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How did people adapt to the Arabian desert?   They traded, herded, and moved from place to place  
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How did people adapt to the oasis?   They traded and settled there  
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people who moved from place to place   nomads  
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groups of people related to each other   clans  
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why was the Arabian peninsula well suited to trade?   it connected three continents  
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Muhammad   founder of islam  
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monotheism   belief in one god  
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5 pillars   faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage  
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how did the Umayyads unify the empire?   language, money, and pilgrimage  
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advancements in the abbasid dynasty   numbers, medicine, house of wisdom  
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standing army   always controls empire  
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battle of tours   the abbasids were defeated by the franks  
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al antulus and cordoba-leading cities   paved streets and rich economy  
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savannah   grassland with scattered trees  
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why rivers were important, name main river   water, fertile land, trade and transporation  
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wealthy kings   taxing trade  
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salt-gold trade   salt was needed in west, gold wanted in north  
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mansa musa voyage   to show off, attract scholars  
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griot   African storyteller  
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kinship to kingdom   urbanization  
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religion of Berbers   Islam  
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Islam's influence   leaders converted to Islam, spread Arabic  
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Mali capital   Timbuktu  
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large African desert   Sahara  
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Traded to Kongo from Portugal   guns, horses and manufactured goods for slaves  
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King Afonso   cut off trade from portugal  
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Country bordering China to the north   Mongolia  
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Why did China trade by sea?   land was harder to get through  
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types of people in the beureaucracy   aristocrats, scholars, foreigners  
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civil service exam   test scholars had to be in the beureaucracy  
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China's discoveries in middle ages   gunpowder, compass, paper money  
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why did China use paper money?   limitless supply; lighter  
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population of China growing   new rice, better farming  
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why were the Mongols able to conquer China?   They were nomadic  
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Why did Kublai Khan appoint foreigners?   so the Chinese did not have too much power  
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Ming dynasty-why was it powerful?   Great wall, forbidden city  
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causes for fall of roman empire   invasions, weak rulers, empire split  
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Leader and tribe that conquered Rome in 486   Clovis (franks)  
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eastern Roman empire   Byzantine  
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split in christian churches   schism  
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leader in the Roman catholic church   pope  
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Catholic pyramid   Pope, cardinals, bishops, priests, monks/nuns  
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reasons for powerful Catholic church   united Europe, peace, key to afterlife, pope had more power than king  
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King of Franks that unified western Europe   Charlemagne  
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Group from Scandinavia that terrorized Europe for 3 centuries   vikings  
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Feudal pyramid   king, nobles, knights, peasants  
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Why did people fight in crusades?   to get back holy land  
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Black death   deadly plague that ran through Europe and central asia  
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Rebirth   Renaissance  
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