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| 14673351209 | Islam | A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims. | 0 | |
| 14673351210 | Abbasid Caliphate | (750-1258 CE) The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering. Had a bureaucracy that any Muslim could be a part of. | 1 | |
| 14673351211 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half. | 2 | |
| 14673351212 | Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine Empire | 3 | |
| 14673351213 | Silk Road | Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture. | 4 | |
| 14673351214 | Justinian Code | The body of Roman law collected by order of the Byzantine emperor, Justinian around A.D. 534. | 5 | |
| 14673351215 | Black Death | A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 | 6 | |
| 14673351216 | Basil the CopperHand | Peasant rebellion that took place in the Byzantine empire around 14th century, led to the downfall of the empire | 7 | |
| 14673351217 | Hagia Sophia | the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian | 8 | |
| 14673351218 | Patriarch of Constantinople | the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church; like the Pope | 9 | |
| 14673351219 | Muhammad | the Arab prophet who left the city of Mecca to meditate in the dessert, founded Islam (570-632) | 10 | |
| 14673351220 | Ummah | The collective community of Islamic peoples, which is thought to transcend ethnic and political boundaries; Muslim community of believers | 11 | |
| 14673351221 | First Four Caliphs | To rule after Muhammad's death were elected by the Muslim community and were known as the "rightly chose" caliphs | 12 | |
| 14673351222 | Umayyad Caliphate | (661-750 CE) The Islamic caliphate that established a capital at Damascus, conquered North Africa, the Iberian Pennisula, Southwest Asia, and Persia, and had a bureaucracy with only Arab Muslims able to be a part of it. | 13 | |
| 14673351223 | Caliphs | rulers that could adjust political and religious law (Arabs) | 14 | |
| 14673351224 | Sultanates | rulers that could adjust political law and enforce religious laws (Non-arabs such as turks) | 15 | |
| 14673351225 | Baghadad | The Abbasids imperial city and commercial center | 16 | |
| 14673351226 | Mamluks | Under the Islamic system of military slavery, Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate of the ninth and tenth centuries. Mamluks eventually founded their own state, ruling Egypt and Syria (1250-1517) | 17 | |
| 14673351227 | Dhimmis | Second class citizens; A term meaning "protected peoples"; they included Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians | 18 | |
| 14673351228 | Jizya | Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within a Muslim empire | 19 | |
| 14673351229 | Sunni | Believed leadership of the ummah should be granted to chosen caliphs | 20 | |
| 14673351230 | Shia | Believed that Muhammad's brother in law should be in leadership | 21 |
