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The Arab Empire
The Umayyads
The Abbasid Dynasty
The Mongols
The Seljuk Turks and The Crusades
100
A Semitic speaking people from the Arabian Peninsula
Who are the Arabs
100
Muslims only want the descendents of Ali as true rulers
What is Shia
100
The dynasty established in 750 after Abū al-Άbbās overthrew the Umayyad Dynasty
What is the Abbasid Dynasty
100
A pastoral, horse-riding people who swept out of the Gobi in the early thirteenth century to seize control over much of the known world
Who are the Mongols
100
Nomadic people from central Asia
Who are the Seljuk Turks
200
A religious and political leader
What is a caliph
200
Muslims didn’t have to agree with the ways of Umayyad, but respected it anyway
What is Sunni
200
A prime minister who headed a council and advised the caliph
What is a vizier
200
A Muslim house of worship
What is a mosque
200
A holder of power, the military and political head of state of the Seljuk Turks
What is a sultan
300
Muhammad's father-in-law and successor
Who is Abū Bakr
300
The general and governor of Syria known for being a kind ruler
Who is Mu’awiyah
300
In 762 this city, by the Tigris River, became the capital of the Abbasid dynasty
What is Baghdad
300
The Mongols attempted seize of this state failed
What is Egypt
300
In 1071 the Turks put pressure on this empire
What is the Byzantine empire
400
The Jews and Christians were allowed to practice their religion as long as they did this
What is pay special taxes
400
The battle in 732 were the Arabs were defeated
What is the Battle of Tours
400
Ruler known for supporting charities, writers and artists, his rule was known as the Golden Age
Who is Hārūn al-Rashīd
400
The Mongols destroyed these during their conquests
What are dams
400
The Turks took over this area of land almost completely surrounded by water, also known as Asia Minor
What is the Anatolian Peninsula
500
The city were the Arab empire was primarily ruled from
What is Madinah (Medina)
500
The revolt that cause the Muslims to split into two groups
What is the Revolt of Hussein
500
The Abbasid dynasty idolized merchants, government officials and these other people
What is judges
500
Mongol armies spread across central Asia, and also seized Persia and this state
What is Mesopotamia
500
The series of military expeditions (invasions) that deepened mistrust between Muslims and Christians which would last for centuries
What is the Crusades