Ch. 7 AP WH Flashcards

248674752	al-Ghazali	islamic theologian who struggled to fuse greek and quranic traditions	0
248674753	al-Rashid	Most famous of Abbasid caliphs; renowned for sumptuous and costly living; dependent on Persian advisors early in reign; death led to civil wars over succession.	1
248674754	Chinggis Khan	a mongol who united mongol and Turkish tribes, began campaign west, using fear as a tactic	2
248674755	Crusades	A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.	3
248674756	Holy Land	Jerusalem and parts of the surrounding area where Jesus lived and taught	4
248674757	Lateen sails	Triangular sail on a short mast	5
248674758	Mongols	Central Asian nomadic peoples; smashed Turko-Persian kingdoms; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed last Abbasid caliph	6
248674759	rajas	India was a world of warring kingdoms ... Aryan leaders; a term for princes	7
248674760	Saladin	The leader of the Muslims in the third crusade and captured Jerusalem in 1187.	8
248674761	sati	The traditional practice of burning a widow on her husband's funeral pyre; outlawed in 1829, though it still occurs rarely.	9
248674762	Seljuk Turks	nomadic Turks from Asia who conquered Baghdad in 1055 and allowed the caliph to remain only as a religious leader. they governed strictly..led to CRUSADE	10
248674763	Sufis	a branch of Islam emphasizing a personal, mystical connection with God	11
248674764	ulama	Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies.	12
248674765	Vishnu	A Hindu god considered the preserver of the world	13