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SS Muslim Empires
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Damascus | capital city of Umayyad empire |
| caliph | the religous leader of Islam |
| Sunni | Uthman's followers, Umayyad |
| Shia | Ali's followers, Muhammad's family |
| emir | leader |
| bureacracy | a system of government that involves a bank |
| Caliph Abd Malik | fixed the Umayyad empire, cleaned it up |
| Baghdad | Capital city of Abbasid empire |
| standing army | a pernament army of paid soldiers |
| inclusion | letting conquered people participate in goverment |
| al Kharizmi | invented # system, doctor |
| mercenary | a professional soldier hired to serve in a army |
| Reconquest | Christian empires invading from the north |
| King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella | Combined empires and started the reconquest |
| 4 caliphs | 4 caliphs: Abu Bakr Umar Uthman Ali |
| Uthman conquering | to Africa |
| Ali | assassinated and was muhammad's cousin |
| "deadly dinner" | Umayyad leaders killed exept for Rachman |
| Abbasid advancements | 365 day calendar # system Algebra paper |
| Abbasid fall | luxury and not enough taxes |
| Caliph Abd Rachman | escaped deadly dinner and fled to Spain |
| Al Andulas fall | the reconquest |