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AP World Ch. 8 Vocab
Advanced Placement Chapter 8 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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In the Ottoman empire, an elite corps of troops personally loyal to the sultan; made up of Christian boys who were taken from their parents and converted to Islam. | Janissaries |
The "Mongol peace"; between about 1250 and about 1350 when Mongols ruled most of Eurasia. | Pax Mongolica |
The dynasty of Shi´i Muslims that ruled Persia from the 1500s to the 1700s. | Safavid |
Turkish converts to Islam who seized the Baghdad government from the Abbasids. | Seljuks |
The caliphs resident in Damascus from 661 to 750 c.e. | Umayyad dynasty |
Official term for the Mongol dynasty that ruled China between 1279Ð1368. | Yuan dynasty |