MIDDLE EAST
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Sidrock123 on June 11, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 geographic influence | no protection trade caravan routes |
| mecca | the holy place |
| medina | where Muhammed flees |
| Hegira | medina to mecca |
| Qu'ran | holy book of islam |
| sunni | believed the calef should be elected |
| shiite | believed the calef should be decsended from muhammed |
| ibn battuta | known for traveling through mali and found great things |
| crusades | turks vs. muslims muslims wanted holy land - failed failure for christians results are a breakdown of feudalism desire for goods encouragment for learning islamic golden age |
| sultan | highest person in ottoman empire |
| vizier | general |
| caliph | religeous leader |
| janissaries | religeous warriors |
| devshirme | boys forced to work in army |
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