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| 61861053 | sui dynasty | The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China | |
| 61861054 | tang dynasty | dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria | |
| 61861055 | grand canal | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. (p. 277) | |
| 61861056 | annam | the name given by the Chinese to modern-day Vietnam meaning "peaceful" or pacified south. | |
| 61861057 | shinto | the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan | |
| 61861058 | celts | Peoples sharing a common language and culture that originated in Central Europe in the first half of the first millennium B.C.E.. After 500 B.C.E. they spread as far as Anatolia in the east, Spain and the British Isles in the west, onquered by Romans (90) | |
| 61861059 | justinian 1 | (483-565) Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565; he reunited the parts of the Roman Empire, simplified roman laws with Justinian's Code, and ordered Hagia Sophia built. | |
| 61861060 | justinian code | the legal code of ancient Rome | |
| 61861061 | iconoclasm | a challenge to or overturning of traditional beliefs, customs, and values, any movement against the religious use of images | |
| 61861062 | orthodoxy | the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion) | |
| 61861063 | carolingians | the family that ruled the Franks in Gaul from 751 to 987 in the Carolingian Dynasty. This began when Pepin was declared king. They lost power after the Treaty of Verdun. | |
| 61861064 | charlemagne | King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814). Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate, though started an intellectual revival. | |
| 61861065 | carolingian renaissance | period of intellectual, cultural, and economic revival occurring in the late eighth and ninth centuries, with the peak of the activities occurring during the reigns of both Charlemagne and Louis the Pious. | |
| 61861066 | Quran | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | |
| 61861067 | Mecca | City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. (p. 230) | |
| 61861068 | Ka'aba | a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine | |
| 61861069 | hajj | the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah | |
| 61861070 | jihad | a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels | |
| 61861071 | Dar al- islam | house, haven or realm of islam | |
| 61861072 | hijra | The Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, marking the founding of Islam | |
| 61861073 | sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam, A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad | |
| 61861074 | shi'a | the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad | |
| 61861075 | ali | the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites | |
| 61861076 | imam | Muslim prayer leader | |
| 61861077 | muhammed | The last prophet of Islam. |
