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Build Our Nation Ch 3
ch 3
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History
5th Grade
12/05/2010

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Leif Ericson sails to North America
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~1000 AD

 

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Mansa Musa travels to Mecca
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AD 1324

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saga
Definition
Icelandic legends about events that happened in the past
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Islam
Definition
religion practiced by Muslims; a belief in one God based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad
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pilgrimage
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a journey to a sacred place
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mosque
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Muslim house of worship (a church is a Christian house of worship)
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Europeans learn about Aristotle from the Muslims
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AD 1200s
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The Polos return from China
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AD 1295
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The Renaissance begins
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early 1300s AD
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merchant
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people who make their living buying and selling goods
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emperor
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ruler of an Empire
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astrolabe
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a device invented by the Greeks to measure the altitude of the sun and stars
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Renaissance
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great rebirth of learning and creativity brought about by Europe's rediscovery of Aristotle and other Greek and Roman writers
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Arabic numerals
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the way of writing numbers that is still used in Western countries today;
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