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Ch 10-13_Prince Hall
Mr. Sakolic 2007 WL summer schl, Chs. 10-13 _hard vocab and names_Princeton Hall
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| Seljuks | central Asian invaders who adopted Islam and threatened the Byzantine Empire |
| Sufi | a Muslim faction that sought to communion with God through meditation and fasting |
| sultan | name given to a Seljuk leader |
| Sharia | a rule that the Quran can be applied to all legal situations. |
| Stefan Dusan | Serbian king |
| Golden Bull of 1222 | This limited royal power in Hungary |
| Jadwiga | Poland's greatest age came after she married |
| liberum veto | this made it hard for the Polish government to take action. |
| boyar | Ivan the Great tried to limit the power of the ____ |
| Michael Romanov | The selection of___ brought the Time of Troubles to an end |
| Vladimir | ___organized mass baptisms in Kiev |
| Abbas | Shah_____revived the glory of ancient Persia |
| janizaries | The ___ formed the elite branch of the Ottoman army |
| millet | religious communities non-Muslims were organized into in the Ottoman empire |
| Sinan | designed hundreds of mosques and palaces |
| Babur | Invader who established the Mughal dynasty |
| Nur Jahan | Wife of Jahangir who ruled Nughal India for her husband |
| Sikhism | Religion_ by Nanak_ Muslim+Hindu |
| Taj Mahal | tomb built by Shah Jahan for his wife |
| Urdu | language: Persian + Hindi |
| Muhammad al-Razi | Physician, measles and smallpox |
| Averroes | put knowledge to the test of reason |
| Avicenna | wrote an encyclopedia on disease |
| Omar Khayyam | Scholar, astronomer, and poet |
| Swahili | language_ E. African + Muslim |
| Ezana | king of Axum, converted to Christianity |
| Lalibela | Ethiopian king who built many churches |
| Geez | language= Hebrew + Axum |
| Sonni Ali | The soldier king who rejected Islam |
| Amina | woman ruler of Zaria who expanded its border to the Niger River |
| Mansa Musa | emperor of Mali, converted to Islam and did hajj |
| Askia Muhammad | __ made Gao a leading center of learning |
| Sundiato | founded the Mali empire |
| Bantu | the root language of W. Africa |
| Meroe | commanded wide trade routes and was rich in iron ore |