Post-Classical Flashcards
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160509272 | Islam | the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Qu'ran | 0 | |
160509273 | Five Pillars of Islam | 1. confession of faith 2.prayer five imes per day 3.charity tot he needy 4.fasting during the month-long period 5.pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during one's lifetime | 1 | |
160509274 | Jihad | a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | 2 | |
160509275 | Mecca | The holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace | 3 | |
160509276 | Hijra | The Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, marking the founding of Islam | 4 | |
160509277 | Mohammad | the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) | 5 | |
160509278 | Abu Bakr | Companion of 1st muslim leader after Muhammad. Regarded by Sunni's as the 1st caliph and rightful succesor. The Shi'ah regard him as a traitor of Muhammad. Known as best interpretter of dreams following Muhammad's death. | 6 | |
160509279 | Caliph | a supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government | 7 | |
160509280 | caesaropapism | the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters | 8 | |
160509281 | Umayyad Dynasty | Umayyads claimed caliphate after Ali Talib's (Muhammad's cousin and former caliph) death. Some accepted the ruling, called Sunnis, while others refused to do so (clled Shi'a). Shi'a believed only people directly related to Muhammad's son-in-law Ali should be caliph. Mu'awiyah, caliph and leader of Umayyads, revolted Ali's supporters. Muslim empire took on more Arab culture. Expanded. | 9 | |
160509282 | Charles Martel | the Frankish commander for the battle of Tours. He defeated the Muslimsin the Battle of Tours, allowing Christianity to survive throughout the Dark Ages. He in a way started Feudalism by giving land to his knights that served for him. | 10 | |
160509283 | Shiite | a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs | 11 | |
160509284 | Sunnis | Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries. | 12 | |
160509285 | Baghdad | Capital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Ctesiphon | 13 | |
160509286 | Mohammad Al-Razi | greatest physician of the Muslim world. told them to place hospitals in cleaner air to recover faster. | 14 | |
160509287 | Mamluks | Under the Islamic system of military slavery, Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate of the ninth and tenth centuries. Mamluks eventually founded their own state, ruling Egypt and Syria. | 15 | |
160509288 | Orthodox Christianity | Has many different governing bodies, claims to be the first form of Christianity. The main goal of Christianity is to grow nearer to god. Dates Back to the byzantine empire | 16 | |
160509289 | Schism | was over communion rites, whether priests should marry, and the use of local languages | 17 | |
160509290 | Roman Catholicism | A branch of Christianity that developed in the western Roman Empire and that recognized the Pope as its supreme head | 18 | |
160509291 | Pepin | Charles Martel's son. first king to have the pope's blessing | 19 | |
160509292 | Charles Martel | the Frankish commander for the battle of Tours. He defeated the Muslimsin the Battle of Tours, allowing Christianity to survive throughout the Dark Ages. He in a way started Feudalism by giving land to his knights that served for him. | 20 | |
160509293 | Otto the Great | formed a close alliance with the Church. built power by gaining support of clergy. invaded Italy on pope's behalf. rewarded by being crowned emperor. created the Holy Roman Empire, which was the strongest in Europe until the 12 Century | 21 | |
160509294 | Treaty of Verdun | 843 Treaty that ended power struggle of Charlemagne's 3 sons after his death and split Franks into 3 kingdoms | 22 | |
160509295 | Magyars | a member of the principal ethnic group of Hungary. | 23 | |
160509296 | Xuanzang | A famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period. He became famous for his 17 year trip to India and back. | 24 | |
160509297 | Li Bo | Most famous poet of the Tang era; blended images of the mundane world with philosophical musings. | 25 | |
160509298 | Missi Dominici | Royal officials under Charlemagne who traveled around the country to enforce the king's laws | 26 | |
160994644 | Scholasticism | A philosophical and theological system, associated with Thomas Aquinas, devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. | 27 | |
160994645 | Pope Innocent III | pope from 1198 to 1216 and led the papacy to its height in power...he was a skilled diplomat and a great political leader...he believed that emperors and kings were servant of the church.. he dominated almost all of Europe | 28 | |
160994646 | Inquisition | church court set up to stamp out heresy | 29 | |
160994647 | Thomas Aquinas | (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology | 30 | |
160994648 | King Hugh Capet | King of France, First of the Capetians; son of Hugh the Great; he gave away much of his land to secure the dynasty. He spent much of his reign fighting Charles and later became involved in a controversy with the papacy-unsettled at his death-over disposition of the Carolingian archbishop of Reims | 31 | |
160994649 | Joan of Arc | peasant girl who led french army to victory over the english in the 100 year's war | 32 | |
160994650 | Bourbons | French Royal Family | 33 | |
160994651 | Xuanzong | Leading Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty who reigned from 713 to 755 though he encouraged overexpansion | 34 | |
160994652 | Tribute System | A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies. (p. 307) | 35 | |
160994653 | Tang | Known for its poetry | 36 | |
160994654 | Song | Known for its military | 37 | |
160994655 | Wu Zhoa | Only women to become emperor of China | 38 | |
160994656 | Prince Shokotu | a prince who brought ideas to Japan | 39 | |
160994657 | Taika Reforms | Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army. | 40 | |
160994658 | Qanat | underground canal used in water systems of ancient Persians | 41 | |
160994659 | Eleanor of aquitane | Saw the way Nobles treated Women. She created a "court of love" to rule on knights behavior and to enchourage a greater respect for women. | 42 | |
160994660 | Troubadors | women, poet-musicians at the castles and courts in Europe; wrote short verses and songs about the pleasures of life and love; use the venacular | 43 | |
160994661 | Roger Guiscard | The King of Sicily, reconquered Sicily (Italy) from the Muslims in the name of Christianity | 44 |