Vocab Unit II Flashcards

General vocab for unit 2

12679727	Post-Classical	followed the decline of the great classical empires	0
12679728	Scholasticism	dominant medieval philoshophical approach; so called because of its base in the schools or universities, based on use of logic to resolve theological problems	1
12680068	Nomads	cattle and sheep-herding societies, commonly referred to as 'barbarian' by civilized societies	2
12680069	Bedouin	nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam	3
12680070	Conquest	the process and result of a takeover by force of a large territory or country, and its inhabitants	4
12680214	Migration	the movement of a large group of people (or animals) from one place to another	5
12680215	Barbarians	the name given to nomads by civilized societies	6
12680216	Balance of Power	exists when the relative strength of neighboring states is essentially equal, discouraging war	7