AP World History Vocab Flashcards

3777622274	beduoin	nomadic pastoralist of the Arabian peninsula, culture based on camel and goat nomadism, early converts to islam	0
3777622275	ka'ba	most revered religious shrine in pre-Islamic Arabia, located in Mecca, focus of obligatory annual truce among Bedouin tribes, later incorporated as important shrine in Islam	1
3777622276	Mecca	city located in mountain region along Red Sea in Arabian peninsula, founded by Umayyad clan of Quraysh, original home of Muhammed, chief religious pilgrimage point in Mecca	2
3777622277	Dowh	Arab sailing vessels with triangular sails	3
3777622278	Mohammed	prophet of Islam, born 570 to Banu Hishim clan of Quraysh tribe in Mecca, raised by fathers family, received revaluations from Allah in 610 and died in 632	4
3777622279	Ridda Wars	followed Mohammed's death in 632, resulted in defeat of rival prophets and some of larger clans restored unity in Islam	5
3777622280	Baghdad	capital of Abbasid Dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Ctesiphon	6
3777622281	Umma	community of the faithful within Islam, transcended old tribal boundaries to create degree of political unity	7
3777622282	5 Pillars of Islam	confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, hajj	8
3777622283	hajj	pilgrimage to Mecca	9
3777622284	dhimmi	"people of the book" applied to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories and later extended to Zoroastrianism and Hindus	10
3777622285	crusades	series of eight wars and military adventures launched by western Christians to free holy land from Muslims	11
3777622286	saladin	Muslim leader in the 12th century reconquered most of the crusader outposts for Islam	12
3777622287	sufi	mystics within Islam, responsible for expansion of Islam to South-Eastern Asia and other regions	13
3777622288	mamluks	Muslim slave warriors, established a dynasty in Egypt, defeated Mongols in 1260, halted Mongol advances	14
3777622289	stateless societies	African societies organized around kinship or other forms of obligation and lacking the concentration of political power and authority associated with states	15
3777622290	Ibn Batuta	1304 Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records	16
3777622291	sundiata	"lion prince" a member of the Kieta clan, created a unified state that became the Mali Empire died 1260	17
3777622292	Juula	Malike merchants, formed small partnerships to carry out trade throughout Mali empire, eventually spread through much of west Africa	18
3777622293	Timbuktu	port city of Mali, located off of Niger River, population of 50,000, contained library and university	19