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Unit Three - The Post-Classical Era Flashcards

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Byzantium

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eastern half of Europe following the fall of the Roman Empire

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Constantinople

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large and wealthy imperial capital of Byzantium

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Medina

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burial place of Muhammad; second holiest Islamic site (after Mecca)

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Umayyads

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  • leaders of first hereditary Muslim caliphate
  • expansion
  • capital of Damascus
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Abbasid caliphate

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  • overthrew Umayyads
  • long caliphate
  • capital in Baghdad
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sharia

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Islamic law

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dar al-Islam

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“house of peace”

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Italian city-states

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independent civilizations on the Italian peninsula that were heavily involved in trade and commerce (ex: Florence, Venice, Milan)

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Swahili city-states

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trading states along the east coast of Africa

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Sui dynasty

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  • fifth Chinese dynasty

* unified the region after years of disunity

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Tang dynasty

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  • sixth Chinese dynasty

* departmental political structure; Confucian values

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Song dynasty

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  • seventh Chinese dynasty

* golden age of culture

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Heian regime

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high era of Japanese culture and imperial court

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Crusades

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a series of military expeditions by Christians aimed to recover holy lands from Muslims

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Ottoman Empire

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Islamic state founded after the fall of the Byzantine Empire

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Mongols

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group of pastoralists who united under Genghis Khan to create the largest land empire in history

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Mali

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Muslim trade empire in West Africa

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Timbuktu

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center of trade and Islamic teaching in the Mali civilization

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Songhay Empire

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West African state that replaced the Mali Empire after its fall

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Yuan (Mongol) dynasty

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  • eighth Chinese dynasty

* led by the Mongols under their empire

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Ming dynasty

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  • ninth Chinese dynasty

* led reforms and advancements

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Inca Empire

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largest and most powerful Andean empire

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Aztec Empire

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powerful empire in central Mexico

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Genghis Khan

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founder of the Mongol Empire

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pax Mongolica

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period of peace and stability under the Mongol Empire

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gunpowder

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Chinese formula that was eventually used across the world for weaponry

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longboats

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boats used by the Vikings

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Islam

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  • monotheistic faith
  • founded by Muhammad
  • Five Pillars
  • holy text = Qu’ran
  • holy site = Mecca
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Sunni

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majority Muslim group; believe that the community should choose its leaders

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Shia

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minority Muslim group; believe that leaders should descend from Muhammad

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Borobudur

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Buddhist temple in Java

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great schism

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the split of Christianity between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy

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Roman Catholicism

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the Western branch of Christianity after the great schism

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Eastern Orthodoxy

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the Eastern branch of Christianity after the great schism

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scholasticism

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coined by Thomas Aquinas; popular among medieval Christian thinkers

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Arabian Nights

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Arabic collection of stories during Islam’s golden age

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Sufism

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a mystical branch of Islam

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The Tale of Genji

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Japanese story of love and court life; written by Lady Murasaki

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bushido

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the “way of the warrior” in Japan

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samurai

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warrior class of feudal Japan

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humanism

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philosophy that celebrates being human

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Sundiata Keita

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founder of the Mali Empire

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Rumi

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Islamic poet

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Zheng He

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Chinese explorer of the Indian Ocean; supported by Yongle

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Yongle

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Ming emperor; sponsor of many projects and Zheng He’s exploration

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Forbidden City

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imperial residence in Beijing

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Machu Picchu

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Marco Polo

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Italian explorer who traveled to Asia

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Ibn Battuta

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Muslim scholar and explorer

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Xuanzang

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Chinese Buddhist monk

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Grand Canal

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canal in China linking the Yellow and Yangzi rivers

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guild

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an association of men (rarely women) with a common profession

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Hanseatic League

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an alliance of free towns in northern Germany

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Hangzhou

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southern terminus of the Grand Canal

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Malacca

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Malaysian state; popular in Indian Ocean trade

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Calicut

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Indian trade city

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jizya

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a tribute/tax paid by non-Muslims

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urbanization

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the development of urban areas

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witch hunts

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pursuits of people suspected of witchcraft

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black death

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a plague that eradicated populations throughout Eurasia

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Charlemagne

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founded the Carolingian Empire through conquest

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Magna Carta

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English document proclaiming that everyone (including the king) was subject to the law

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Habsburg family

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German family who came to control much of Central Europe

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Reconquista

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Christian military campaigns to recapture Muslim states

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Baghdad

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capital city of the Abbasid caliphate

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caliph

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“successor”

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Canton

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large port city in China

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shogun

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a hereditary military governor in Japan

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daimyo

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Japanese feudal lord who commanded samurai

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Saladin

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first sultan of Egypt

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waru waru agriculture

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Andean agricultural technique

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astrolabe

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device used to tell time based on position of the sun and stars

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compass

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device used to show direction

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Johannes Gutenberg

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inventor of the printing press

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Muhammad

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founder of Islam

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Qu’ran

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Islam’s holy book

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Five Pillars of Islam

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shahadah (declaration), salat (prayer), zakat (donation to poor), sawm (fasting), hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

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griot

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storyteller in West Africa

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clergy

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body of people in charge of religious duties

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devshirme

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Ottoman system of taking young men from non-Muslim families and teaching them to serve in the army

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janissaries

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slave-soldiers of the devshirme system

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Hundred Years’ War

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series of campaigns over control of the French throne

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Wu Zhao

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empress of China

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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powerful woman in Europe during the High Middle Ages

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Joan of Arc

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heroine of France

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chivalry

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code of honor and ethics taken by knights

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Srivijaya

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Indonesian city-state

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Silla dynasty

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kingdom of Korea

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Trung sisters

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Vietnamese military leaders who rebelled against China

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hangul

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Korean alphabet

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foot binding

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the Chinese practice of binding women’s feet in order to shrink them

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Justinian

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emperor of the Byzantine Empire

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caesaropapism

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the idea of combining secular government with religious power (head of the state is head of the church)

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Prince Vladimir of Kiev

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Russian prince who converted to Christianity

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Holy Roman Empire

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loose federation of German states and principalities

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umma

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community of all Muslims

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hijra

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Muhammad’s move to Medina

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ulama

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Islamic scholars

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Anatolia

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region that held the Byzantine and Ottoman empires

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al-Andalus

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Muslim Spain

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madrassa

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Islamic religious school

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Igbo

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ethnic group of Nigeria

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Iroquois

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northeast Native American confederacy

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Mecca

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Islam’s holy city

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hajj

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Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca

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