229809985 | jinns | natural spirit in pre-Islamic Arabia | 0 | |
229809986 | Shaitans | "devil" evil/ opposing force, demon spirits (satan) | 1 | |
229809987 | Muhammad | founder of Islam | 2 | |
229809988 | Khadija | married Muhammad, her wealth allowed him to retire and travel | 3 | |
229809989 | Muhammad's Revelation | Muhammad was visited by angel Gabriel and was told he was to be God's prophet | 4 | |
229809990 | Allah | Islam God | 5 | |
229809991 | Koran | compilation of messages from Gabriel, Islam holy book | 6 | |
229809992 | Shari'a | fundamental beliefs of Islam and Islamic law contained in the Koran | 7 | |
229809993 | Five Pillars of Islam | Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage | 8 | |
229809994 | Mecca | Muhammad born here, converts it to Islam | 9 | |
229809995 | Hajj | pilgrimage to Mecca | 10 | |
229809996 | Kaaba | most sacred sight in Islam in Mecca | 11 | |
229809997 | Hijrah | Muhammad's move to Medina | 12 | |
229809998 | Medina | trading town where Muhammad is able to spread Islam | 13 | |
229809999 | Dome of the Rock | place where Muhammad is believed to have ascended to heaven in Jerusalem, important sight for Jews, Christians, and Muslims | 14 | |
229810000 | Mosque | Muslim place of worship | 15 | |
229810001 | Rightly Guided Caliphs | first 4 caliphs after Muhammad, ruled by Muhammad's example | 16 | |
229810002 | Fatimah | Muhammad's daughter | 17 | |
229810003 | Jihad | "holy war" a strategy where Islam can be defended | 18 | |
229810004 | Ummayads | expanded Islam rapidly using force | 19 | |
229810005 | Shiites (Shi'a) | believe in order to be a Muslim priest, one must be a direct relative of Muhammad | 20 | |
229810006 | Sunnis (Sunnites) | lat any Muslim become priest | 21 | |
229810007 | Two main branches of Islam | Shiites and Sunnis | 22 | |
229810008 | Ummayad Caliphate | had a large empire and are one of the major factors for the spread of Islam | 23 | |
229810009 | Mu'awiyah | Muslims split and followed Mu'awiyah after Ali's death | 24 | |
229810010 | Husayn | Ali's son, half of the Muslims followed Husayn after Ali's death | 25 | |
229810011 | Abassid Caliphate | spread Islam through religious tolerance and diversity | 26 | |
229873420 | Great Schism | split of Catholicism and Orthodoxy | 27 | |
229873421 | Nika Revolts | revolts against Byzantine empire | 28 | |
229873422 | Hagia Sophia | means "holy wisdom", church in Constantinople, now a mosque | 29 | |
229873423 | Treaty of Verdun | divided Charlamagne's empire into kingdoms by his grandsons | 30 | |
229873424 | Clovis | leader of Franks, first leader to bring Christianity into Western Europe | 31 | |
229873425 | Charles Martel | leader at Battle of Tours | 32 | |
229873426 | Battle of Tours | battle to stop Umayyads and Islam from getting into Europe | 33 | |
229873427 | Pepin the Short | father of Charlemagne | 34 | |
229873428 | Charlemagne | unifies Europe under Christianity | 35 | |
229873429 | feudalism or manorialism | established to create order in Europe, ordered society around land holding in exchange for service or labor | 36 | |
229873430 | fief | the piece of land received by a lord | 37 | |
229873431 | manor | fief that was transformed into a farming community | 38 | |
229873432 | tithe | money collected by bishops for the church, 10% | 39 | |
229873433 | serfs | servants "bound to the land" | 40 | |
229873434 | three field crop rotation | keeps nutrients from becoming depleted in the soil, stimulated agriculture | 41 | |
229873435 | Hanseatic League (Hansa) | considered first of great trade organizations, promoted trade in northern Europe for 500 years | 42 | |
229873436 | bourgeois | middle class developed during feudalism, ended up being the most resented and rebelled against class | 43 | |
229873437 | Celts | first people to live in England, taken over by Angles, Saxons, and Jutes | 44 | |
229873438 | Angles, Saxons, and Jutes | took over England from Celts, established England as Europe's first nation-state | 45 | |
229873439 | William I | England's first great king, took control of English towns and became powerful unifier, restored order | 46 | |
229873440 | Bayeaux Tapestry | depicts William I conquering England | 47 | |
229873441 | King John | singed Magna Carta | 48 | |
229873442 | Magna Carta | first European rights document, shifter power from king to nobles | 49 | |
229873443 | Capetian Dynasty | restored order in France under group of Monarchs | 50 | |
229873444 | Heresy | going against church teachings | 51 | |
229873445 | indulgence tax | money paid to the church if you were accused of being a heretic | 52 | |
229873446 | excommunication | process by which you were banished from the church | 53 | |
229873447 | inquisition board | board of church officials who judged heresy | 54 | |
229873448 | papacy | upper level leadership of the Catholic church | 55 | |
229873449 | Eric the RED | found Greenland and Iceland | 56 | |
229873450 | Leif Ericson | Eric the Red's son, first known European to discover and settle North America | 57 | |
229873451 | Rurik | explored Russia and established trading cities in order to link Baltic to Black Sea | 58 | |
229873452 | Kievan Russia | first Russian state in Kiev | 59 | |
229873453 | Vladimir | made Kievan Russia into a complex society by creating a powerful central government and created Orthodoxy as a unified religion | 60 | |
229873454 | Novgorod | important trade city in Hansiatic League, important trade link between Silk Road and Hansiatic League | 61 | |
229873455 | Holy Land | now Israel, sacred to Jews, Muslims, and Christians | 62 | |
229873456 | Crusader States | established during 1st Crusade in Holy Land | 63 | |
229873457 | Crusade of Kings | Third Crusade, led by 3 kings | 64 | |
229873458 | Saladin | signed Treaty of 1192 to let Christians have free passage into Holy Land | 65 | |
229873459 | Kings that led 3rd Crusade | Philip Augustus, Frederick Barbarossa, Richard I | 66 | |
229873460 | Philip Augustus | King of France | 67 | |
229873461 | Frederick Barbarossa | King of Holy Roman Empire | 68 | |
229873462 | Richard I | King of England | 69 | |
229873463 | Children's Crusade | thousands of children marched to Mediterranean and were captured for slave trade | 70 | |
229873464 | Black Plague | disease epidemic that killed almost 75 million people in Europe, ran along trade routes, height during 1347-1351 | 71 |
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