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Unit 8: High M-Ages

World History Pre AP World: High Middle Ages

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Mecca City in western Saudi Arabia, Birth place of Muhammad.
Hijra Muhammad’s journey from Mecca to Medina is 622.
Medina City where Muhammad preached.
Kaaba Most sacred temple of Islam in Mecca.
Quran Holy book of Islam.
Mosque Muslim house of worship.
Hajj One of the 5 pillars of Islam.
Sharia Body of Islamic law.
Muhammad Founder of Islam, introduced religion to Southwest Asia.
Caliph Successor to Muhammad as leader of Muslims.
Sunni Member of one of the largest sects.
Shiite Member of the 2nd Muslim Sects.
Sufi Muslim mystic who seeks communion with god.
Umayyad Sunni dynasty of Caliphs. Ruled from 661-750A.D.
Abbasid Dynasty that ruled in Baghdad from 750-1258 A.D.
Minaret Slender tower of a mosque.
Sultan Muslim ruler.
Abu Bakr First muslim caliph and Father in law to Muhammad.
Social Mobility The ability to move in social class.
Caligraphy The art of producing beautiful handwriting.
Charter In the middle ages a written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town.
Capital Money, or wealth used to invest in business.
Partnership A group of merchants who joined together to finance a large scale venture that would have been too costly for an individual trader.
Tenant Farmer Someone who would pay rent to a lord to farm part of the lord's land.
Middle Class A group of people, including merchants, traders, and artisans whose rank was between noble and peasants.
Guild In the middle age, an association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to uphold standards of their trade and to protect their economic interests.
Apprentice A young person learning a trade from a master.
Journeyman A salaried worker employed by a guild master.
Holy Land Jerusalem and other places where christians believe Jesus had lived and preached.
Reconquista During the 1400s, the campaign by European christians to drive the Muslims from present day Spain.
Inquisition A church court set up to try people accused of heresy.
Crusades A series of wars from the 1000s through the 1200s in which european christians tried to win control of the holy land from Muslims.
Pope Urban II Convened the Council of Clermont where he launched the 1st crusade to win the holy land from Muslims.
Ferdinand and Isabella King of Aragon and queen of Castile whose marriage joined the 2 countries to become the country of Spain, military efforts led to find the final success of the reconquita.
Scholasticism In medieval Europe, the school of thought that used logic and reason to support christian belief.
Vernacular Everyday language of ordinary people.
Gothic Style Type of European architecture that developed in the middle ages characterized by flying buttresses, ribbed vaulting, thin walls, and high roofs.
Flying Buttresses Stone supports on the outside of a building that allowed builders to construct higher, thinner walls that contained large stained windows.
Illumination The artistic decoration of books and manuscripts.
Icon The artistic decoration of books and manuscripts. Icon- Holy image of christ, the virgin mary, or a saint venerated in the eastern orthodox church.
St. Thomas Aquinas A philosopher, theologian and monk who helped bridge the gap between Medieval fath and the philosophy or reason promoted by Greek philosophy, and explained the idea of natural law.
Dante Alighieri Philosopher, writer, and poet who was deeply involved in Italian politics, including the battles between the popes and monarchs of his time, and held political offices at different times throughout his life.
Geoffrey Chaucer Was the 1st important poet of his time to write in english and throughout his life he worked as a copy writer, member of parliament, and justice of peace.
Christine de Pisan Daughter of a physician and astronomer in the French court, was highly educated and spoke several languages and began writing poetry and the comment on social issues.
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