AP world history Flashcards

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339448912	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 from 750 to 1258	0
339448913	abolitionists	People who wanted the complete end of slavery.	1
339448914	acculturation	The adaption of the language, customs, values, and behaviors of a host nation by immigrants	2
339448915	Acheh Sultanate	Muslim Kingdoms in northern Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia in the early 17th century, it declined after the Dutch seized Malacca from Portugal in 1641	3
339448916	Aden	Port city in the modern South Arabian country of Yemen. It has been a major trading center in the Indian Ocean since ancient times.	4
339448917	African National Congress	An organization dedicated to obtaining equal voting and civil rights for black inhabitants of South Africa. Founded in 1912, and eventually helped bring majority rule to South Africa.	5
339448918	Afrikaners	South African descended from Dutch settlers. Great Trek lead to new settler colonies. Were a minority, but held political power and enforced segregation during apartheid.	6
339448919	Agricultural Revolutions	The change from hunting and gathering into food producing. 8000-2000 b.c. Also called the Neolithic Revolution	7