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BMMS 7history ch4
BMMS 7history chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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Iberian Peninsula | A southwestern tip of Europe; present location of Spain and Portugal |
bureaucracy | System of government in which a network of departments and agencies carries out the administrative work. |
Abd al-Malik | Seventh century caliph who imposed a common language and currency |
Standing army | Fighting force maintained even in times of peace |
Baghdad | Capital of the Abbasid Empire |
Iberian Peninsula | A southwestern tip of Europe; present location of Spain and Portugal |
Golden age | Period in which a country or culture is at its peak |
bureaucracy | System of government in which a network of departments and agencies carries out the administrative work. |
calligraphy | Art of fine handwriting |
Abd al-Malik | Seventh century caliph who imposed a common language and currency |
faction | Opposing group |
Standing army | Fighting force maintained even in times of peace |
Baghdad | Capital of the Abbasid Empire |
Golden age | Period in which a country or culture is at its peak |
calligraphy | Art of fine handwriting |
Omar Khayyam | Master of the poetic form called the quatrain, popular in Persia |
faction | Opposing group |
al-Andalus | Muslim Spain |
Cordoba | Capital of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) |
Abd al-Rahman III | Eight emir of al-Andalus and first caliph of Cordoba |
mercenary | A soldier paid to fight |
arabesque | Design showing intertwined stems, leaves, and flowers of a plant |
script | Hand-written letters or symbols of a language |
Umayyads | Group who took control of Muslim lands after Muhammad died |
Ibn Sina | A Persian doctor who wrote a detailed and extensive medical work that served as a reference book for more than 600 years. |