Chapter 9 AP World History Flashcards
14955786438 | Quran | The scared scriptures of Islam containing the revelations of Muhammad | 0 | |
14955786439 | umma | The just and moral society of Islam; the community of all believers replacing ethnic, tribal, and racial identities | 1 | |
14955786440 | Pillars of Isla | The 5 pillars of Islam is the core message of the Quran and it states 5 requirements for Muslims. | 2 | |
14955786441 | Hijra | The emigration to Yathrib, also meaning "the journey" in English | 3 | |
14955786442 | Sharia | A law that regulated every aspect of life. The sharia (literally, "a path to water," which is the source of life) evolved over the several centuries following the birth of this new religion and found expression in a number of separate schools of Islamic legal practice. | 4 | |
14955789334 | jizya | A special tax that was theoretically a substitute for military service, supposedly forbidden to non-Muslims. | 5 | |
14955791632 | Umayyad caliphate | The ruling family of the first dynasty following the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs | 6 | |
14955794709 | Abbasid caliphate | After controversy during Umayyad rule, they were overthrown in 750 and up rose this new Arab dynasty- the Abbasids. | 7 | |
14955796908 | ulama | The "international elite" of religious scholars that developed the body of Islamic law primarily in the eighth and ninth centuries. | 8 | |
14955798594 | Sufism | The system of the Sufis. The Sufis were teachers who gained a hearing for the Islamic faith through their devotional teachings, modest ways of living, and reputation for supernatural powers. | 9 | |
14955802958 | Sikhism | A religious tradition founded by Guru Nanak in India that blended elements of Islam (one universald God) with Hindu concepts (karma and rebirth) | 10 | |
14955805823 | Ibn Battuta | Muslim scholar and explorer who was known for his travelling and excursions called the Rihla (journey within Moracco, typically to meet with other pilgrims before travelling beyond the local areas). | 11 | |
14955807818 | Timbuktu | One of the several West African cities that became a major center of Islamic religious and intellectual life by the sixteenth century, attracting scholars from throughout the Muslim world. | 12 | |
14955810680 | al-Andalus | a.k.a. Muslim Spain. It was a Muslim kingdom that occupied a lot of the Iberian Peninsula until the collapse of the Umayyad dynasty. | 13 | |
14955812866 | Mansa Musa | The ruler of the Kingdom of Mali, a kingdom that stretched over 1000 miles from the Atlantic coast to Timbuktu. | 14 | |
14955815677 | madrassas | Colleges which offered more advanced instructions in the Quran and the sayings of Mohammad, grammar, rhetoric, philosophy, law medicine, mathematics, and theology. | 15 | |
14955818788 | House of Wisdom | An academic center in Baghdad created by Abbasid caliph al-Mamun, a poet and scholar, in 830. | 16 | |
14955824861 | Ibn Sina | A prolific writer in almost all fields of science and philosophy | 17 | |
14955826952 | Mullah Nasruddin | An imaginary folk character within the world of islam, especially among the sufis. He also has a skeptical attitude towards vanity and ego. | 18 | |
14955830745 | al-Ghazali | Al-Ghazali was one of the most prominent philosophers, theologians, jurists, and mystics of Sunni Islam. | 19 |
AP Language Summer vocabulary Flashcards
14562560877 | aberration | deviation | 0 | |
14562561737 | aesthetic | creative | 1 | |
14562562807 | ambiguous | cryptic | 2 | |
14562565630 | ambivalent | contradictory | 3 | |
14562573862 | arbitrary | erratic | 4 | |
14562575648 | Archiac | ancient | 5 | |
14562576311 | articulate | fluent | 6 | |
14562576312 | artifice | gimmick | 7 | |
14562578052 | ascertain | confirm | 8 | |
14562584731 | ascribe | attribute | 9 | |
14562585590 | astute | insightful | 10 | |
14562586236 | authoritative | dependable | 11 | |
14562588359 | berate | scold | 12 | |
14562589048 | bleak | grim | 13 | |
14562591142 | bourgeois | materialistic | 14 | |
14562592969 | bureaucratic | constitutional | 15 | |
14562596856 | candor | frankness | 16 | |
14562597482 | certitude | certainty | 17 | |
14562599289 | charismatic | appealing | 18 | |
14562600065 | chastise | punish | 19 | |
14562601287 | circumspect | careful | 20 | |
14562601997 | colloquial | conversational | 21 | |
14562602436 | compunction | pity | 22 | |
14562603427 | conciliatory | calm | 23 | |
14562604520 | condemn | punish | 24 | |
14562605228 | condescending | patronizing | 25 | |
14562605908 | conditional | restrictive | 26 | |
14562607184 | condone | excuse | 27 | |
14562613343 | conjecture | assume | 28 | |
14562614004 | contemporary | modern | 29 | |
14562614798 | contempt | defiance | 30 | |
14562615569 | contentious | combative | 31 | |
14562616092 | contingent | unforeseen | 32 | |
14562622772 | contrived | false | 33 | |
14562626311 | convoluted | puzzling | 34 | |
14562627056 | cultivate | develop | 35 | |
14562627057 | daunting | baffle | 36 | |
14562627618 | decisive | critical | 37 | |
14562629783 | declamatory | bombastic | 38 | |
14562630657 | declaration | acknowledgment | 39 | |
14562630658 | decry | condemn | 40 | |
14562634904 | deferential | courteous | 41 | |
14562635857 | definitive | conclusive | 42 | |
14562637257 | detached | separate | 43 | |
14562639175 | diabolical | cruel | 44 | |
14562641333 | didactic | academic | 45 | |
14562644620 | digression | detour | 46 | |
14562646418 | discursive | digressive | 47 | |
14562648531 | disillusion | disappoint | 48 | |
14562650020 | disparage | belittle | 49 | |
14562651781 | disparate | contrasting | 50 | |
14562652427 | dispassionate | detached | 51 | |
14562653117 | disseminate | disperse | 52 | |
14562653487 | dogmatic | arrogant | 53 | |
14562653488 | dynamic | compelling | 54 | |
14562655281 | earnest | diligent | 55 | |
14562656010 | effusive | demonstrative | 56 | |
14562657420 | elicit | evoke | 57 | |
14562659002 | eloquence | fluency | 58 | |
14562659659 | embittered | irritated | 59 | |
14562660067 | emphatic | definite | 60 | |
14562662161 | empirical | experimental | 61 | |
14562665872 | encapsulate | summarize | 62 | |
14562669426 | endeavor | strive | 63 | |
14562672098 | engenders | arouse | 64 | |
14562673475 | enigmatic | cryptic | 65 | |
14562674768 | enunciate | articulate | 66 | |
14562677140 | ephemeral | fleeting | 67 | |
14562678821 | equanimity | calmness | 68 | |
14562680647 | equivocal | ambiguous | 69 | |
14562681265 | eradication | destruction | 70 | |
14562683364 | erudite | knowledgeable | 71 | |
14562684802 | etiquette | courtesy | 72 | |
14562685969 | Euphemism | delicacy | 73 | |
14562686710 | exhort | advise | 74 | |
14562694747 | exalt | glorify | 75 | |
14562695563 | fastidious | finicky | 76 | |
14562700244 | fervent | earnest | 77 | |
14562704166 | fleeting | transitory | 78 | |
14562704592 | folly | foolishness | 79 | |
14562705310 | futility | emptiness | 80 | |
14562705311 | genial | cheerful | 81 | |
14562708723 | heedless | reckless | 82 | |
14562709832 | Heuristic | interrogative | 83 | |
14562710981 | idiosyncratic | quirky | 84 | |
14562712830 | impetuous | impulsive | 85 | |
14562713357 | implausible | unrealistic | 86 | |
14562730371 | impressionistic | evocative | 87 | |
14562733107 | incredulity | skepticism | 88 | |
14562735464 | indignant | furious | 89 | |
14562741957 | indiscretion | error | 90 | |
14562742988 | inefficiency | carelessness | 91 | |
14562743660 | infraction | breach | 92 | |
14562745193 | ingratiate | flatter | 93 | |
14562747565 | inherent | built-in | 94 | |
14562751160 | innate | inborn | 95 | |
14562752024 | innocuous | inoffensive | 96 | |
14562752798 | inquisitive | analytical | 97 | |
14562757613 | inscrutable | unintelligible | 98 | |
14562758050 | insular | isolated | 99 | |
14562758554 | intangible | unreal | 100 | |
14562759594 | intricacy | complexity | 101 | |
14562762538 | introspective | reflective | 102 | |
14562763256 | intuitive | emotional | 103 | |
14562763257 | irreverent | mocking | 104 | |
14562764662 | Kinship | affinity | 105 | |
14576729452 | jaded | weary | 106 | |
14576735202 | laudatory | approving | 107 | |
14576736285 | linguistic | grammatical | 108 | |
14576737042 | magnanimous | charitable | 109 | |
14576737043 | malicious | spiteful | 110 | |
14576738439 | melancholy | gloomy | 111 | |
14576739734 | Meritocracy | political | 112 | |
14576742183 | morose | cranky | 113 | |
14576751841 | mundane | banal | 114 | |
14576752946 | Negations | renunciation | 115 | |
14576757572 | nomenclature | glossary | 116 | |
14576758497 | novice | beginner | 117 | |
14576761412 | objective | equitable | 118 | |
14576762079 | oblige | bind | 119 | |
14576762080 | obscure | blur | 120 | |
14576763765 | obsolete | out-of-date | 121 | |
14576767372 | omnipotent | almighty | 122 | |
14576767373 | opaqueness | murkiness | 123 | |
14576768112 | orthodox | according to the book | 124 | |
14576770847 | ostracized | ignored | 125 | |
14576771223 | paucity | insufficiency | 126 | |
14576771917 | pedantic | pompous | 127 | |
14576773542 | permeate | infuse | 128 | |
14576776374 | perplexing | complicated | 129 | |
14576776375 | petulant | cranky | 130 | |
14576777168 | pious | devout | 131 | |
14576777805 | polemical | belligerent | 132 | |
14576779239 | pragmatic | businesslike | 133 | |
14576780150 | precarious | dangerous | 134 | |
14576783368 | preconceived | warped | 135 | |
14576783880 | pretentious | exaggerated | 136 | |
14576784314 | propagate | circulate | 137 | |
14576784830 | propriety | correctness | 138 | |
14576785890 | provocative | challenging | 139 | |
14576786794 | prowess | accomplishment | 140 | |
14576787733 | prudent | frugal | 141 | |
14576791385 | recitation | monologue | 142 | |
14576793508 | reminisce | look back | 143 | |
14576794371 | repressed | inhibit | 144 | |
14576795283 | resignation | departure | 145 | |
14576797119 | restitution | indemnity | 146 | |
14576800391 | retort | rebut | 147 | |
14576802182 | reverential | deferential | 148 | |
14576802193 | Sarcasm | ridicule | 149 | |
14576802970 | sardonic | mordant | 150 | |
14576804834 | self-deprecating | unassuming | 151 | |
14576805298 | self-effacing | bashful | 152 | |
14576805299 | shrewd | astute | 153 | |
14576806104 | solemnity | earnestness | 154 | |
14576806567 | Solidarity | agreement | 155 | |
14576808566 | speculative | hypothetical | 156 | |
14576809684 | staccato | recurrence | 157 | |
14576813043 | strident | blatant | 158 | |
14576829804 | subjective | biased | 159 | |
14576839452 | substantive | noun | 160 | |
14576840173 | superficial | frivolous | 161 | |
14576840891 | Taxonomy | allocation | 162 | |
14576841421 | tentative | unsettled | 163 | |
14576841956 | terse | concise | 164 | |
14576841957 | transgression | breach | 165 | |
14576842605 | treatise | commentary | 166 | |
14576917779 | trivial | meaningless | 167 | |
14576918420 | unadorned | austere | 168 | |
14576920787 | undermined | undercut | 169 | |
14576920788 | underscore | accentuate | 170 | |
14576922364 | unpretentious | modest | 171 | |
14576922951 | unrequited | unanswered | 172 | |
14576925418 | vehemently | fiercely | 173 | |
14576927001 | veracity | authenticity | 174 | |
14576927454 | verbosity | wordiness | 175 | |
14576927928 | vindictive | malicious | 176 | |
14576930047 | wary | cautious | 177 | |
14576930678 | wistful | contemplative | 178 | |
14576930679 | zealous | impassioned | 179 |
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AP World History: Vocab List 1 Flashcards
14863503959 | Filial Piety | respect for elders, leaders, and males | 0 | |
14863503960 | Purdah | the practice among women in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of living in a separate room or behind a curtain, or of dressing in all-enveloping clothes, in order to stay out of the sight of men or strangers. | 1 | |
14863503961 | Champa Rice | a quick-maturing, drought resistant rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. | 2 | |
14863503962 | House of Wisdom | a center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s | 3 | |
14863503963 | Sharia Law | A law code drawn up to regulate behavior | 4 | |
14863503964 | Jiyza | a tax on peoples whose belief system was not Islam while living in the Abbasid Caliphate | 5 | |
14863503965 | Mandate of Heaven | blessing of "heaven" or the cosmos on a ruling dynasty | 6 | |
14863503966 | Serfdom | Institution in which a peasant is attached to a feudal estate. | 7 | |
14863503967 | Syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | 8 | |
14863503968 | Tributary State | A country that pays tribute in money or goods to a more powerful nation | 9 | |
14863503969 | blending (belief systems) | the blending or combination of two or more religious belief systems into a new system | 10 | |
14863503970 | Bhakti Movement | In Hinduism, advocates intense devotion toward a particular deity. | 11 |
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AP World History Ch 9 Flashcards
11288093303 | What are the five pillars of Islam? | Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage | ![]() | 0 |
11288098473 | Bedouins | People who prepared Muhammad for desert life. | ![]() | 1 |
11288122758 | Mecca | City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. | ![]() | 2 |
11288126507 | Blood feud | Fiercely independent Bedouin cities, clans, and tribes | ![]() | 3 |
11288141539 | Kabba | A small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of Allah (God). | ![]() | 4 |
11288147095 | Quraysh | Tribe of bedouins that controlled Mecca in 7th century C.E. | ![]() | 5 |
11288154457 | Muhammad | Founder of Islam | ![]() | 6 |
11288159054 | Khadija | Wife of Muhammad | ![]() | 7 |
11288304173 | Quran | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | ![]() | 8 |
11288372037 | True or False: It is considered sacrilegious to show Muhammad's face | True | 9 | |
11288437683 | Seal of the Prophets | Muhammad's name for himself, signifying that he was the final prophet of Allah. | 10 | |
11288450354 | Muslim | A follower of Islam, means "one who has submitted" | ![]() | 11 |
11288459203 | Umma | The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community. | ![]() | 12 |
11288465678 | Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | ![]() | 13 |
11288472486 | Jihad | A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | ![]() | 14 |
11288478917 | Hijra | Muhammad's move to Medina. Start of the Islamic calendar (632 CE) | ![]() | 15 |
11288493385 | Sharia | Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life | ![]() | 16 |
11288509222 | Battle of Talas River | Arab victory over the Chinese in 751 CE that checked Chinese expansion to the west and enabled the conversion of Central Asia to Islam | ![]() | 17 |
11288515713 | Dhimmis | "the people of the book"-- Jews, Christians; later extended to Zoroastrians and Hindus | ![]() | 18 |
11288530173 | Jizya | A tax for Dhimmis to pay in order to avoid military service | ![]() | 19 |
11288545714 | Caliph | Military and religious leader | ![]() | 20 |
11288573541 | Rightly Guided Caliphs | Lose companions of the Prophets | ![]() | 21 |
11288615205 | Sunni | The rightful political and military leaders chosen by umma | ![]() | 22 |
11288638268 | Imam | Blood relatives of Muhammad | ![]() | 23 |
11288654118 | Shia | Leaders should derive from the blood relatives of Muhammad. Felt like oppressed minority and revolted | ![]() | 24 |
11288675531 | Sunni-Shia Schism | Rift that still exists between the two on who should rule after Muhammad's death | ![]() | 25 |
11289152955 | Umayyad Dynasty | Capital city is Damascus, turned into Monarch by overthrow and replaced by the Abbasid | ![]() | 26 |
11289182447 | Ulama | Religious Scholars | ![]() | 27 |
11289271309 | Umar | Second caliph | 28 | |
11289319984 | Mansur | legislated a separate bridge for women | 29 | |
11289339114 | Honor killing | Killing women by men for committing sexual taboos | 30 | |
11289364625 | Clitoridectomy | Female genital cutting | 31 | |
11289385249 | Hadiths | Poorly sourced traditions about the sayings or actions of Muhammad | 32 | |
11289410764 | Mullah | Male and female leaders in Shia spiritual world | 33 | |
11289518746 | Abbasid Dynasty | Capital city is Baghdad | 34 | |
11289532102 | Sultanate of Delhi | Established in 1206 and caused Turkish rule to be more systemic | 35 | |
11289543101 | Bhakti | Devotional | 36 | |
11289547575 | Guru Nanak | Founder of Sikhism | 37 | |
11289560408 | Sikhism | Blended Islamic elements and Hindu, Karma, and rebirth | 38 | |
11289584039 | Ottomans | Turkish empire that overthrew Christian Byzantine | 39 | |
11289589477 | Sonni Ali | 15th CE Ruler of Songhai who observed Ramadan | 40 | |
11289598690 | Cordoba | Was one of the largest and finest cities in the world | 41 | |
11289604709 | Granada | Last Muslim stronghold, took over by Christians | 42 |
Pre-AP World History, Period 3 Flashcards
7985507997 | Muhammad | (c. 570-632) introduced the religion of Islam to southwestern Asia. According to Muslim belief, he heard the voice of the angel Gabriel instructing him to serve as a messenger for God. He spent the rest of his life spreading Islam. Muslims today honor him as God's final prophet. | 0 | |
7985510852 | Yathrib | final destination of Muhammad's hijra and the home of the first community of Muslims; later renamed Medina; located in the northwest of present-day Saudi Arabia | 1 | |
7985510851 | hijra | Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622 | 2 | |
7985517812 | Quran | the holy book of Islam | 3 | |
7985517813 | hajj | one of the Five Pillars of Islam, the pilgrimage that all Muslims are expected to make at least once in their lifetime | 4 | |
7985522203 | Abu Bakr | (573-634) was Muhammad's father-in-law and the first Muslim caliph, or leader, following Muhammad's death. An early convert to Islam, he advised Muhammad and traveled on the hijra with the prophet. He helped unite the Muslim people through his role as successor to Muhammad. Under his rule, the Muslim empire expanded. | 5 | |
7985524198 | caliph | successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims | 6 | |
7985527104 | Sufi | Muslim mystic who seeks communion with God through meditation, fasting, and other rituals | 7 | |
7985531702 | Sundiata | He was a West African ruler who was responsible for laying the groundwork for Mali to be a rich and powerful kingdom. He died in 1255. | 8 | |
7985534837 | Mansa Musa | (died c. 1337) was a devoted Islamic ruler of Mali who came to the throne in 1312 and expanded Mali's borders to the Atlantic Ocean. He was one of the richest men of his era. His famous journey to Mecca was lavish and awakened the world to the riches of Mali. | 9 | |
7985534838 | Songhai | medieval West African kingdom located in present-day Mali, Niger, and Nigeria | 10 | |
7985537124 | Axum | trading center and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia | 11 | |
7985540497 | King Lalibela | Ruler of Ethiopia who came to power in the 1200s. He built eleven Christian churches carved from ground level into the solid rock of the mountains below. | 12 | |
7985547604 | Delhi | the third-largest city in India, capital of medieval India | 13 | |
7985547605 | Sikhism | monotheistic religion founded in the late 1400s by Guru Nanak in the Punjab region of India | 14 | |
7985553078 | Babur | (1483-1530) was the founder of the Mughal Dynasty in India. He came from Turkish and Mongol heritages, a descendent of the great Mongol leader, Genghis Khan. His name is the Arabic word for "tiger," but he was as accomplished a poet as he was a warrior. His wise rule helped launch a powerful Muslim dynasty that had a permanent influence on northern India. | 15 | |
7985553079 | Taj Mahal | a tomb built by Shah Jahan for his wife | 16 | |
7985555266 | Tang Taizong | (598-649) was an accomplished general, government reformer, historian, Confucian scholar, and artist. These qualities and skills helped him to become China's most admired emperor. | 17 | |
7985557785 | Song Dynasty | Chinese dynasty from 960 to 1279, followed the Golden Age of the Tang | 18 | |
7985564807 | Genghis Khan | (1162-1227) rose from poverty to unite the warring Mongol tribes. He imposed discipline, exacted loyalty, and then proceeded to build an army that conquered the vast areas of Central Asia and China and became the Mongol empire. He was known for both his fierceness and his generosity. The Mongol empire lasted long after his death during a military campaign. His descendants added to the empire until it became the largest empire in the world prior to the British empire. | 19 | |
7985568018 | Kublai Khan | (1215-1294) was the grandson of Genghis Khan and founded the Yuan dynasty, conquered the Song dynasty in the south to complete Mongol control of China, and proved a strong and intelligent ruler of the vast empire. Guided by Confucian Chinese advisors, he undertook reforms in his territories and politically reunited China, but also engaged in a series of costly and fruitless wars with neighboring kingdoms. He generally left Chinese life unchanged and, although religious, was known for his acceptance of various religious practices and for granting economic privileges to favored sects. | 20 | |
7985571114 | Zheng He | (c. 1371-1433) was an admiral in the Ming Chinese navy and diplomat who made his first voyage in 1405 to Vietnam, India, and Africa to both explore and trade. His huge fleet of hundred of junks (Chinese ships) and thousands of sailors carried silk, porcelain, and lacquerware to trade for pearls, spices, ivory, and timber. Zheng He made seven voyages in all, exploring, trading successfully, and thereby motivating Chinese merchants to establish trade centers in Southeast Asia and India. | 21 | |
7985573356 | Choson Dynasty | Korean dynasty that ruled from 1392 to 1910, the longest-lived of Korea's three dynasties | 22 | |
7985577469 | Murasaki Shikubu | (c. 973-c. 1014 or 1025) was a lady-in-waiting in the Heian Court. Historians credit her with writing the world's first full-length novel, The Tale of Genji , written between A.D. 1000 and 1008. | 23 | |
7985592968 | Yuan Dynasty | Chinese dynasty ruled by the Mongols from 1279 to 1368; best-known ruler was Kublai Khan | 24 | |
7985598585 | Marco Polo | (c. 1254-1324) was a traveler, merchant, and adventurer from Venice who journeyed from Europe to Asia in 1271-95, spending 17 years serving the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Polo dictated the account of his travels, to a fellow prisoner while imprisoned during a war with Genoa. His book proved a great success, but few readers believed it was true. Evidence outside his book that he journeyed so far to the east has not been found; however, during the centuries since his death, others have confirmed the accuracy of most of what he described. | 25 | |
7985602286 | Sultan | Muslim ruler | 26 | |
7985609068 | Mughal | Muslim empire that ruled most of northern India from the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s | 27 | |
7985615943 | Tang Dynasty | Chinese dynasty from 618 to 907; followed the short-lived Sui Dynasty | 28 | |
7985624841 | Umayyad | Sunni dynasty of caliphs that ruled from 661 to 750 | 29 | |
7985627308 | Abbasid | Muslim dynasty that ruled in Baghdad from 750 to 1258 | 30 | |
7985631335 | Sunni | a member of one of the largest Muslim sects; believe that inspiration came from the example of Muhammad as recorded by his early followers | 31 | |
7985635633 | Shiite | a member of one of the two major Muslim sects; believe that the descendants of Muhammad's daughter and son-in-law, Ali, are the true Muslim leaders | 32 | |
7985638600 | Mecca | a city in western Saudi Arabia; birthplace of Muhammad, viewed by Muslims as the prophet of Islam, and the most holy city for Islamic people | 33 | |
7985638601 | Kaaba | the most sacred temple of Islam, located at Mecca | 34 | |
7985644017 | mosque | Muslim house of worship | 35 | |
7985649277 | Firdawsi | (c. 940-1020) was a Muslim poet most famous for the Shah Namah, or Book of Kings, which he wrote in Persian using Arabic script. He wrote at a time when Persia, or Iran, was fairly free from the control of the Muslim empire and local leaders encouraged a flowering of Persian culture. The famed poet centered his writing on the stories of royalty and heroes, and many of the themes he introduced are still relevant today. | 36 | |
7985655773 | Ibn Rushd | (1128-1198) was a philosopher and scientist who lived in Córdoba and influenced European thought. As a philosopher, he placed a variety of subject matter under the scrutiny of reason and analysis and argued that humans were partially but not completely controlled by fate. In the field of science, he contributed to the study of diseases. | 37 | |
7985658712 | Ibn Khaldun | (1332-1406) was an Arab thinker who helped establish the principles of many branches of knowledge including history and economics. He is perhaps best known for the development of standards for studying and writing about history, which he explained in his landmark book, the Muqaddimah , He also introduced or refined many economic concepts relating to labor, profits, supply and demand, use of resources, production, and supply and demand. | 38 | |
7985663763 | Safavid | Shiite Muslim dynasty that ruled much of present-day Iran from the 1500s into the 1700s | 39 | |
7985663764 | janizary | a member of the elite forces of the Ottoman army | 40 | |
7985670804 | Swahili | an East African culture that emerged about A.D 1000; also a Bantu-based language, blending Arabic words and written in Arabic script. | 41 | |
7985673718 | Great Zimbabwe | powerful East African medieval trading center and city-state located in south-eastern present-day Zimbabwe | 42 | |
7985676156 | patrilineal | kinship ties that are passed on through the father's side of the family | 43 | |
7985678462 | matrilineal | kinship ties that are passed on through the mother's side of the family | 44 | |
7985684820 | Istanbul | capital of the Ottoman empire, formerly called Constantinople when it was the center of the eastern Roman empire and also capital of the Byzantine empire | 45 | |
7985687895 | Sahara | largest desert in the world, covering almost all of North Africa | 46 | |
7985690516 | Ghana | early West African trading kingdom located in parts of present-day Mauritania and Mali | 47 | |
7985695060 | Mali | medieval West African trading empire; home of Mansa Musa | 48 | |
7985699206 | Bantu | root language of West Africa on which some early African migration patterns are based | 49 |
Ap world history first set Flashcards
14657937618 | Jesus | established Christisanity | 0 | |
14657940301 | Muhammad | est Islam &the Islamic empire | 1 | |
14657941718 | Newton | influenced modern mathematics, science, and physics | 2 | |
14657943343 | Buddha | est Buddhism | 3 | |
14657946115 | Confucius | est philosophy of Confucianism | 4 | |
14657947172 | St Paul | wrote much of NT, spread Christianity developed Christian theology | 5 | |
14657950504 | Tsai Lun | invented paper | 6 | |
14657952222 | Gutenberg | Invented the printing press | 7 | |
14657953759 | Columbus | discovered Americas, began col exchange | 8 | |
14657955740 | Einstein | developed the theory of relativity | 9 | |
14657959421 | Afghanistan | Kaubl | 10 | |
14657959422 | Algeria | Algiers | 11 | |
14657960097 | Angola | Luanda | 12 | |
14657960098 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 13 | |
14657960831 | Armenia | Yeravan | 14 | |
14657960836 | Australia | Canberra | 15 | |
14657961778 | Austria | Vienna | 16 | |
14657963139 | Bandladesh | Dhaka | 17 | |
14657963140 | Belgium | Brussels | 18 | |
14657963732 | Benin | Porto-Novo | 19 |
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