Katelyn Turner
Mr. Grier
7th period
264454745 | Cultural Diffusion | when a cultural item spreads from group to group or society to society | 1 | |
264454746 | The Silk Road | a long road used for traders to trade silk and other goods | 2 | |
264454747 | stirrup | support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go | 3 | |
264454748 | Indian Ocean Maritime System | when inhabitants of the Indus Valley initiated maritime trading contact with Mesopotamia. | 4 | |
264454749 | Cosmopolitan City | common to cities all over the world; sophisticated and worldly | 5 | |
264454750 | Bantu Groups | DRC ethnic | 6 | |
264454751 | Muhammad | the prophet who founded Islam | 7 | |
264454752 | Mecca | The holy land where Muhammad fled from | 8 | |
264454753 | Hijra | When Muhammad fled from Mecca to Media | 9 | |
264454754 | Quran | the holy book of Islam | 10 | |
264454755 | 5 Pillars of Islam | belief in Allah, prayer 5 times a day, fasting during Rammalan, charity, pilgrimage to Mecca | 11 | |
264454756 | Umma | the Muslim community or people | 12 | |
264454757 | Caliphate | the era of Islam's ascendaancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century | 13 | |
264454758 | Sunni/ Shi'ite Split | they believed in different ways | 14 | |
264454759 | Umayyad | the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus | 15 | |
264454760 | 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. | 16 | |
264454761 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic Turks from Asia who conquered Baghdad in 1055 and allowed the caliph to remain only as a religious leader. | 17 | |
264454762 | Hadith | the text of Muhammad | 18 | |
264454763 | The Byzantine Empire | A code known as the Justinian Code | 19 | |
264454764 | Justinian | Emperor of Byzantine | 20 | |
264454765 | Theadora | empress of the Byzantine Empire Justinian, convinced him to stay ruler. | 21 | |
264454766 | Hagia Sophia | Orthodox church built in Constantinople | 22 | |
264454767 | Medieval Europe | the longest major era in European history | 23 | |
264454768 | Charlemagne | Holy Roman Emperor | 24 | |
264454769 | Holy Roman Empire | the lands ruled by Charlemagne | 25 | |
264454770 | Feudalism | the social system that was made in Europe | 26 | |
264454771 | Manor | How things were done | 27 | |
264454772 | Vikings | Exploring naval technologies | 28 | |
264454773 | the Great Schism | divided the State church of the Roman Empire into Eastern | 29 | |
264454774 | Orthodox Christianity | separate branch of Christianity practiced in the Byzantine Empire | 30 | |
264454775 | Roman Catholicism | the beliefs of the Catholic Church in Rome | 31 | |
264454776 | The Pope | Who headed the church in Rome | 32 | |
264454777 | Investiture Controversy | Struggle between who got to chose the priest | 33 | |
264454778 | monasticism | living the life of a monk | 34 | |
264454779 | Kievan Russia | State established at Kiev in Ukraine | 35 | |
264454780 | Vladimir 1 | Converted to Greek Orthodox for trade | 36 | |
264454781 | Pope urban 11 | 1st pope to issue a crusade | 37 | |
264454782 | Saladin | muslim general | 38 | |
264454783 | Tang Empire | a dynasty that was characterized by such strength and brilliance | 39 | |
264454784 | Grand Canal | A waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China | 40 | |
264454785 | Song Empire | Empire in southern China that Distinguished for its advances in technology, medicine, astronomy, and math | 41 | |
264454786 | Junk | any Chinese boats used for trade | 42 | |
264454787 | Gunpowder | The formula, brought to China, was first used to make things to keep away evil spirits. In later centuries it was used to make explosives | 43 |