AP World History VIPS Flashcards
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| 3187856425 | Harun Al-Rashid | The Abbasid Caliph in 786. The luxury of his court was recorded in the fictional account The Thousand and One Nights. He was heavily dependent on Persian advisors. | 0 | |
| 3187877518 | Vikings | Seagoing Scandinavian raiders from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway who disrupted coastal areas of Western Europe from the 8th and 11th centuries | 1 | |
| 3187897650 | Francis of Assisi | Founder of a monastic Franciscan order, he converted to a life of piety and preaching. | 2 | |
| 3187921551 | Abu Bakr | First caliph, successor of Muhammad. | 3 | |
| 3187966823 | Saladin | Muslim leader in the last decades of the 12th century, reconquered most of the crusader outposts for Islam. | 4 | |
| 3187977531 | Sundiata | The "lion prince", created the unified state that became the Mali empire. | 5 | |
| 3187996885 | Charlemagne | Charles the Great; Carolingian monarch who established substantial empire in France and Germany | 6 | |
| 3188015542 | Pope Urban II | Called the first Crusade in 1095; appealed to Christians to mount military assault to free the Holy Land from Muslims. | 7 | |
| 3188028301 | Thomas Aquinas | An Italian Monk who taught at the University of Paris. He emphasized that faith came first, but expanded the scope of reason for understanding the nature of God. | 8 | |
| 3188093054 | Pope Gregory VII | Tried to purify the church from feudal lords. | 9 |