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Chapter 3 Regional Civilizations

Dr. Reimer

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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
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1.Chinese poet of the Tang Era (2 Words)
2.broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs
3.family of languages spoken in central and southern Africa
4.under feudalism, a man who served a lord in a military capacity
6.Son-in-Law of Muhammad, founder of Sunni Islam, eventually Caliph of Islam (2 Words)
7.a grant of land made to a vassal under the rules of Feudalism
9.military expeditions carried out by European Christians to try to take control from the Holy land from the Muslims
10.Arabian merchant who received a revelation from God to bring a new message and religion to mankind
11.Arabic word for Desert, also the name of the large desert in the Northern part of the African Continent
12.King who established the Kingdom of Mali in the mid-thirteenth century (2 Words)
14.—“the way of the warrior” a strict code by which Japanese Samurai were supposed to live
16.Mongol leader, named Temujin, after unifying the Mongols was named Genghis, or Great Khan (2 Words)
17.successor to Muhammad as head of Islam, 1st Caliph of Islam (2 Words)
20.a chain of islands
22.uniform system of law that developed in England based on court decisions and on customs and usage rather than written law codes; replaced law codes that varied from place to place (2 Words)
23.Germanic leader who converted to Christianity in about 500 A.D.
27.“those who serve,” Japanese warriors similar to the knights of medieval Europe
28.Kingdom and trading center in western Africa
30.extended family unit that is combined into a larger family (2 Words)
31.Boot –shaped body of land that separates the African Continent from the Middle East (2 Words)
34.Capital city in China, home of the Forbidden City
37.King of the Songhai Empire who extended its control down the length of the Niger River (2 Words)
38.the great charter of rights which King John of England was forced to sign by the English nobles at Runnymede in 1215 (2 Words)
40.grandson of Genghis Khan and emperor of China (2 Words)
41.Religious leader who is responsible for the Crusades (3 Words)
43.man who separates himself from ordinary human society in order to dedicate himself to God
44.Asian country, north of China south of Siberia
48.“great names” heads of noble families in Japan that controlled vast landed estates and relied on their Samurai for protection

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