult to defend • Quasi independent states emerged in parts of Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Iran. | 30 | |
| 5402570482 | Seljuk Turks | 31 | ||
| 5402570483 | Mongolians | 32 | ||
| 5402570484 | The Crusades | (1095-1291) A "holy war" that was issued by Pope Urban II so that they would be able to gain control of the Holy Land | 33 | |
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| 5402570486 | Pope Urban II | Leader of the Roman Catholic Church who asked European Christians to take up arms against Muslims, starting the Crusades | 35 | |
| 5402570487 | Reasons why people went on the crusades | 36 | ||
| 5402570488 | Success or failure | 37 | ||
| 5402570489 | Richard the Lion-Hearted | English king, leader of the Third Crusade, agreed to a truce with Saladin. | 38 | |
| 5402570490 | Consequences of the Crusades | 39 | ||
| 5402570491 | Reconquista | 40 | ||
| 5402570492 | Spanish Inquisition | An organization of priests in Spain that looked for and punished anyone suspected of secretly practicing their old religion instead of Roman Catholicism. | 41 | |
| 5402570493 | Status of Women | 42 | ||
| 5402570494 | The Byzantine Empire | 43 | ||
| 5402570495 | Location | 44 | ||
| 5402570496 | Religion | 45 | ||
| 5402570497 | Government | 46 | ||
| 5402570498 | Economy | 47 | ||
| 5402570499 | Justinian | Byzantine emperor who built the Hagia Sofia and implemented a new legal code | 48 | |
| 5402570500 | Justinian Code | 49 | ||
| 5402570501 | Hagia Sophia | Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. |  | 50 |
| 5402570502 | Themes | 51 | ||
| 5402570503 | Iconoclastic controversy | The dispute that rocked the Byzantine church in the 700s and 800s, called this was concerned with the use of holy images of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the saints. | 52 |
