Chapters 6-8 Flashcards

92098944	Islam	religion started in the Arabian peninsula by the prophet Muhammad	0
92098945	Muslim	believer of Islam	1
92098946	Quran	Islam holy book	2
92098947	Hadith	revelations of the prophet Muhammad	3
92098948	Bedouin	nomadic	4
92098949	Umma	community of the faithful withing Islam	5
92098950	Caliph	the political and religious successor to Muhammad	6
92098951	Sunnis	supporters of the Umayyads	7
92098952	Shi'is	supporters of Ali	8
92098953	Mawali	non-Muslim converts	9
92098954	Jizya	head tax for non-Muslims	10
92098955	Dhimmi	the non-Muslims who were living in conquered lands	11
92098956	Harem	a part of a palace or house reserved for women	12
92098957	Ayan	wealthy landed elites	13
92098958	Sultan	Buyid leaders who took over Abbasid empire; literally means "victorious"	14
92098959	Seljuk Turks	nomads from Central Asia who took over Buyids, Sunnis	15
92098960	Crusades	Holy wars between Muslims and Christians over Holy Land	16
92098961	Ulama	orthodox religious scholars who were suspicious of non-Islamic ideas and scientific thinking	17
92098962	Sufis	wandering mystics who sought a personal union with Allah	18
92098963	Mongols	Central Asian nomadic people who brought down Abbasid empire	19
92098964	Mameluks	Turkic slaves who defeated Mongols	20
92098965	Rajas	Hindu kings of India	21
92098966	Sati	ritual where women were burned along with their dead husband	22
92098967	Bhakti	cult groups dedicated to gods and goddesses, open to everyone, gods most celebrated are Vishnu and Shiva	23
92098968	Stateless Societies	early African societies organized around kinship lacking concentration and power	24
92098969	Lineage	group of same family	25
92098970	Secret Societies	controlled customs and beliefs and limited authority	26
92098971	Age Sets	groups of people of the same age who are considered to have similar responsibilities to society	27
92098972	Diviners	priests who guided religious practice and helped protect the community	28
92098973	Ifriqiya	Roman name for Africa	29
92098974	Maghrib	name for west Africa	30
92098975	Copts	Christians of Egypt	31
92098976	Jihad	Islamic holy war	32
92098977	Conquest states	drew on taxes, tribute, and military support of the subordinate areas, lineages, and villages	33
92098978	Juula	Malinke merchants; formed small partnerships to carry out trade throughout Mali empire; eventually spread throughout West Africa	34
92098979	Griots	professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisers of kings within the Mali empire	35
92098980	Timbuktu	port city of Mali; located just off the flood plain on the great band in the Niger River; population of 50,000; contained a library and university	36
92098981	Askia	military for Muslim rulers in the Songhay Kingdom	37
92098982	Emir	Islamic title for ruling families	38
92098983	Caliph	the political and religious successor to Muhammad	39
92098984	Sharia	Islamic law	40
92098985	Zanj	Arabic therm for the East african coast	41
92098986	Swahili	coastal language	42
92098987	Demography	study of population	43
92098988	Demographic Transition	shift to low birth, low infant death rate, or stable population	44