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| What does "Islam" mean in Arabic? |
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| submission to the will of Allah. |
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| Where do you see most Muslim's art displayed? |
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| What do the Muslims believe about Muhammad? |
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| He was the last and greatest of all prophets. |
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| How did the Abbasids control their huge empire? |
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| through a strong bureaucracy. |
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| Dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from A.D. 661 to 750 and later established a kingdom in Al-Andalus. Replaced the last of the rightly guided Caliphs. |
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| Who does the Shi'a believe about the caliph? |
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| What city do Muslims pray towards? |
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| faith, prayer, alms, fasting, pilgrimage |
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| What was the code of civil laws created for the Byzantine Empire called? |
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| During the dispute over icons in the 8th century, what stance did the Byzantine emperor take? |
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| Who invented the alphabet that is used in many Slavic languages? |
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| Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril |
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| What was Yaroslav the wise the emperor of? |
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| What was Khanate of the Golden Horde? |
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| 1 of the 4 empires that emerged as a result of the Mongol Empire. |
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| What did the Mongols do for the city of Moscow? |
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| Centralized government flourished Moscow as seat of Russian Orthodox Church. Conquered neighboring areas. |
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| What was the title of Ivan III? |
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| What did Seljuk rulers call themselves? |
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| emperor from tang dynasty. Open minded and compassionate. |
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| members of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals. |
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| blocks of metal/wood, each bearing a single character, that caribe arranged to make up a page for printing. |
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| grandson of Genghis Khan. (Mongol) |
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| Mongol emperor and military conqueror. Ruled largest empire ever formed. |
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| a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor |
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| a professional warrior who served japanese feudal lords |
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| a southeast asian empire centered in what is now Cambodia that reached its peak of power around A.D. 1200 |
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| dynasty that ruled korea from A.D. 935 to 1392 |
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| What was Charlemagne most remembered for? |
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| building an empire larger than any since Rome |
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| These people lived in small communities, had a strong tradition of songs and legends, and the tribe's chief had a group of warriors loyal to him. They did not have a written language. |
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| What was the code of chivalry? |
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| courage, loyalty, and devotion |
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| What was the Treaty of Verdun? |
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| split Charlemagne's empire into 3 parts |
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| What was the agreement between the lord and a vassal? |
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| lord gives portion of his land to a vassal to provide protection |
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| Who was Eleanor of Aquitane? |
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| Duchess of Aquitaine age of 15. |
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| What was the interdict and why was it an effective weapon for the Catholic Church? |
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| throwing out/ excommunication of the King and cost the king the loyalty of the subject |
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| What did Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV fight over? |
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| What did the Holy Roman Empire of Frederick I lack that the original Roman Empire had? |
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| strong central government |
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| What was the chief goal of the Crusades? |
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| take Jerusalem from Muslims |
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| List some problems of the Church during the Middle Ages |
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| village priests married, bishops sold positions in church for money. |
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| What was the 3-field system? |
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| a system of farming developed in medieval europe, in which farmland was divided into 3 fields of equal size and each of these was successively planted with a winter crop, planted with a spring crop, and left unplanted. |
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| medieval association of people working at the same occupation, which controlled its member's wages and prices |
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| What did the Magna Carta guarantee? |
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basic political rights in England.
These rights included the basic right of anyone convicted of a crime to a jury trial; protection of private property; reasonable limits on taxes and a degree of guaranteed religious freedom. |
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| What was the major cause of the Great Schism? |
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| argued over who was the true pope |
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| Towns provided serfs the opportunity for what? |
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| Who was most responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague in Europe? |
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| what was the Hundred Years' war fought over? |
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| French and English. French won |
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| structured around distant relative - common ancestors |
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| Where did the Swahili language originate from? |
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| Arabic and Bantu Languages combined to make Swahili. |
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| What were Portugal's main interests in Africa? |
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| What group were the Almohads and the Almoravids from? |
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| 2 {Berber] groups - nomads - (converted to Islam) |
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| How did Islam spread through Africa? |
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| through conquest and trade |
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| What does it mean to be matrilineal? |
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| trace ancestry through mother |
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| What does it mean to be patriilineal? |
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| trace ancestry through father. |
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| Why did African trade routes switch to the east? |
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| discovery of gold in east |
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Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morrocco
Muslims founded it. |
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