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29 Cards in this Set
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Chang’an
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New Name of Capital changed by the Tang dynasty
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Empress Wu
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third Tang emperor
Fervent Buddhist and built temples |
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Rajputs
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Warriors integrated into warrior caste and become new princes
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Diocletian
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Tried to restore state
Sought to promote a cult of worship of emperor Persecuted Christians as a result – refused to worship emperor and a good target. |
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Constantine
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accepted Christianity
Moved Capital to the East |
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Valentinian and Valens
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Latin in west and Greek in east
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Paul of Tarsus
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trained in Hellenistic culture
Felt that Jesus’ followers had to be evangelists |
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Theodosius
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Christianity as official religion
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Arius of Alexandria
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One Being, Three Persons
Jesus- Fully God, Fully Human |
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First converts to Islam
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were Meccan town townsfolk and Yathrib (Medina) date farmers
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The Ka’ba in Mecca
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The Cube in Mecca
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Islam
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“submission” to God’s will
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Muslim
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submissive” or “surrendering
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Salih
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nonbiblical Arabian figure
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Hegira
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“emigration”, marked Islamic Calendar
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Umma
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a distinctive Islamic community
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Caliph
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(khalifa) successor, Abu Bakr
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Caliph
Imam Emir |
Caliph – khalifa “successor”
Imam – “leader” Emir – “commander” |
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Ulama
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“persons of right knowledge” scholar
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Shari’a
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devin law
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Ulama
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Scholars who studied Islam
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Shi’a
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Shi’ites believed Ali to be chosen successor
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Sunnis –
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followers of the tradition (sunna) of the Prophet and Qur’an
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Abbasid
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revolution ended Arab dominance, capital is moved to Bagdad
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Mamluks
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slave soldiers, Caliphs eventually dominated by mamluks
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Subuktigin
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Established state in Afghanistan
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Mahmud of Ghazna
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Conquests in northwestern India
Beginning of lasting Muslim presence in India |
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Saljuqs
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First major Turkish dynasty of Islam
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Hindi
Urdu |
Hindi – associated with Indian culture
Urdu – name for Muslim version |
