Details Title: 1st semester people and places Description: NA Total Flash Cards: 31 Created: 01/22/2009 16:11:50		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional History Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Isadore of Charax Definition wrote letters to help make maps Term Xuanzang Definition A Chinese pilgrim who journied over 5000 miles from China to India and back to collect Buddhist teachings. Term Ibn Battuta Definition Traveled to the Holy city of Mecca and liked traveling, so he traveled for 3 years going to; Arabia, asia, Africa, and Spain. Term Ceasar Agustus Definition adopted by Julius Ceaser and ended chaos and power struggles. Term Diocletian Definition in 284 B.C., he divided Rome into 4 parts. Term Constantine Definition Made Constantinople. He was a Roman Emperor. Term Constantinople Definition Thought as "New Rome". Remained under Constantine untill the Turks captured it. Term Huns Definition A fierce group of nomadic warriors. Term Justinian Definition He was an emperor during riots, and barely managed to keep the empire alive. Term Mecca Definition Muslims believe it is related to Ishmael and Abraham's story. One of the five pillars of Islam say that you have to travel there once in your lifetime. Term Ka'Bah Definition A cubed shaped shrine (Muslim's house of worship). Now it has idols that they worship. Term Muhammad Definition A meccan who believed that God talked to him through a meditation, and the "revelation" is written down in the Koran. Term Abu Bakr Definition Restored calm and faith to muslims after MuMu's death. Term Shiites Definition A tribe that thinks that the caliph should be a descendant of MuMu. Term Sunni Definition They thought that the Calif could be anyone. Term Umayyads Definition Term Charles Martel Definition Term Abd al Rahman Definition Term Mansa Musa Definition Term Vasco de Gama Definition Term The Great Enclosure Definition Term Mwene Mutapa Definition Term Mbanza Definition Term Genghis Khan Definition Term Kublai Khan Definition Term Timur the Lame Definition Term Suleiman the Magnificent Definition 1500-1566;(north)hungry, (south)Egypt, (west) Algeria, (east) Mesopotaima Term Istanbul Definition capital of the ottoanm empire Term Emperor Wen Definition reignited china, and started rebuliding the wall. Term ming dynasty Definition 1644-1912; 60 million people by 1850 to 450 million Term honshu Definition one of the 4 main islands