AP WORLD HISTORY Flashcards

Chapter 7: Abbasid decline and the spread of Islamic Civilization to the South and Southeast Asia

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