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- Caliph
- Ruler in the stead of Muhammad
- Nara Japan
- Japanese period (710-794) centered around city of Nara, that was the highest point of Chinese influence
- Jizya
- Tax of non-muslims
- Middle kingdom
- Song and Tang dynasties
- Bulgars
- A group defeated by Basil II (nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer)
- Bushido
- the way of the warrior, the code of conduct of the Japanese samurai that was based on loyalty and honor
- Sultan
- Islamic ruler
- Uighurs
- Turkish tribe
- Corpus Iuris Civilis
- Body of the civil law (codification of the law by Justinian)
- Chang'an
- Capital of Tang
- Allah
- The single god of Islam
- Minamoto
- aristocratic clan in China in th 12th century; fought a war with the Taira and emerged victorious
- Umayyad
- First Arabic Dynasty
- Grand Canal
- Canal built by Sui flowing north to south to facilitate trade
- Kamakura Muromachi
- periods from 1185-1333 (Kamakura) and 1336-1573 (Muromachi) where Japan developed a decentralized political order
- Mecca
- The city where Muhammad and his followers started the religion. Later taken over by Muslims
- Saljuqs
- Turkish tribe that gained control over abbasid empire and fought Byzantine
- Crusades
- A religious conquest to recapture holy lands
- Pillar saints
- Saints that prayed on pillars to demonstrate their aesthetic lifestyle
- Constantinople
- A city founded by Constantine at Byzantion 340 CE
- Arianism
- Belief that Jesus was a mortal human being
- Hagia Sophia
- Greek orthodox temple made by Justinian later converted to a mosque
- Sufis
- Mystics
- Madrasas
- Islamic institutions of higher education
- Shia
- A sect of Islam believing that only the descendants of Muhammad should rule
- Vietnam
- tense relations with China; China won control over Viet towns and cities; as Tang fell Viets won their independence
- Cyrillic Alphabet
- Alphabet used when converting slavs
- Theme
- A province of the Byzantine Empire in which a military general was put in charge of ruling
- Bureaucracy of Merit
- Hiring of officials based on Merit not family ties
- Caesaropapism
- The practice of the emperor having a large influence in ecclesiastical affairs.
- Medina
- "The city of the prophet" where Muhammad and his followers flew to from Mecca
- Quran
- Holy book of Islam
- Al-Andalus
- Islamic Spain
- Muslim
- A person who practices Islam
- Caravanserai
- Inns that facilitated traders
- Seal of the Prophets
- Name recognizing Muhammad as the last and greatest prophet
- Hajj
- Pilgrimage to Mecca expected of all muslims
- Jurchen
- Overran Khitan, took control of northern China and made Jin Dynasty
- Hadith
- Book of Muhammad's sayings
- Battle of Manzikert
- Muslims v. Byzantine defeat. Demoralizing to Byzantine
- Greens and Blues
- Two major Chariot teams
- Tang Dynasty
- Dynasty after Sui (618-907)
- Five pillars of Islam
- Basis of Islamic faith
- Bezant
- The recognized unit of trade in the Byzantine Empire
- Foot binding
- Stunting of growth of women's feet. Was a social statement of aristocrats and confined women to the house.
- Iconoclasm
- Getting rid of religious images
- Tale of Genji
- one of the first novels written in history; written by Murasaki Shikibu
- Khitan
- Semi-nomadic People who ruled a stretch of land north of China during Song
- Hippodrome
- Large stadium in the Empire which housed chariot races
- Sharia
- Islamic Holy Law
- Sui Dynasty
- Chinese dynasty (589-618)
- Ottomans
- Turkish Empire
- Islam
- Monotheistic Religion founded by Muhammad
- Neo Confucianism
- Philosophy that attempted to merge certain basic elements of Confucian and Buddhist thought; most important- Zhu Xi
- Ka'ba
- Shrine in Mecca
- Heian period
- Japanese period (794-1185) a brilliant cultural era notable for the world's first novel, Muraski Shikbu's The Tale of Genji
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- The Eastern half of the Church after the Schism
- Greek Fire
- An incendiary weapon that helped the Byzantine empire while under siege by Muslims
- Dar al-Islam
- (House of Islam) Term for Islamic world
- Samurai
- a japanese warrior who lived by the code of bushido
- Chan Buddhism
- most popular branch of Buddhism in China, with an emphasis on intuition and sudden flashes of insight instead of textual study
- Byzantion
- A modest market town turned military and economic center of the Byzantine empire
- Dunhuang
- A place with caves filled with shrines wall paintings and Monastary
- Kiev
- Ruled by the notable prince Vladimir. Helped spread Byzantine culture
- Abbasid
- Arabic dynasty that replaced Umayyad
- Ulama
- Islamic ruling officials
- Seppuku
- A Japanese term for ritual suicide committed by the samurai when he had been dishonored
- Song Dynasty
- Dynasty 960-1279 marked by urbanization of China
- Silla
- native dynasty in Korea that was conquered by the Tang in the seventh century; became a vassal state for the Tang
- Mt. Athos
- A place known for it's monastery which monks stayed at and had no contact with the outside world
- Umma
- "community of the faithful"
- Equal-field system
- System that distributed land equally to all citizens
- Hijra
- The migration to Medina (considered the start of Islam)
- Shogun
- Japanese military leader who ruled in place of the emperor
- Qadis
- Islamic Judges
- Cordoba
- Center of knowledge in spain