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Chapters 6-8 Vocabulary
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History
10th Grade
10/22/2012

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griots
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professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire
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Sharia
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Islamic law; defined among other things the patrilineal nature of Islamic inheritance
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Ibn Batuta
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Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records
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Sundiata
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"Lion Prince"; member of the Keita clan; created a unified state that became the Mali Empire; died about 1260
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Zeni
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Arabic term for the east African coast
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Timbuktu
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port city of Mali; located just off the flood plain on the great bend in the Niger River; population of 50,000; contained a library and university
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lateen
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triangular sails attached to the masts of dhows by long booms or yard arms, which extended diagonally high across the fore and aft of the ship
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Crusades
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series of military adventures initially launched by western Christians to free Holy Land from Muslims; temporarily succeeded in capturing Jerusalem and establishing Christian kingdoms; later used for extermination of heresy and commercial wars
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bkaktic cults
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Hindu groups dedicated to gods; emphasized the importance of strong emotional bonds with gods; focused mostly on Shiva and Vishnu
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Seliuk Turks
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Nomadic invaders from central Asia via Persia; staunch Sunnis
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Sufis
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mystics within Islam that expanded Islam to southeastern Asia
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Baghdad
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capital of Abbasid dynasty located in Iraq near ancient Persian capital of Ctesiphon
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Damascus
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Syrian city that was capital of Umayyad caliphate
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caliph
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political and religious successor to Muhammad
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Qur'an
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recitations of revelations received by Muhammad; holy book of Islamd
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mawali
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Non-Arab converts to Islam
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umma
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community of the faithful within Islam; transcended old tribal boundaries to create degree of political unity
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Umayyad
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clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca
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Sunnis
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political and theological division within Islam
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Shi'a
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political and theological division within Islam
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wazir
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chief administrative official under the Abbasid caliphate; initially recruited from Persian provinces of empire
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