ABeka History 7 - Unit 3, Chap. 10 Bold Words
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- (p.148) Arabia
- A huge peninsula in the Middle East. Approximately one million square miles in size, it lies directly southeast of the fertile cresent.
- (p.148) Bedouins
- Arab nomads
- (p.148) Ishmael
- Arabs were descendents of ___, Abraham's first son.
- (p.148) Mohammed
- name means "highly praised," born about A.D 570 in Mecca
- (p.148) Mecca
- one of the three main cities in northern Arabia at that time.
- (p.148) Kaaba
- religious building which housed a meteorite known as the Black Stone.
- (p.148) Black Stone
- a meteorite
- (p.148) Allah
- his name for the one and only god.
- (p.150) Hegira
- "fight" was the turning point for Mohammed and his new religion.
- (p.150) Yathrib
- the city where many accepted Mohammed's claim
- (p.150) Medina
- "the city" the new name for Yathrib
- (p.150) Jews
- among the few in Medina who did not accept Mohammed's claim
- (p.150) Islam
- the new religion
- (p.150) Muslims
- Islams followers were called ____. Both names derived from the Arabic word for "surrender"
- (p.150) Koran
- ("recitation") the holy book of Islam
- (p.151) caliphs
- Mohammed's successors _______ led in the Arab Muslims in holy wars to conquer much of the Middle East (except Asia Minor)
- (p.153) Seljuk Turks
- took much of the Middle East from the Arabs
- (p.153) The Battle of Manzikert 1071
- the Seljuk Turks conquered Asia Minor
- (p.153) Urban II
- the Pope who responded enthusiastically by proclaiming the beginning of crusades for western European, Roman control of the Holy Land
- (p.153) 1054
- Catholic church officially split
- (p.154) Alexius Commenus
- recaptured Asia Minor and took Jerusalem
- (p.154) the Second Crusade (1147 - 1149)
- accomplished nothing
- (p.154) Saladin
- the renowned sultan of Egypt.
- (p.154) Richard the Lion - Hearted
- a English king; joined his French and German counterparts to lead what is remembered as the "Crusade of Kings"
- (p.154) " The Crusade of Kings"
- accomplished so little