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18 Cards in this Set
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changes/continuities from classical to post-classical
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fewer empires and smaller;
no significant new inventions |
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bodies of water around the Arabian Peninsula
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persian gulf;
arabian sea; red sea |
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how Muhammad earned his living
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with trading caravans
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hijrah
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Muhammad's journey to Yathrib, after not being well-recieved in Mecca
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type of govt Muhammad imposed in Mecca
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theocracy
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Islam means
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submission to God
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Hadith
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sayings attributed to Muhammad
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mosque
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temple of worship of Muslims
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sharia
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process by which Islam is a way of life and Islamic law
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Muslim general who conquered Spain
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Tariq
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contributed to spread of Islam
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classical empires had grown weak;
extensive trade activity |
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Arabic dynasty that controlled Muslim world from 661-750 CE
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Umayyad
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the Abbasid Dynasty
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used judges (qadis) to rule;
defeated the Umayyads; non-Arabs were allowed power and wealh; Shi'ite and Sunni fought |
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people who took over the Muslim world by mid-1000s
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Turks
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Islam and Buddhism came into contact in what region
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Asia Minor (Central Asia)
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changes in women's rights in Islam
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required to wear veils;
became male-dominated; harems were isolated |
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Arabic term for Algebra
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al-jabr
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stories in The Thousand and One Nights
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Sinbad;
Ali Baba |
