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12031815930IconclasmThe breaking of images; a religious controversy of the 8th centurty; Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed, to suppress icon veneration.0
12031815931TheocracyA government controlled by religious leaders1
12031815932Patriarchthe male head of a family or tribe2
12031815933Schisma formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions3
12031815934HippodromeBuilt by Justinian; A huge stadium; Held athletic events and games; Seated 60,000 people located in Constantinople. Site of Nike Revolt4
12031815935CrusadesA series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.5
12031815936RusScandinavian traders who were some of Kiev's early leaders' also the word we get Russia from6
12031815937Kievan Rusfirst civilization in russia that was greatly influenced by the byzantine7
12031815938BoyarsRussian nobles8
12031815939BedouinsNomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam.9
12031815940Dar al-Islamreligious conceptualization of the world as belonging either to Muslim or non-Muslim territory, exists within Islam10
12031815941Umayyad Dynastythe dynasty caliphs whose capital was Damascus, one of the largest empires ever11
12031815942BaghdadCapital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Ctesiphon12
12031815943Viziersa high official in some Muslim countries, especially in Turkey under Ottoman rule.13
12031815944Battle of tours(732 CE) European victory over Muslims. It halted Muslim movement into Western Europe.14

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