8175004679 | Bedouins | Arabian Peninsula natives, who were the first peoples to convert to Islam | 0 | |
8175004680 | Kaaba | a sacred Muslim shrine in Mecca that at one point housed up to 350 deities and was also used to taxed travelers. Home of Islamic pilgrimages. | 1 | |
8175004681 | Mecca | the holiest city of Islam because it has the Kaaba very rich in commerce and trade | 2 | |
8175004682 | Islam | the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life; founder by Mohammed; preaches an egalitarian message and has the 5 pillars | 3 | |
8175004683 | Muslims | Followers of Islam | 4 | |
8175004684 | Sunnis | A branch of Islam that believed that caliphs should be elected; supported the Umayyads | 5 | |
8175004685 | Shias/Shiite | Followers of Islam who believe leaders/caliphs of Islam were descendants of Muhammad | 6 | |
8175004686 | Quran (Koran) | Holy book of Islam, orally spoken by Mohammed and wasn't written down for many years after Mohammed death | 7 | |
8175004687 | Muhammad | Founder of Islam and the last prophet of God. Founded his own city based off religion called Medina | 8 | |
8175004688 | Abbasid Caliphate | Reigned 750-1258, rulers during the Islamic Golden Age, moved capital to Baghdad. | 9 | |
8175004689 | Hajji | Pilgrimage to Mecca...all Muslims are required to go to Mecca at least one time; one of the five pillars | 10 | |
8338003319 | Umma | The term for all Muslims as a community, replaced tribal, ethnic, and racial identities; a community bound by belief. | 11 | |
8338003320 | Medina | AKA city of the prophet, where in 622 Muhammad emigrated too. Marked the beginning of new Islamic calendar. Membership based on faith which led to a rapid spread. | 12 | |
8338003321 | Sharia Law | the system of Islamic law combining religious law and civil law, based on varying degrees of interpretation of the Qu'ran | 13 | |
8338256844 | Baghdad | Capital of Abbasid Caliphate | 14 | |
8338256845 | Sufis | Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions, saw worldly success as a distraction. Gave women the most rights in Islamic society. Helped facilitate Islam to India and Anatolia | 15 | |
8338692306 | Sikhism | religion that blended Islamic and Hindu beliefs | 16 | |
8338692307 | Ottoman Turks | The invasions of the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia made many Christians believe Islam was the true religion and they converted. Took over Constantinople | 17 | |
8338847370 | Ghana, Mali, Songhai | West African kingdoms that built wealth and power through trans-Saharan trade of salt and gold, islam spread here through merchants | 18 | |
8338847371 | Timbuktu | Major Center of Islamic Religion with a large library and many schools the practiced the Quran | 19 | |
8338995813 | Byzantine Empire | Modern Day turkey/Anatolian Peninsula, parts in Greece (Eastern Europe). To the east of this is the Islamic Empire to the west is Germanic Kingdoms | 20 | |
8338995814 | Justinian | One of the 1st major rulers of the Byzantine, tides to recreate Roman Empire and reconquered some land but not all. Developed a law code | 21 | |
8338995815 | Justinians code | Law code based off Roman Laws and is the reason that Roman culture and laws survived | 22 | |
8338995816 | Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine Empire, established by Constantine. Very Christian City | 23 | |
8338995817 | Iconclasm | the deliberate destruction of religious icons and symbols. Practiced in Eastern Orthodox Christianity | 24 | |
8339240163 | Tang Dynasty | 618-907 CE, established patterns of Chinese culture that prevailed into modern times, population jumped during this dynasty, had a golden age | 25 | |
8339240164 | Song Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy, Golden age | 26 | |
8339240165 | Footbinding | Practiced during the Tang Dynasty this spread and that involved women breaking their feet to be more beautiful and bond them to inner quarters. | 27 | |
8339240166 | Tribute Systems | In theory was a way for China to get superiority and authority over neighbors, but in reality became a way for foreign groups to be recognized as equals and as a means of peacekeeping. | 28 | |
8339282615 | Xiongnu (Huns) | Nomadic people north of China who constantly raided China and eventually were recognized as equals through via the tribute system. | 29 | |
8365585359 | Pope | Head of the Roman Catholic Church | 30 | |
8365930695 | Roman Catholic Church | Centered around the pope,western | 31 | |
8365930696 | Great Schism of 1054 | The separation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church | 32 | |
8365930697 | Kiev Rus | The most significant expansion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity occurred here. Modern day Ukraine. As a result Russia adopted cryllic alphabet and Byzantium architecture. | 33 | |
8375642877 | Charelmagne | Ruler of the carolingian empire who wanted to recreate the unity of the Roman Empire | 34 | |
8375642878 | Feudalism | A system of government with reciprocal ties in which warriors would pledge to lords to give protection for food. Created constant conflict and many self sufficient vassals | 35 | |
8375642879 | Serfdom | Institution in which a peasant is attached to a feudal estate. | 36 | |
8375642880 | Crusades | A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia especially for Jerusalem. Crusades left the Byzantine Empire weak and available to be overrun by the ottoman Turks. | 37 | |
8375811895 | Caesaropapism | A political religious system in which the secular ruler is also head of the religious establishment | 38 | |
8376177869 | Vikings | one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western from the eighth through the tenth century. | 39 | |
8376345136 | Mansa Musa | Mali's most famous ruler because he took a Hajj to Mecca and brought Islam to MaLi, connecting MaLi to the rest of the world. | 40 | |
8376345137 | Berbers | Live in the Saharan Desert and trade salt to the richer west African kings and kingdoms | 41 | |
8388798380 | Marco Polo | Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China. | 42 | |
8388798381 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records | 43 | |
8388798382 | monsoon winds | Predictable winds that allowed for consistent travel across the Indian Ocean | 44 | |
8388798383 | Silk Road | Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran. Majority of goods luxury goods. Spread Buddhism and rekindled the following of it. | 45 | |
8388798384 | Indian Ocean Trade | Used monsoon winds, traded bulk goods, primarily Muslim merchants trading. | 46 | |
8388856783 | Trans-Saharan Trade | exchange of goods across the Sahara Desert, especially salt from Sahara and the Berbers. Made nomadic people have a bigger role and established new city's centered around trade. | 47 | |
8388977064 | Diasporic communities | merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas, | 48 | |
8388977065 | Black Death | an epidemic of the bubonic plague that ravaged Europe in the 1300s, killed nearly half of the world's population | 49 | |
8388977066 | Caravanserei | A place that allowed a rest stop for caravans. Supported trade, and allowed for development. | 50 | |
8388977067 | Swahili Civilization | African civilization from a blending of Bantu, Islamic, and other Indian Ocean trade elements. | 51 | |
8388977068 | Chinese Grand Canal | Built during the Sui Dynasty and helped reunify China | 52 | |
8388977069 | Chinese Buddhism | A form of Mahayana Buddhism with elements of Chinese culture | 53 | |
8388977070 | Silla Dynasty | Korean dynasty that ruled from 668 to 935, showed the selective adoption of Chinese governance and culture | 54 | |
8389001045 | Samurai | Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a dynamo in return for land and food. | 55 | |
8389030875 | Shogunate | One ruler in Japan below the emperor who has the real power | 56 | |
8389030876 | Mongols | People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history. Ruled by Ghangis Khan | 57 | |
8389051084 | Zheng He | Chinese explorer during the Ming Dynasty | 58 | |
8389051085 | Ming Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 after the collapse of the mongol led yuan Dynasty | 59 | |
8397229511 | Hanseatic Leagues | European organization that promoted trade | 60 | |
8397353600 | Chinggis Khan | Mongolian Leader that conquered a lot, started the mongols power | 61 | |
8397353601 | Khantate | Genghis Khan's kingdom | 62 |
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