Chapter 7: Abbasid decline and the spread of Islamic Civilization to the South and Southeast Asia
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| 243480139 | al-Mahdi | 3rd Abbasid caliph; didn't reconcile Shi'a moderates or resolve succession problem | 0 | |
| 243480140 | Harun al-Rashid | Most famous Abbasid caliph; known for wealth (ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS) | 1 | |
| 243480141 | Buyids | Persian invaders in 10th century; captured Baghdad | 2 | |
| 243480142 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic invaders from central asia, Ruled from the 11th century | 3 | |
| 243480143 | Crusades | Invasions by western Christians into Muslim lands, esp Palestine, captured Jerusalem | 4 | |
| 243480144 | Saladin | 12th century Muslim ruler, reconquered the crusader kingdom | 5 | |
| 243480145 | Sa'di | Great poet of the Abbasid era | 6 | |
| 243480146 | al-Razi | Classified matter as animal, vergetable, and mineral | 7 | |
| 243480147 | al-Biruni | 11th century scientist, calculated the weight of minerals | 8 | |
| 243480148 | Ulama | Islamic religious scholars; conserative and restrictive; opposed to non-Islam stuff | 9 | |
| 243480149 | Sufis | Islamic mystics, spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions | 10 | |
| 243480150 | Mongols | Central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258; killed last Abbasid caliph | 11 | |
| 243480151 | Muhammad ibn Qasim | Arab general who conquered Sind and made it part of Umayyad Empire | 12 | |
| 243480152 | Arabic Numerals | Indian numerical notation brought to the west by arabs | 13 | |
| 243480153 | Mahmud of Ghazni | 3rd ruler of dynasty in Afghanistan; invaded north India in 11th century | 14 | |
| 243480154 | Muhammad of Ghur | Persian ruler of small kingdom in Afghanistan; invaded and conquered much of north India | 15 | |
| 243480155 | Mira Bai | Low-caste woman and poet/songrwirte in bhaktic cults | 16 | |
| 243480156 | Bhaktic Cults | Hindu religious groups; stressed importance of strong emotional bonds between people and gods, esp Shiva, Vishnu, and Kali | 17 | |
| 243480157 | Kabir | 15th century Muslim mystic who played down differences between Islam and Hinduism | 18 | |
| 243480158 | Sultan | "victorious"; came to describe Muslim rulers | 19 | |
| 243480159 | Holy Land | Present day Israel; includes Jerusalem (holy city of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) | 20 | |
| 243480160 | Chinggis Khan | born in 1170s after Kabul Khan; elected in 1206, conquered northern kingdoms of China and western territories of Abbasid; died in 1227 (before conquest of Islamic world) | 21 | |
| 243480161 | Hulegu | 1217-1265, ruled Ilkhan Khanate, grandson of Chinggis Khan, captured and destoryed Baghdad in 1257 | 22 | |
| 243480162 | Mamluks | Turkic slave-warriors who ruled Egypt and defeated Mongols | 23 | |
| 243480163 | Rajas | Hindu kings | 24 |
