APWH 1.2 - Vocabulary

Question 1

House of Wisdom

Answer 1

a renowned center where you can study, located in Baghdad

Question 2

mamluks

Answer 2

enslaved people who were frequently ethnic Turks from Central asia

Question 3

Mamluk Sultanate

Answer 3

a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant, and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries. It was ruled by a military caste of mamluks headed by the sultan

mamluks had a better opportunity at advancements than other enslaved people, so eventually they seized control of the government and established this sultanate

Question 4

seljuk turks

Answer 4

muslims who began conquering parts of the middle east and western china

Question 5

sultan

Answer 5

the seljuk leader called himself this.

the sultan educed the role of the highest ranking abbasiad from caliph to chief sunni religious authority

Question 6

crusaders

Answer 6

a fighter in the medieval Crusades

seljuk turks limited the traveling access of christians to get to and from their holy sites so these christians organized groups of soldiers called crusaders to reopen access. they were part of the crusades.

Question 7

abbasid caliphate

Answer 7

a caliphate that succeeded the Umayyads; this caliphate was led by arabs and persians

Question 8

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Answer 8

one of the most celebrated islamic scholars. he contributed to astronomy, law, logic, ethics, mathematics, philosophy, and medicine

Question 9

Ibn Khaldum

Answer 9

an islamic scholar who was well known for his historical accounts and is the founder for historiography and sociology

Question 10

‘A’ishah al-Ba’uniyyah

Answer 10

was the most prolific female muslim writer before the 20th century

Question 11

sufis

Answer 11

muslim missionaries who emphasized self-analyzing to understand truths that they believed could not be understand through just learning

they embraces a form of islam that emphasized more emotional and ecstatic experiences