Unit 3 Terms Flashcards
Bedouin
nomad Arab of the desert
Black Death
bubonic plague
Caliphate
the rule or reign of a caliph (chief Muslim ruler)
Catholicism
Faith/practice/church order of the Roman Catholic Church
Jihad
A struggle or fight against the enemies of Islam
(sturggle/striving)
Constantinople
capital of Roman Empire
Crusades
religious wars initiated by Christian Latin Church
(fought between Muslims and Eastern Orthidox)
Justinian’s code
Roman laws in a single guide
Limited Monarcy
gov. (monarch) shares power w/ parliament and abide by a constitution
Excommunication
excluding someone from services of the Christian Church.
Feudalism
socail system where ppl given land/protection (by people of elite social status) worked/fought for them in return
Hagia Sophia
important mosque (place of worship) in Constantinople
Patriarch
The male head of a family or tribe.
Hajj
Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca (the last month of the year, must be done at once during lifetime)
People of the book
Jews and Christians as regarded by Muslims.
Schism
In the early church, “schism” was used to describe those groups that broke with the church and established rival churches.
(West Roman Catholics and Greek Eastern Orthidox)
Qur’an
Holy book of Islam.
Mon
The Mon ehtnic group from Myanmar
Chivalry
chivalric code states for men to treat women w/high respect/loyalty
(common w/knights)
Dar al Islam
the parts of the world where Islam is a dominant force
(house of peace)
Eastern Orthodox
Branch of Christanity, Eastern Europe
other names (Greeks Orthodox, Byzantine)
Icon
sacred symbols/images representing the saints, Christ, and the Virgin, as well as narrative scenes such as Christ’s Baptism
(From the Greeks)
Secularism
separation of religion from civil affairs and the state Secularism
secular = actives that do not envole the church or religous practices
Serf
A serf is a person who is forced to work on a plot of land,
(labor of the fuedal system)
Sharia Law
Islamic religious law
(day to day life structure)
Sikhism
Monotheistic religion (Indian);belives in equality
(equality/soc. justice/service humanity/tolerance for other religions)
Sultan
according to the Qurʾān, moral or spiritual authority
(muslim monarch or sovergin)
Vassal
person under protection of feudal lord (owes vowed homage and fealty)
(Japanese)
Samuruai
member of the Japanese warrior caste
Daimyo
feudal lords & vassals to the shogun
(Japanese)
Ronin
a warrior, a samurai without a master
(Japanese)
Magna Carta
est list of rules the King needed to abid by
Doc written by English citizens(barons)
Manorialism
economic structure of fuedallism
(how land is managed)
Papacy
Office of the Pope
(catholic term)
Shinto
(Japanese religion) worships ansestors & nature spirits
Shogun
hereditary cheif in fuedal Japan
(name for rules until the end of fuedlaism)
Domaru
body wrap/armor for sammuri
(lower body skirts and cheaper to make)
Haiku
Japanese poem (traditionally about art)
lines 5, 7, 5
Katana
long single edged sword use by Japanese sammuri
Oyoroi
boxy armour for horseback
(expensive to make)
