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| 12694272 | bedoin society/culture | nomadic, strong clan/family loyalty and dependence, feudal, women = in society | 0 | |
| 12694273 | leadership of tribes/clans | shaykhs-men with large herds, many wives, children, retainers; clan councils | 1 | |
| 12694274 | importance of Mecca | founded by Umayyads, important for trade | 2 | |
| 12694275 | Ka'ba | in Mecca, one of most revered shrines | 3 | |
| 12694276 | 5 pillars and technical terms | zakat; No God but Allah, Muhammad is his Prophet; pray facing Mecca 5 times a day; fast during Ramadan; hajj | 4 | |
| 12694277 | Umma | community of the faithful | 5 | |
| 12694278 | Abu Bakr | second caliph | 6 | |
| 12694279 | Ridda | wars following Muhammad's death | 7 | |
| 12694280 | jihad | holy wars to spread faith | 8 | |
| 12694281 | hajj | pilgrimage to Mecca | 9 | |
| 12694282 | Uthman | third caliph-his murder sparked Sunni/Shi'a split | 10 | |
| 12694283 | Sunni | Umayyad supporters | 11 | |
| 12694284 | Shi'a | Ali supporters | 12 | |
| 12694285 | Karbala | Ali's second son is killed here | 13 | |
| 12694286 | wazir | chief administrator, head of caliph's inner councils | 14 | |
| 12694287 | gender roles | during Muhammad's life-good; after-bad | 15 | |
| 12694288 | importance of Medina | birthplace of Muhammad (?), trading center | 16 | |
| 12694289 | Al-Mahdi | third Abbasid caliph, tried to mediate with Shi'a, led to Abbasid downfall | 17 | |
| 12694290 | Harun al-Rashid | fourth Abbasid caliph, luxurious lifestyle, death led to civil wars over succession | 18 | |
| 12694291 | Buyids | invaded, captured Baghdad; kept Abbasids as figurehead; ruled under sultan | 19 | |
| 12694292 | Seljuk Turks | staunch Sunnis, ruled in name of Abbasid caliphs | 20 | |
| 12694293 | Saladin | reconquered most of Crusade outposts, united Islam | 21 | |
| 12694294 | Ibn Khaldun | historian, author of Muqaddimah (history of Islam) | 22 | |
| 12694295 | Rubaiyat | poem by Omar Kayam-seeks to find meaning in life, path to divine | 23 | |
| 12694296 | Shah-Nama | book that relates history of Persia from creation to Islamic conquests | 24 | |
| 12694297 | Ulama | conservative, Orthodox Islamic scholars | 25 | |
| 12694298 | Sufis | Islamic mystics, sought personal union with Allah | 26 | |
| 12694299 | Mongols | killed last Abbasid caliph | 27 | |
| 12694300 | Muhammad ibn Qasim | expanded Umayyad empire | 28 | |
| 12694301 | Bhaktic cults | Hindu groups dedicated to gods, goddesses | 29 | |
| 12694302 | Shrivijay | trading empire resisted Islam, fall allowed Asia to be opened to Islam | 30 | |
| 12694303 | Malacca | portuguese trade town | 31 | |
| 12694304 | Demak | most important trading center on north coast of Java, converted to Islam | 32 | |
| 12694305 | causes of Abbasid decline | luxurious lifestyle of caliphs, Mongol and Turk invasions | 33 | |
| 12694306 | position of women in Abbasid empire | low | 34 | |
| 12694307 | theological developments of Islam in Abbasid empire | vibrant mystics, suspicious of sciences | 35 | |
| 12694308 | Were Muslims successful in converting Indians to Islam? | caused conflict, effected caste system, cultural fusion | 36 | |
| 12694309 | effects of Islam's arrival in India | eventually Pakistan-Islam, India-Hinduism | 37 | |
| 12694310 | effect of Crusades | little threat to Muslims | 38 | |
| 12694311 | Mali (and other kingdoms) | promoted Islam | 39 | |
| 12694312 | Sudanic states | territorial core, patriarchal leaders considered sacred | 40 | |
| 12694313 | Great Zimbabwe | associated with bird of God, building | 41 | |
| 12694314 | Sahel | extensive grassland belt on edge of Sahara, trading point | 42 | |
| 12694315 | Amoravids | puritanical reformists, sought to convert Africans, Spaniards | 43 | |
| 12694316 | Mansa | emperor | 44 | |
| 12694317 | Lalibela | king built churches out of rock | 45 | |
| 12694318 | Juula | merchants who traded throughout much of west Africa | 46 | |
| 12694319 | Sundiata | outlined govt. of Mali | 47 | |
| 12694320 | Griots | professional oral historians | 48 | |
| 12694321 | Timbuktu | port city | 49 | |
| 12694322 | Songhay | made up of farmers, herders, fishers | 50 | |
| 12694323 | Hausa states | ruled by urbanized royal courts | 51 | |
| 12694324 | Zanj | east African coast | 52 | |
| 12694325 | Ibn Batuta | Arab traveler | 53 | |
| 12694326 | Nok | used agriculture, iron tools | 54 | |
| 12694327 | Yoruba | supported by peasantry, dominated by aristocracy | 55 | |
| 12694328 | Ile-Ife | Yoruban state | 56 | |
| 12694329 | Benin | city-state that specializedin in ivory, bronze | 57 | |
| 12694330 | Kongo Kingdom | Confederation of smaller states | 58 |
