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| Astrolabe |
An instrument used by sailors their location by observing the positions of stars and planets |
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| Dowry |
A gift of monetry or property. Man had to pay for their brides |
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| Mosques |
Muslims houses of worship. Mongol armies burnt down in 1258 in Baghdad |
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| Sunni |
Muslims wh did not all agree with Ummayyad rule, but acceapted the Umayyads as rulers |
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| Shiite |
Muslims who only acceapt the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam |
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| Jihad |
"Struggle in the way of God" |
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| Shari'ah |
A law code that provides believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives. |
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| Hajj |
The pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca) |
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| Quran |
The holy book of Islam |
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| Sheikh |
Leader of a Arab tribe. Each tribe had one. It was chosen from one of the leading familis by a council of elders. |
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| Paterfamilies |
In Roman social structure, the dominant male of the household |
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| Triumvirate |
A government by 3 people with power. |
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| Plebians |
Less wealthy landowners, craftspeople, merchants, and small farmers. = large group |
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| Patricians |
Wealhty landowners who became Rome's ruling class |
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| Republic |
A form of governmentin which the leader is not a monarch and certain cizitens have the right to vote. |
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| Socratic Method |
The Method of teaching used by the Greeks philospher Socrates, it employs a question-and-answer format to lead pupils to see things for themselves by using their own reason. |
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| Philosophy |
An organized system of thought. |
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| Oligarchy |
A government rule by the few. |
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| Democracy |
A government by the people or rule of the many. |
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| Polis |
A city-state that became the central focus of Greek life by 750 B.C. |
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| Confucianism |
The system of political and ethical ideas formulated by the Chinese philosopher Confucius toward the end of the Zhou dynasty; it was intended to help restore order to a society that was in a state of confusion |
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| Dao |
The key to proper behavior under Confuciansim. "Way" |
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| Aristocracy |
An upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed on from one generation to another. |
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| Silk Road |
A trade route developed by the Chinese. Reached Chagan, China to Mesopotomia, Central Asia. It was a trade route from 200 B.C. to 100 A.D. It was 4,000 miles long. |
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| Buddhism |
A religous doctrine introduced un northern India in the 6th century B.C. by Siddhartha Guatama, Known as the Buddha. |
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| Karma |
The force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life. |
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| Hinduism |
A major Inian religion system, which had its orgins in the religous beliefs of Aryans who settled India afte 1500 B.C. |
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| Dynasty |
A family of rulers whose rights to rule is passed on within the family |
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| Monotheistic |
To belief in one god |
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| Polytheistic |
To belief in many gods |
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| Patriarchal |
dominated by men |
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| Code of Hammurabi |
Based on a system of strict justice. Collection of laws provides considerable insight into social conditions in Mesopotamia. |
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| Empire |
A large political unit or state, usually under a single leader that controls many people or territories |
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| Theocracy |
A government by divine authority |
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| City-States |
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside |
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| Fertile Crescent |
An arc of land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf |
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