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The act of God speaking the world into existence.
Creation
Important Islamic building located in Mecca.
The Ka’bah
Followers of this religion composed the first written history of Africa
Islam
Founder of the Yuan dynasty, China’s first foreign dynasty.
Kublai Khan
Under this pope, the political power of the Roman Church was greatest.
Pope Innocent II
God’s complete control over the world.
Divine sovereignty
The first caliph.
Abu Bakr
Eastern African cities prospered in the trade of all of the following commodities:
ivory, precious stones, and slaves
first developed in China.
Paper
Parliament’s limiting the king’s power by controlling the tax system.
Power of the purse
Man’s characteristics that show what God is like.
The image of God
In 622, Muhammad fled to this location.
Medina
The following elements of African society were affected by Arabic and Islamic influence:
Swahili language, Arabic language, and written history
a man believed by the Mongols to have power over spirits.
Shaman
Gothic architecture can be characterized by all of the following:
flying buttresses, high ceilings, warmth and brightness
The result of Adam and Eve’s sin.
The Fall
the name for Islamic law.
Sharia
The following countries are part of West Africa:
Songhai, Mali, and Ghana
founded on Four Noble Truths.
Buddhism
God’s solemn agreement or promise.
Covenant
The capital of the Abbassid Caliphate.
Baghdad
Japanese title meaning “great general”.
Shogun