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| Trans- Saharan Slave Trade |
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| Arab slave trade in western Asia, north Africa and parts of Europe. |
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| Person in the muslim faith who leads prayer in the Mosque. |
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| Muslim community tied together by religion. |
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| Successor of Muhammad. Religious ruler and chief of Muslim life. |
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Muslim ruler (king)
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| Between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf and is importance for its oil. |
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| City in Western Saudi Arabia. Holiest city of Islam and the birth place of Muhammad. K'aba is placed here. |
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| Site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam. |
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| Members of northwestern African Muslim people mixed berber and Arab decent. Conquered Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century. |
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| Southwestern peninsula of Europe that contains Spain and Portugal conquered by the moors in the 8th century. |
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| City in Andalusia in Southern spain, founded by Carthaginians under moorish rule from 711-1236 |
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| Palace/Fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the moorish ruler Emirate of Granda. |
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| Capital of Iraq, located on the Tigris River and was the center of the Arab and Muslim world during the Abbasid caliphate. |
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| Slave soldier for the Abbasid; they later conquered Egypt. |
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| Member of Turkish dynasty that ruled the Asia minor in the 11th -13th century, Invaded the Byzantine Empire and defended holy land against crusaders |
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| Arab nomad in the syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the crusades. |
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| Palace in Istanbul turkey, was the home of the sultans for 400 years. |
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| Member of indigenous people in north Africa. |
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| member of the berber muslim movement and dynasty that conqured spansih and north African empire of the Almoravids in the 12th century. |
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| Muslim scholar and traveler who is known for his travels. Tehy were known as the Rilla. |
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| Constantinople captured by the ottoman Muslims. |
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| A collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century.
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| City in Andalusia in Southern Spain. Founded by Carthaginians under Moorish rule from 711 to 1236. Renowned for architecture. |
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Eastern half of the Holy Roman Empire. Remained under the rule of Constantine. Greek speaking; centered capital on Constantinople.
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Country in West Africa, Southern coast line borders on the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Gold Salt Trade.
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| Country in West Africa, South of Algeria. Took part in the Gold Salt Trade. |
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| African state of West Africa; one of the largest African empires in history. |
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| Trans-Saharan Gold-salt trade |
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| Trade across the Sahara desert between Ghana, Nali, and Songhai. Traded gold and salt. |
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Town in Northern Mali. Major trading center for gold and salt on the Trans-Saharan gold-salt trade. Center for learning.
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| Was an African ruler from Mali. He went to Mecca, gave money, and prayed in Mosques. |
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Was a Moroccan Berber Muslim scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla.
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| A Turk from the Islamic Empire. North of Mesopotamia. |
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| Former name of Istanbul from AD 330. Named after Constantine the Great. Captured by the Turks in 1453. |
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Was the third of the Islamic Caliphates of the Islamic Empire. It was ruled by the Abbasid dynasty of caliphs, who built their capital in Baghdad after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphs from all but Al Andalus.
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| Muslim dynasty that ruled the Islamic world from 600 AD to 750 AD and Moorish Spain from 756 to 1031. Claimed a decent relation to Muhammad. |
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A center or school for Islamic religious and cultural studies.
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| An Andalusian- Arab philosopher and physician, a master of philosophy and Islamic law, mathematics, and medicine. |
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| A region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization. |
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| A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey; bounded by the Black, Aegean, and Mediterranean Seas. |
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