Vocab Quiz 2.0 Flashcards
An area where religious Muslims lived under the leadership of a caliph, who was considered to be a successor to Muhammad, Islam’s sprophet & founder or the chief Muslim civil and religious leader.
Caliphate
Islamic law; defined among other things the patrilineal nature of Islamic inheritance. (Religous law from Quran). Islam legal system.
Sharia
instrument used for estamating the altitude and predicting the position of celestial objects, such as the moon, other planets, and stars: allowed for open water navigation.
Astrolabe
Professional oral historians who served as keeps of traditions and advisors to Kings within the Mali Empire.
Griots
Flying money
Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency
Peasant agriculture laborers within the manorial system⬅️(landlord vs peasant).
Agriculture worker that reciered some protection from landlords, in return they had to turn over some of their goods to remain on the land.
Serfdom
form of religous life; usally conducted in. a community under a common rule. Isolated from other people and
Self-disciplined. In many religions, monks and nuns practice this.
Monasticism
The entire class of religous officials, from priests to pastors, etc. Church officials.
Clergy
Focus on mankind as center of intellectual and artistic endeavor: method of study that emphasized the superiority of classical forms over medieval styles, in particular the study of ancient languages.
Humanism
A way to reduce the punishment bought about by sin within the Catholic Church.
Indulgence
The belief that everything that happens has already been determined by god. Previous determined destiny or fate or god.
Predestination
The supreme male monarch, or King (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
Tsar
Russian aristocrats, possessed less political power than did their counterparts in western Europe. Ranked immediately below a prince.
Boyar
The system by which boys from Christian
Communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve in the military and government. “Blood tax” for non-muslims.
Devshirme
Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies: forcibly conscripted as boys in conquered areas of Balkans, legally slaves; translated military service into political influence, particularly after 15th century.
Jannisaries
