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AP World History Period 3 - Vocabulary: Abbasid - Christendom Flashcards

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8084319498AbbasidsA member of a dynasty of caliphs (750-1258) ruling the Islamic empire especially from their capital Baghdad and claiming descent from Abbas the uncle of Muhammad0
8084340636Angkor WatA temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares. It was originally constructed as a Hindu temple of god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century.1
8084358539AstrolabeAn elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time given local latitude and vice versa, surveying, and triangulation.2
8084366822Bantu MigrationsThe name for a postulated millennia-long series of migrations of speakers of the original proto-Bantu language group.3
8084387476Bubonic Plague (Black Death)An epidemic of bubonic plague, a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that circulates among wild rodents where they live in great numbers and density.4
8084399294CahokiaA mound building society that inhabitanted North America who constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes.5
8084424232CaravanseraiAn inn with a central courtyard for travelers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa.6
8084435577Catholicism1. The doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. Adherence to the forms of Christian doctrine and practice which are generally regarded as Catholic rather than Protestant or Eastern Orthodox.7
8084456360ChinampaA type of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico8
8084485056ChristendomThe worldwide body or society of Christians.9
8084522959Key Concept 3.1Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks10
8084528712Key Concept 3.3Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences11
8092063370Key Concept 3.2Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions12

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