600-1450 Vocab 2 Flashcards
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Caliph
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A successor of Muhammad
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Bedouin
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Nomadic pastoralists that converted to Islam
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Sharia
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Body of law governing the Muslims
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Dhimmi
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People of the book, applied first to Christians and then to many other religions
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Dar al-Islam
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House of the Islam
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Shamanism
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Mongol belief system
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Khanate
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Regional mongol empires
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Three field system
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European agricultural technique
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Vernacular
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The native language of a country or region
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Parliament
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Body that represents privileged groups
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Epidemic
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A disease that spreads rapidly
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Pandemic
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A disease that spreads world wide
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Corvee labor
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An annual tax payed by labor
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Tribute
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A payment of material goods to the government
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Split inheritance
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Inca practice of ruler descent
