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5372590475Trans-Saharan traderequires travel across the Sahara (north and south) to reach sub-Saharan Africa from the North African coast, Europe, to the Levant0
5372590476Eurasian Silk Road1
5372590477Indian Ocean Sea Lanes2
5372590478Mediterranean Sea Lanes3
5372590479caravanseraian inn with a central courtyard for travelers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa4
5372590480compassan instrument that points to magnetic north5
5372590481astrolabean instrument that measures the distance of stars, which can calculate longitude and latitude6
5372590482Creditan entry recording a sum recieved7
5372590483Checks (saqqs)8
5372590484Bills of exchangea written order to a person requiring the person to make a specified payment to the signatory or to a named payee9
5372590485Banking houses10
5372590486Monetizationconvert into or express in the form of currency11
5372590487Paper Moneymoney in the form of banknotes12
5372590488Luxury goodssilk, cotton, porcelain, spices, precious metals, gems, slaves, exotic animals13
5372590489Hanseatic Leaguea powerful economic and defensive alliance that left a great cultural and architectural heritage14
5372590490Viking longships15
5372590491Camel saddle16
5372590492Bedouinsa nomadic Arab of the desert17
5372590493Everything on ISLAM18
5372590494MuhammadFounder of Islam19
53725904955 pillars1. Shahadah - sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith. 2. Salat - performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day. 3. Zakat - paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy. 4. Sawm - fasting during the month of Ramadan. 5. Hajj - pilgrimage to Mecca.20
5372590496Sunnileaders that only needed to follow the examples and the teaching of the Prophet21
5372590497Shi'aleaders needed to be a relative of the prophet22
5372590498shariathe body of islam law23
5372590499mosquea Muslim place of worship24
5372590500jihada war or struggle between unbelievers25
5372590501caliphthe chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad26
5372590502ummathe whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion27
5372590503jizyaa per capita yearly tax placed on non-Muslim subjects by the Islamic state28
5372590504mawalinon-Arab Muslims, who converted to Islam in the lands conquered by the Arabs29
5372590505Ka'abaa small stone building in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca that contains a sacred black stone30
5372590506dhimmispecific individuals living in Muslim lands, who are granted special status and safety in Islamic law in return for paying the capital31
5372590507Sunnathe traditional portion of Muslim law based on Muhammad's words or acts32
5372590508Haditha collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad33
5372590509Ridda Warsa series of military campaigns launched by the Caliph Abu Bakr against rebel Arabian tribes34
5372590510Diasporic communitiesa scattered population whose origin lies within a smaller geographic location35
5372590511Ibn Battutaa Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler who goes on excursions36
5372590512Dar al-Islamcountries where Muslim can be practiced as the ruling sect37
5372590513Al AndalusMuslim Spain38
5372590514Printingthe production of books, newspapers, or other printed material39
5372590515Dhowsa lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts40
5372590516Bubonic plaguea plague that was transfer from infested rats41
5372590517Ulamaa body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology42
5372590518Sufismthe inner mystical dimensions of Islam43
5372590519Bhaktic cultshindu groups dedicated to gods and goddesses44
5372590520Griotsa West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician45
5372590521Hagia SophiaOnce a Christian Church, then a Islam mosque, now a Museum46
5372590522Eastern Orthodox Christianitythe second largest Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world47
5372590523patriarchthe male head of a family or tribe48
5372590524iconsa person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something49
5372590525Cyrilthe Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 44450
5372590526Methodiusbrothers with Cyril who were Byzantine Christian theologians and Christian missionaries51
5372590527Roman Catholicismof or relating to the Roman Catholic Church52
5372590528Popethe bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church53
5372590529sacramentsa religious ceremony or act of the Christian Church that is regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual divine grace54
5372590530investiturethe action of formally investing a person with honors or rank55
5372590531simonythe buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges, for example pardons or benefices56
5372590532monasticianmonkhood is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work57
5372590533Scholasticismthe system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities58
5372590534Thomas Aquinasan Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church59
5372590535Feudalismthe dominant social system in medieval Europe60
5372590536The Crusadesa medieval military expedition made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims61
5372590537Stateless societiesa society that is not governed by a state62
5372590538Waziera high official in some Muslim countries63
5372590539Reconquistaa series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims64
5372590540Rulersa person exercising government or dominion65
5372590541Sundiataa puissant prince and founder of the Mali Empire66
5372590542Mansa Musathe tenth Mansa or "emperor", of the wealthy West African Mali Empire67
5372590543Muhammad Askia (the Great)an emperor, military commander, and political reformer of the Songhai Empire in the late 15th century68
5372590544Justinian69
5372590545Vladimir Ia prince of Novgorod, grand prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus' from 980 to 101570
5372590546Yaroslav the wisea thrice grand prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kiev who united the two principalities for a time under his rule71
5372590547Clovisthe first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler72
5372590548Charles Martel73
5372590549Charlemagne74
5372590550William the Conqueror75
5372590551Greek Fire76
5372590552Tsar77
5372590553Boyars78
5372590554Holy Roman Emperor79
5372590555Magna Carta80
5372590556Parliment81
5372590557Estates GeneralThe clergy The nobles The common people82
5372590558Hundred Years War83
5372590559Byzantium84
5372590560Islamic Caliphates85
5372590561Rightly Guided86
5372590562Umayyads87
5372590563Abbasids88
5372590564Ghana89
5372590565Mali90
5372590566Songhaia state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century91
5372590567Axuma city in the northern part of Ethiopia92
5372590568Great Zimbabwe93
5372590569Yoruba peoples of Benin94
5372590570Dehli Sultanate95
5372590571The Franks96
5372590572Berbers97
5372590573Almohadsa Moroccan Berber Muslim movement founded in the 12th century98
5372590574Almiravidsa Berber imperial dynasty of Morocco, who formed an empire in the 11th century99
5372590575Pastoralistsa sheep or cattle farmer100
5372590576Seljuk Turksan Oghuz Turk Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became a Persianate society101
5372590577Mongols102
5372590578Shrivajayaa city-state based on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, which was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism103
5372590579Urbanization104
5372590580Diversification of labor105
5372590581Manorialism106
5372590582Vassals107
5372590583Serfdom108
5372590584Slavery109
5372590585ayanThe wealthy landed elite that emerged in the early decades of Abbasid rule.110
5372590586Free peasant agriculture111
5372590587Guilds112
5372590588Labor Taxes113
5372590589Juulaa Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including the Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Guinea-Bissau114
5372590590Three field system115
5372590591Gothic116
5372590592Romanesque Architecture117

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