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2. | Early kingdom of Western Africa, at one time under the leadership of Sunni Ali, Son-in-Law of Muhammad |
5. | Sub-Saharan Kingdom in Western Africa |
6. | —“holder of power,” the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans |
8. | City in Arabia where Muhammad was living when he wrote the Quran, left in 622, returned in 630 |
10. | Muslim house of worship |
11. | “general” powerful military and political leader in |
13. | Capital of the Arab Empire under the Umayyad Empire |
15. | “the Sacred Way” or “The Way of the Gods,” The Japanese State Religion |
18. | political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages |
19. | one of several separate territories into which the empire created by Genghis Khan was split after his death, each controlled by one of his sons |
21. | Capital city of the Abbasid Muslim Empire, built in 762 |
24. | African King who converted to Christianity in about 330 A.D (2 Words) |
25. | Monotheistic religion that emerged in the Arabian Peninsula during the seventh century, A.D. |
26. | Mongol leader who hailed from Samarkand (2 Words) |
29. | Mountainous territory between China and Mongolia |
31. | instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of stars |
32. | successor of Muhammad as the spiritual and temporal leader of the Muslims |
33. | Asian peninsula between Indochina and Sumatra (2 Words) |
35. | city in Japan where a Yamato Emperor established the Capital in 710 |
36. | Man who unified Japan and became the first Emperor of the Nation (2 Words) |
37. | City in Arabia to which Muhammad traveled in 622 A.D |
39. | Frankish King who was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope on Christmas Day 800 A.D. |
42. | Eastern Roman Emperor who is responsible for codifying the Roman Legal System |
45. | ancient capital city of Cambodia (2 Words) |
46. | African culture that produced Bronze sculptures |
47. | the journey of Muhammad and his followers from Makkah to Madinah in the year 622, the year 1 of the Muslim calendar |
49. | one time capital of Japan |
50. | Great Muslim scholar and creator of medical textbooks (2 Words) |
51. | French Duke who invaded and conquered England in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings (3 Words) |
52. | King of Mali who doubled the size of the kingdom during his reign (2 Words) |
53. | Bishop of Rome, traditionally the head of the Roman Catholic Church |