Vocab
A number of peoples of provinces ruled by one ruler/authority
What is an empire?
This group captured the Abbasid government while it was weak
Who were the Seljuk Turks?
The Umayyads were generally tolerant of these specific kinds of people (4 words)
who are 'people of the book'?
Prince Abd al Rahman made this city the new capital for his muslim empire
What is Cordoba?
Calligraphy means this
what is beautiful handwriting?
Opposing groups
What is a faction?
Baghdad's economy relied on wealth generated by trade, manufacture and these
what are taxes?
The official language of the Umayyad Empire
What is Arabic?
The great mosque of Cordoba took this long to create
What is nearly 200 years?
Captured artisans from this country taught the Abbasids paper making
what is China?
A word meaning Governor
What is Emir?
The Abbasid empire was situated between the Euphrates and this river
What is the Tigris?
The Umayyad Caliph Muawiya based his government on this historical empire's government
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Abd al Rahman III patterned his government after this strong Caliphate
What are the Abbasids?
The largest of 70 libraries in Cordoba held this many volumes
what is 500,000?
a disagreement
What is dissent?
Al Khwarizmi created algebra, which is named after this book of his
What is 'Al Jabr'?
These three things were used to unite the Umayyad empire
what are Coinage, Architecture, and official language?
Abd al Rahman the III ruled for this long
This rival group to Muslim Spain started an empire in Africa to the south of Spain
Who were the Fatimids?
Many different departments managed by workers appointed by the caliph or his representatives
What is a bureaucracy?
This group opposed the Abbasid lifestyle, claiming it was corrupt and costly
Who were the Fatimids?
The muslim army captured this region in 637 after conquering Syria
What is Mesopotamia?
Christians refer to the period in the 1000s where Europeans fought Muslims in Spain for the land as this
What is the 'Reconquest'?
This man was born in Cordoba in 1135 and was known for being a doctor, scholar, and writer of 'The Guide For the Perplexed'
who is Moses Maimonides?