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40 Cards in this Set
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Bosporus
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city that was the meeting place of East and West and vital link in both land and sea trade routes
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Justinian's goal
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restore the greatness of the Roman Empire
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Hagia Sophia
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"Holy Wisdom"
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"greek fire"
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the byzantine secret weapon which would burn on water
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Venice
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Constantinople's biggest commercial rival
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Mongolians from the East
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NOT a threat to Constantinople
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Varangians
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The Swedish Norsemen who plundered Slavic villages in Russia
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Dnieper
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important river that was used as a major route for trade with the Byzantine Route
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Rurik
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established the first ruling dynasty in Russia
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Greek Alphabet
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where the Slavic alphabet was adapted
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Moscow
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after the two centuries of Mongol rule in Russia, which city rose to power in the North?
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ishmael
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the Arabs trace their beginnings to
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belief in one god
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aspect of Judaeo-Christian belief impressed and influenced Muhammad?
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Koran
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the primary authority on Muslim belief and practice
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major problem after Muhammad's death
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he did not appoint a successor
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tours
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the muslim advance in europe was stopped by the Battle of...
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medicine
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Al Razi and ibn Sina are best known for their knowledge in the field of
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india
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the muslims borrowed much of their basic mathematical knowledge from
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Justinian
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codified the Roman laws
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islam
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religion that threatened the Byzantine Empire through the invasion of the Turkish peoples?
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Slavs
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largest ethnic group living in early Russia
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Kaaba
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name of the sacred shrine in Mecca that houses hundreds of pagan idols
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Medina
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city in which Muhammad became spiritual, political, and a military leader
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Mecca
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Muslims pray toward and take pilgrimages to this city
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mosques
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best examples of Muslim architecture
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muezzin
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Muslim crier who calls the faithful to pray five times daily
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Bedouins
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desert herdsman
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Allah
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Muslim name for their god
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Islam
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"submission
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Muslim
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"submitter" to Allah
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Mecca
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birthplace of Muhammad
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Hegira
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Muhammad's flight to Medina
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Koran
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Muslim holy book
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Jihad
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"holy war"
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Abu-Bakr
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first caliph
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Justinian
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law code
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Theodora
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wife of Justinian
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Basil II
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"Bulgar Slayer"
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Omar Khayyam
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Muslim poet
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Methodius
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missionary to the Slavic peoples
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