2019-2020 APWH Islam, State Building in the Americas, and State Building in Africa Unit 1 Topic

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Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia

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Ottomans

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A school for the study of Muslim law and religious science

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Madrasa

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Islamic holy cities

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Mecca and Medina

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A Hindu god considered the destroyer of the world.

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Shiva

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(1206-1526 CE) The successors of Mahmud of Ghazni

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Delhi Sultans

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a body of water that lies between Arabia and India; the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean

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Arabian Sea

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A member of a North African, primarily Muslim people living in settled or nomadic tribes from Morocco to Egypt

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Berbers

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Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage

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Five Pillars of Islam

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was an Indian-Islamic power that ruled a large portion of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526

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Mughal Empire

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A dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from 661 to 750 and later established a kingdom in al-Andalus.

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Ummayads

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Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in central Mexico

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Aztec

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A Muslim-ruled region in what is now Spain

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Al-Andalus

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Groups that live in Sri Lanka and have been engaged in ethnic conflict in the past

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Sinhalaese and Tamils

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Capital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Ctesiphon

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Baghdad

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Islamic mysticism

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Sufism

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A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus

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Christianity

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the European Muslim kingdom in Spain;

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Caliphate of Cordoba

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an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule

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Dar-Al-Islam

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is the belief that people should have Mohammeds descands as their leaders

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Shia

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(750-1258 CE) The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering. Had a bureaucracy

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Abbasid Caliphate

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In this location Axum was founded by Arabs and combined with Arab and African cultures.

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Eithiopia

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Thai city that fostered an elegant and widespread sculptural style

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Sukhothai

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The fifth pillar of the Muslim faith: visit Mecca at least once in your lifetime

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Hajj

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many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a state

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Great Zimbabwe

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With its trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao, it had many mosques and universities. The Empire was ruled by Mansa Musa

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Mali

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Mughal emperor in India and great-grandson of Akbar 'the Great', under whom the empire reached its greatest extent

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Aurangzeb

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an islamic holiday where they fast from dawn to dusk (sawm)

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Ramadan

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wealthy due to trade and a good economy. A set of kingdoms in India that arose after the fall of the Gupta

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Rajput Kingdoms

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nomadic Turks from Asia who conquered Baghdad in 1055 and allowed the caliph to remain only as a religious leader.

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Seljuk Turks

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religious communities where Buddha's followers stayed, studied, and meditated

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Buddhist monasteries

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Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, they overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate

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Abbasid Sultans

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founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam

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Sikhism

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A single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything

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Brahman

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Native Ameriacans who lived in the Southwest from about 300 B.C. to A.D. 1300s and used irragation to farm

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Hohokam

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ONly turkish dynasty to survive Monogol invasions and Black Death.

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Mamluks

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-living in communities -harmonizes with landscape for functional reasons -summer sun doesn't hit the pueblos, but winter

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Mesa Verde

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Persian mathematician and cosmologist whose academy near Tabriz provided the model for the movement of the planets

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Nasir al-Din Tusi

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a group of small independent city-states in northern central Africa between the Niger River and Lake Chad which flourish

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Hausa Kingdom

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One of the first monotheistic religions, particularly one with a wide following. Ancient Perisan

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Zoroastrianism

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Kingdoms of sub-Saharan east Africa based on Christianity

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Axum

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A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being

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Hindu

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They connected Mesoamerica to the bottom of North America. Both trade routes resulted in the spread of religion as well

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Turquoise Roads

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Ottoman Turk leader who modernized the army and conquered many new lands,

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Suleyman the Magnificent

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The movement of the _____ peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture

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Bantu Migrations

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The first five books of Jewish Scripture,

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Torah

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an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading for centuries

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Cahokia

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Southeast Asian kingdom (1293-1520) centered on the island of Java

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Majapahit

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at first just trades but the Islamic Empire brought them up to be loyal Sunni Muslim soldiers.

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Mamluks

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-led military campaigns to establish Islamic states -founded powerful states, Guinea, Senegal, Mali-promoted Islam

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Fulani

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The creator god in Hinduism

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Brahma

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Southern Indian kingdom (1336-1565) that later fell to the Mughals.

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Vijayanagar

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God of Islam

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Allah

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flourished from the 600s to 1200s; controlled the Strait of Malacca

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Srivijaya Empire

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The community of all Muslims.

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Umma

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Aggressive empire in Cambodia and Laos that collapsed in the 1400's when Thailand conquered Cambodia

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Khmer Empire

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Middle East, 11th-12th centuries }Turkic empire ruled by sultans in Persia and modern-day Iraq

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Seljuk Empire

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A Hindu god considered the preserver of the world

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Vishnu

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Another great Native American civilization. Settled in Peru. Defeated by Pizzaro

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Inca

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small groups of nomadic people in Arabia

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Bedouins

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a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf

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Arabian Pennisula

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the system of Islamic law,

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Sharia

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Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed accounts of his travels

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Ibn Battuta

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A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people.

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Judaism

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The church in Ethiopia that was promoted by the kings and arrived through merchants and missionaries.

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Ethiopian Orthodox Church

2019-2020 APWH Islam, State Building in the Americas, and State Building in Africa Unit 1 Topic

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2019-2020 APWH Islam, State Building in the Americas, and State Building in Africa Unit 1 Topic

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