Islam
Religions
Ch 1&2 vocab
Ch 3&4 vocab
Greece vocab
100
"striving"; the inner struggle against evil & the fight against non-believers
What is jihad
100
Split into Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox
What is Christianity
100
Fertile area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is the Fertile Crescent (or Mesopotamia)
100
Led the Hebrew people out of slavery in Egypt
Who is Moses
100
A Greek storyteller who wrote many epics
Who is Homer
200
Islamic law that regulates daily life
What is Shari'a
200
Believe in filial piety and the 5 Relationships
What is Confucianism
200
Egyptian writing that used pictures to represent ideas & sounds
What are hieroglyphics
200
Seafaring traders who lived in Crete
Who are the Minoans
200
A fortified hilltop
What is an acropolis
300
Pilgrimage to Mecca that all able Muslims must take
What is Hajj
300
Teaches reincarnation
What is Hinduism
300
A Sumerian temple built like a tiered pyramid
What is a ziggurat
300
Indo-Europeans who migrated to India
Who are the Aryans
300
Type of government in which a small group of people rules
What is an oligarchy
400
Want the caliph to be a descendant of Muhammad
What are Shi'a
400
Hope to achieve nirvana by following the Eightfold Path
What is Buddhism
400
Used by the ancient Chinese to communicate with the gods or ancestors
What are oracle bones
400
Aryan social class made up of priests
Who are the Brahmins
400
The war fought between Athens and Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War
500
Followers of Muhammad's example
What are Sunni
500
Focuses on the natural order
What is Daoism
500
Babylonian king who wrote a code of conduct
Who is Hammurabi
500
Indo-Europeans who settled in Anatolia
Who are the Hittites
500
People who settled Greece after the Mycenaeans
Who are the Dorians
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