Master List of Vocabulary from Earth and Its Peoples(4th edition) AP World History
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Master List of AP World Vocab Abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad?s uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. abolitionists Men and women who agitated for a complete end to slavery. Abolitionist pressure ended the British transatlantic slave trade in 1808 and slavery in British colonies in 1834. In the United States the activities of abolitionists were one factor leading to the Civil War (1861? 1865). acculturation The adoption of the language, customs, values, and behaviors of host nations by immigrants. Acheh Sultanate Muslim kingdom in northern Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia in the