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5562081805AllahThe name for God in Arabic0
5562095863AstrolabeAn instrument for making astronomical measurements typically the altitudes of celestial bodies and latitude before the sextant was invented.1
5562116475CaliphConsidered to be a descendant of Muhammad, a ruler of a kingdom of Islam.2
5562132657Dar al-IslamLiterally translates to the house of Islam. Used for countries which were ruled under Muslim rule.3
5562146270Five Pillars of IslamThe framework of Muslim life; Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Sawm and Hajj.4
5562161014HadithA collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad that, with accounts of his daily practice (the Sunna) constitute the major source of guidance for Muslims apart from the Koran.5
5562181972HajjAn annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the most holy city of the Muslims.6
5562194925HaremThe separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.7
5562201071HijrahThe migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yanthrib (now Medina) in 622 CE8
5562212378JihadA war or struggle against unbelievers. The spiritual struggle within oneself against sin.9
5562226832Ka'abaA building at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, Al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.10
5562235260MamluksOriginally slave boys of the Abbasid caliphs of the Islamic Empire, non-muslim boys who were bought and brought up as slaves and later trained as soldiers in the Sunni slave army.11
5562252191MinaretA tower in Islam where the faithful are called to prayer five times each day by a muezzin or crier.12
5562261171MosqueA place of warship for followers of Islam.13
5562269719MuslimA follower of the religion of Islam.14
5562278447People of the BookJews and Christians as regarded by Muslims.15
5562280990QuranThe holy book in the religion of Islam. Believed to be a revelation from God.16
5562290280RamadanThe ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset.17
5562303790ShariahThe Islamic canonical law based on the teachings of the Quran and the traditions of the prophet describing the penalties for lawbreaking.18
5562315910Shi'iteA branch of Islam sometimes called Shia, based on people believed to be the successors of Muhammad.19
5562329121SufiA Muslim ascetic and mystic.20
5562333247SultanA Muslim sovereign.21
5562337047SunniA branch of Islam sometimes referred to as orthodox Islam.22
5562353073OrthodoxConforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved.23
5562363996UmmaThe whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.24
5562369096BakufuThe Tokugawa Shogunate, the last feudal Japanese military government from 1603 to 1867.25
5562376648BushidoThe code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.26
5562383163DaimyoOne of the lords/vassals of the shogun in feudal Japan.27
5562389171Flying MoneyThe paper currency of the Tang dynasty in China, one of the first paper currencies.28
5562396275Foot bindingSometimes called lotus feet, the process of binding feet in China so that they wouldn't grow. It was considered a sign of beauty and very painful.29
5562412821Gempei WarsA conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late-Heian period of Hapan. It resulted in the fall of the Taira clan and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1192.30
5562435344JunksAn ancient Chinese sailing ship design that is still in use today, used as early as 100 CE in the Song dynasty.31
5562450972KowtowTo kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom.32
5562467556Neo-ConfucianismA movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China aroudnm 1000 CE in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism.33
5562486082SamuraiThe military nobility and officer caste of medival and early-modern Japan.34
5562506367Scholar-gentryScholar-officials sometimes known as gentlemen, bureaucrats were civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance from the Han dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912.35
5562527549SeppukuAn honorable form of suicide for when a samurai or shogun commits a crime.36
5562532481SerfAn agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.37
5562539939ShintoA Japanese religion dating from the early eighth century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits in sacred power within inanimate things.38
5562549122ShogunA military dictator in Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868, the typically rulers of a country appointed by the Emperor.39
5562560866ShogunateA line of shoguns under a single military government.40
5562570169Tea CeremonyA way of presenting matcha tea in Japanese culture.41
5562577878TributeA sort of tax a conquered people pay the conquerors.42
5562581977ChivalryThe moral and religious code of a knight in the medieval time.43
5562591710FeudalismA dominant social system in medieval Europe where the nobility held the land from the crown in exchange for military service. Vassals were tenants of the nobles, living on the land and tending to it, giving the noble labor, goods and homage.44
5562608496FiefThe land given to a noble in exchange for military service to the crown.45
5562614719Gothic architectureAn architecture style, popular during the high and late medieval period, coming from Romanesque architecture and followed by Renaissance architecture.46
5562633861InvestitureThe action of formally investing a person with honors and/or a rank.47
5562642491Magna CartaThe charter agreed to by King John of England with the Barons.48
5562654672ManorialismAlso called the seignorialism, a social political and economic system where the peasants of medieval Europe were rendered dependent on their land and on their lord.49
5562668674MedievalReferring to the Middle Ages50
5562680367Middle AgesA time period in Europe, where there was little social structure, centralized government, followed by the renaissance period. Sometimes called the Dark Ages.51
5562692729Moldboard PlowA tool or farm implement used in farming for initial cultivation of soil.52
5562719731ParliamentThe highest legislature in the UK, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.53
5562726916VassalA holder of land of t54

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