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The Peninsula where the present-day countries of Spain and Portugal are located.
What is the Iberian Peninsula
100
the system of departments and agencies that carry out the work of government.
What is a bureaucracy?
100
Country where Abd al-Rahman re-established the Umayyad dynasty
What is Spain (al-Andalus)
100
A fighting force that is maintained in times of peace as well as times of war
What is a standing army?
100
A time of great economic and cultural activity; a period in which a society is at its peak
What is a Golden age?
200
Some Muslims protested against this group because they didn't think they took their job as leaders of Islam seriously
Who are the Umayyads?
200
Governors who ruled over individual provinces of the Muslim Empire
What is an Emir?
200
The Abbasids moved the Muslim capital from Damascus to this city
What is Baghdad?
200
Term for groups with opposing or different interests
What is factions?
200
A professional soldier who fights for any country who hires him, such as the soldiers hired by Abd al-Rahman III
What is a mercenary?
300
Muslim group that overthrew the Umayyads and took control of the Muslim Empire around 750AD
Who are the Abbasids
300
The Abbasids used this to hold on to power.
What is a Standing Army
300
The pilgrimage to this place helped unify the Muslim empire.
What is Mecca?
300
This form of beautiful writing was often used in Arabic art.
What is Calligraphy?
300
This book, written by the Persian doctor Ibn Sina, organized all known medical knowledge
What is the Canon of Medicine?
400
Muslims didn't think that this should be depicted in their art work.
What is people or human form?
400
the splendid capital of al-Andalus; a great economic and cultural center that became the largest city in Western Europe
What is Cordoba?
400
This city was special because it had lit paved streets, running water, and huge libraries that held thousands of books.
What is Cordoba
400
This group captured Baghdad and became rulers of the Abbasid empire.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
400
This was a series of stories about everyday life, adventure and fantasy.
What is "The Thousand and One Nights"
500
Caliph who helped unite the Muslim world by declaring a common language for government and introducing a common coinage.
Who is Abd al-Malik
500
The battle at which Christian forces stopped the advance of the Umayyads into Europe
What is the Battle of Tours?
500
Persian-born Muslim poet and mathematician of the Abbasid period.
Who is Omar Khayyam?
500
This Muslim faction rose up against Abbasid rule in North Africa; They claimed to be descended from Muhammad's daughter Fatima
Who are the Fatimids?
500
Arabic name for Muslim-controlled Spain
What is al-Andalus
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