9-19-16 Flashcards
Struggles
to contend with an adversary or opposing
Prosperous
having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful:
a prosperous business.
Porcelain
a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
Textiles
or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting.
Flourishing
growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous:
a flourishing little business.
Bazaars
a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.
Nomadic elite
A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
Grant
to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act:
to grant a charter.
Adultery
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.
Restriction
something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
Seduced
lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
Al-Razi
Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī, was a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine.
Ibn- Khaldun
Ibn Khaldūn was a North African Arab Muslim historiographer and historian. He is claimed as a forerunner of the modern disciplines of sociology and demography. He is best known for his book, the Muqaddimah or Prolegomena.
Innovations
the action or process of innovating.
Muezzins
a man who calls Muslims to prayer from the minaret of a mosque.
