Chapter 4 Key Terms Flashcards
What is a Caliphate? 🕌
An area controlled by a Muslim Caliph (Caliph means Ruler, like spiritual and secular)
What was a Dhimmi? 🐦🔥🕌
A non-Muslim living under Muslim Rule
What was a Caravansary? 🥾🔐🚪
Inns funded by the state or wealthy individuals in which travelers can rest there and securely store their goods.
What is the Devshirme system? 🤼
The system in which Christan boys from the Balkans were enslaved, converted to Islam and then trained to serve the Ottoman Sultan.
What was the Haji?
It was the Islamic pilgrimage of Mecca
What was the Sharia?
The Sharia was the Islamic Religious Law.
What was the millet system?
It was the system through which Non Muslim communities could regulate their own internal affairs according to their own , unique religious laws.
What was the Sultanate of Women 🕜 in the mid 15th century?
It was the period of time between Hurren Sultan’s tenure from the 15-17th century. During this time Wives and Mothers could express political and legal power in court.
Who are the Twelvers?
MEMBERS of a Shia Sect who believe the twelfth imam, Muhammad al Mahdi, will return alongside Jesus to defeat evil on Earth
What were the Ulamas?
They’re a class of religious clerics and scholars that act as primary interpreters of the Islamic Law.
What is the Ummah?
The Ummah is the community of Muslims, literally
