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BMMS 7history chapter 4

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