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Unit One- Group G Flashcards

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sakk

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resembled check, honored by Abbasid banks

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Hajj

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Holy pilgrimage to Mecca

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Equal-field system. (James Patterson III)

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Equal distribution of land under Tang Dynasty.

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Justinian’s Code

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a systematic review of the Roman Law (Angus Pellant)

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Corpus luris Civilis

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Means body of the civil law, what Justinian based his code off of. (Angus Pellant)

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Missi Dominici

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means envoys of The Lord Ruler (Angus Pellant)

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Vikings

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Nordic Peoples of Scandinavia, Norse mariners who mounted invasions and plundered settlements. (Angus Pellant)

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Caesaropapism

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secular Lord and ecclesiastical leader. The Emperor would lead both within the state and religious affairs. (Angus Pellant)

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Ecclesiastical

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means religious, or having to do with religious affairs. (Angus Pellant)

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Middle Kingdom (James Patterson III)

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China’s realm of responsibility to bring order to subordinate kingdoms.

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Uighur (James Patterson III)

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Helped Tang Dynasty keep order. Then proceeded to take over Chang’an and Luoyang

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Wu Zhou (James Patterson III)

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First female emperor of China

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Footbinding ( James Patterson III)

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Patriarchal practice, preventing growth of girl’s foot to make them more attractive.

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veiling

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a rule that required women to always have their heads covered in public

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Madrasas

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institutions of higher education in al-Andalus

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Hajj

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Holy pilgrimage to Mecca

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Quran

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“Recitation”; holy book of Islam

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Allah

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Name Muslims call God

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Hijra

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Muhammad’s migration to Medina

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Sharia

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Islamic holy law

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5 Pillars of Islam

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  1. Allah is God Muhammad is prophet
  2. Pray to Allah daily
  3. Fast in daylight of Ramadan
  4. Give alms to weak and poor
  5. Must make pilgrimage to Mecca

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Caliph

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Successor of Muhammad

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Abbasid Dynasty

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After Umayyad Dynasty
Allied with Shia and Non-Arabic Muslims to take over Umayyad
Eventually ended by Mongols

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Shia Sect

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Believe Caliph should come from descendants of Muhammad
Come from line of Ali who was cousin of Muhammad

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Shogun

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Military governor who ruled in place of emperor

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samurai

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a mounted warrior in medieval Japan

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Abu al-Abbas

Rob Enright

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The founder of the Abbasid Dynasty

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Greek fire

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military invention used by Byzantines to resist Muslim invasions; burns even on water (Daniel Pfaff)

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iconoclasm

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‘breaking of the icons’ commissioned by Emperor Leo III in Byzantine Empire (Daniel Pfaff)

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St. Cyril and St. Methodius

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converted Slavic peoples to Christianity; adapted Greek to Slavic languages for Cyrillic alphabet (Daniel Pfaff)

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Constatninople

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originally called Byzantium; renamed by Emperor Constantine and made capital off the new Roman (Byzantine) Empire; housed Hagia Sophia and the hippodrome (Daniel Pfaff)

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Pope Gregory I

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defended Rome from the Germanic tribe, Lombards, and reasserted papacy as head authority and emphasized sacrament of penance

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