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47 Cards in this Set
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Cordoba Dynasty
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north African dynasty that built the great mosque of cordoba
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Emirate of Granada (1238-1492)
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Seljuks
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turks in rome; pushed byzantine empire back; power behind the thrown
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al-Hakim ruled?
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996-1021
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al-Hakim
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fatimid ruler; heavy influence in lebanon; burned the church down in jerusalem
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Manzikert (1021)
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byzantines challenge seljuks; seljuks defeated them
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Zengi (d.1174)
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conquest of Odessa; nur ad-din’s father;
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Janissaries
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A soldier in a former elite Turkish guard.
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Arab Executive
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1st arab institution that was created by the Palestinians to represent the arab interests; goal was to oppose Zionism and seek arab independence
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Arab Higher Committee
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2nd arab institution
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Dr. Mohammad Mossadig (PM.1951-3)? Did (3)? US involvement?
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popular nationalist Iranian PM; deeply opposed foreign intervention and 1. nationalized Iran’s oil 2. cancelled concessions to Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. (BP) 3. dissolved parliament ; Overthrown by US which resulted in intense anti-american sentiment
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Arab Executive
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1st arab institution that was created by the Palestinians to represent the arab interests; goal was to oppose Zionism and seek arab independence
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Peel Commission year? Decided? Arab response?
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1937; 1. brits partitioned palestine (50%50%) 2. Jerusalem remained international territory; arabs got infertile lands and rejected
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McDonald White Paper year? Point? 3 effects? Response of League of nations?
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1939; brits stated that they could not convert palestine into a jewish homeland; 1. Restricted Zionist immigration to 15k per year 2. called for an independent Palestine governed by arabs and jews 3. restricted land purchases by jews; rejected
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UNGA Resolution 194 after ww2? Recommended? (3)
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“right of return” to provide Palestinians the provisions to return to Palestine or compensation but fulfillment has been problematic
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al-nakaba/Independence War
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arabs (“the catastrophe”); Israeli
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Arab revolt
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after the McDonald WP, was a strike against jewish immigration and land purchases
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Ijtihad
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Islamic legal concept meaning independent interpretation used when the quran and hadith are not explicit on a particular topic
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Anwar al-Sadat
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president of egypt 1970-81; leader after Nasir’s death; worked with soviets at first but then changed to us/israeli side; set Nasir’s supporters free
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Hosni Mubarak
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current president of egypt after al-sadat; authoritarianism
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Cordoba Dynasty
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north African dynasty that built the great mosque of cordoba
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al-Qaida
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Jihilrya? Metaphor for? To?
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state of barbourism (before muhammad); for secular modernity ; used by the Saudi Arabian wahabbis to justify military action against heretics by implementation of Islamic law
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Muwahiddun? Reject? Practice?
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sunni (Saudi Arabia) monotheist Unitarians concerned with the moral decay of society; reject bid’ah (forms of innovation in islam) and practices after the people who actually knew mohummad; practice terrorism;
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Arab Executive
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1st arab institution that was created by the Palestinians to represent the arab interests; goal was to oppose Zionism and seek arab independence
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Arab Higher Committee
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2nd arab institution
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Dr. Mohammad Mossadig (PM.1951-3)? Did (3)? US involvement?
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popular nationalist Iranian PM; deeply opposed foreign intervention and 1. nationalized Iran’s oil 2. cancelled concessions to Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. (BP) 3. dissolved parliament ; Overthrown by US which resulted in intense anti-american sentiment
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Arab Executive
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1st arab institution that was created by the Palestinians to represent the arab interests; goal was to oppose Zionism and seek arab independence
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Peel Commission year? Decided? Arab response?
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1937; 1. brits partitioned palestine (50%50%) 2. Jerusalem remained international territory; arabs got infertile lands and rejected
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McDonald White Paper year? Point? 3 effects? Response of League of nations?
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1939; brits stated that they could not convert palestine into a jewish homeland; 1. Restricted Zionist immigration to 15k per year 2. called for an independent Palestine governed by arabs and jews 3. restricted land purchases by jews; rejected
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UNGA Resolution 194 after ww2? Recommended? (3)
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“right of return” to provide Palestinians the provisions to return to Palestine or compensation but fulfillment has been problematic
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al-nakaba/Independence War
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arabs (“the catastrophe”); Israeli
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Arab revolt
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after the McDonald WP, was a strike against jewish immigration and land purchases
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Ijtihad
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Islamic legal concept meaning independent interpretation used when the quran and hadith are not explicit on a particular topic
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Anwar al-Sadat
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president of egypt 1970-81; leader after Nasir’s death; worked with soviets at first but then changed to us/israeli side; set Nasir’s supporters free
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Hosni Mubarak
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current president of egypt after al-sadat; authoritarianism
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al-Qaida
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Jihilrya? Metaphor for? To?
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state of barbourism (before muhammad); for secular modernity ; used by the Saudi Arabian wahabbis to justify military action against heretics by implementation of Islamic law
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Muwahiddun? Reject? Practice?
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sunni (Saudi Arabia) monotheist Unitarians concerned with the moral decay of society; reject bid’ah (forms of innovation in islam) and practices after the people who actually knew mohummad; practice terrorism;
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Cordoba Dynasty
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north African dynasty that built the great mosque of cordoba
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Emirate of Granada (1238-1492)
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Seljuks
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turks in rome; pushed byzantine empire back; power behind the thrown
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al-Hakim ruled?
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996-1021
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al-Hakim
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fatimid ruler; heavy influence in lebanon; burned the church down in jerusalem
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Manzikert (1021)
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byzantines challenge seljuks; seljuks defeated them
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Zengi (d.1174)
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conquest of Odessa; nur ad-din’s father;
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Janissaries
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A soldier in a former elite Turkish guard.
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