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| the two larege Japanese clans that fought for power; Minamoto clan wins |
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| shogun of the Minamoto clan; moved his headquarters from Kyoto to Kamakura |
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| Used by merchants for traveling; up to 5000 camels long |
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| Nomad traders; used caravans; started using camels around 1100 B.C. |
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| Loops that hang down on both sides of a saddle; one of three inventions that improved horseback riding |
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| Always pointed north; one of three inventions that improved sailing |
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| As transportation became safer more people started traveling |
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| The record of past human events |
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| Study of historic or prehistoric people and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other remains |
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| Written after an event with the help of primary sources |
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| Those written by people who were there |
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| Captured land was organized into these |
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| People who speak a different language |
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| Charged taxes for goods that came in and out of the countries |
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| Founded the University of Judin shapur and Christians came and formed a medical school |
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| A picture or designs made from small colored pieces of glass or quarts imbedded in plaster |
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| Trade or the buying and selling of goods on a large scale |
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| Small area in a desert that is watered by springs or wells |
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| Nomad families joined together |
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| Made to represent "sons and daughters of God" |
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| Muslim holy book, believed to be the written record of God's word |
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| Means "submission to Allah" |
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| Followers of Islam, "those who submit to Allah's will" |
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| Qur'an and collection of the hadith put together |
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| words and deeds of Muhammad |
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| group of peoples and provinces ruled by the strongest one of them |
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| means "shore of the desert" |
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| a triangular-shaped landform made by mud and silt deposited at a river's mouth |
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| succession through females of the family |
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| succcession from father to son |
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| communicated with the spirit world, had healing powers |
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| honorng ancestor spirirts |
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| study of people through language |
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| independent states made of a city |
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| raised, flat surfaces of land |
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| stories passed down through generations |
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| tropical disease carried by mosquitoes |
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| someone sent to a foeign country to work |
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| vast semiarid grass-covered plain |
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| group of families who claim descent from a common ancestor |
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| ruler of a Muslim country |
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| 1.proffesion of faith (a. "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet.) 2.prayer (a.five times a day, b.wash before you pray, c.kneel while praying, d.face Ka'Bah in Mecca) 3.giving alms (a.showing charity to the poor) 4.ritual fast (a.no eating while sun is uo during Ramadan) 5.Hajj (a.pilgrimage to Mecca at least once) |
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