History FINAL-DeVries
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- Muhammad
- Said to have had an encounter with God and preached about Allah
- mosaics
- A picture or design made from small colored pieces of glass or quartz embedded in plaster, found in wealthy people's homes
- artisans
- A worker who is especially skilled in making something, such as baskets, leather goods, tools, jewelry, pottery, or clothes
- pilgrimage
- A journey to a sacred place, site, or shrine
- exile
- To force someone to live in another country
- Ali
- The fourth caliph challenged by Muawiya
- papyrus
- An early form of paper used by scribes, made from a reedlike plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta
- Abu Bakr
- Muhammad's father in law and companion that was his caliph after he died
- caliph
- The civil and religious ruler of a Muslim state appointed by chosen advisers of Muhammad
- Sunni
- Believed the people elected as caliph should be chosen by advisers-not descendents
- Allah
- God of monotheistic religions
- pope
- A successor in the Christian religion who was the leader of the Christian faith as well as being the bishop of Rome. He had a lot of authority.
- plagues
- A widespread disease
- mummy
- A dead body preserved in lifelike condition, buried in a tomb
- afterlife
- The next life, in which the dead are believed to live again along with people who were buried with them
- Mecca
- Holiest city in Islam where people pilgrimaged to
- guild
- union of people who practiced a trade and limited the amount of people they accepted
- crusades
- wars in which people fought to win the Holy Land. There were 8 of these wars
- Qur'an
- The sacred book of Islam that is believed to contain revelations made to Muhammad by Allah
- Five Pillars
- Basic rules based on how Muhammad lived his life
- Franks
- The people in the army in France
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Accomplished musician, physician, author and founder of convents
- William the Conqueror
- Led the Normans at the Battle of Hastings
- Colosseum
- An amphitheatre in which there were battles and man fought animal
- Polytheism
- The belief in many gods
- Monotheism
- The belief in one god
- senator
- Member of the senate, or governing council
- gladiators
- A person who fought to death in an arena for the entertainment of the public
- Shiite
- People that believe that descendents of Muhammad are his rightful successors
- Medina
- Provided safety to people of the city who migrated with Muhammad
- Charlemagne
- Was crowned emperor by the pope
- Clovis
- Expanded the kingdom of Franks and led them to Christianity
- Charles Martel
- Defeated Muslim invaders in France
- aqueducts
- A structure that carried water over long distances
- fief
- A large, feudal estate given by a king to the warriors that served him
- Nile River
- The longest river in the world that flows from northeastern Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. Provided materials for building, water, and a transportation and trade route for Egyptians
- scribe
- A professional writer who records events
- Rashi
- Important Jewish scholar of the Torah and Talmud
- dictator
- Someone appointed to rule for six months in times of emergency
- Alfred the Great
- Anglo-Saxon king who fought the vikings for 30 years
- Alcuin
- A great English monk and scholar of Charlemagne
- Diaspora
- The scattering of people who have a common background or belief
- famine
- A time when there is so little food, that many people starve
- pyramid
- A huge building with 4 sloping outside walls shaped like triangles, built as royal tombs where mummies were buried with belongings and people(like servants) to help them in the afterlife