Viking, Islam, & Crusades

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Places Founded, Settled, and or develpoded by Vikings

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Kiev

"Rus" --> Russia

Dublin

Normandy

Danelaw --> England

Iceland

Greenland

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Things the English World gets from Vikings?

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Words (e.g. Cake, hit, scare)

Days of the week (Wednesday = Odin's Day, Thursday = Thor's Day)

Idea of "Trial by Jury" --> Viking Thing

Last Names: E.G. Iverson (Son of Iver) would come from Vikings

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Umayyad contributions to the world.

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Arabic Language throughout Middle East and North Africa.

Islamic religion spread around world.

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Father of Algebra

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Al- Khwarizmi

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Da Vinci of Spain.

Invented Hang Glider, and started observatory in Spain.

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Abbas Ibn Firnas

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Al-Razi

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Father of Modern Medicine:

Diagnose diseases & treat them.

Invented Flasks, Beakers, mortor and pestle.

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Ibn Sina

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Wrote an Encyclopedia of medicine.

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Why did the Umayyads decline and fall?

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Money problems: No more conquests & changed taxes so less $

Internal dissent leads to civil war:

Muslim converts are upset with less rights than Arab Muslims.

Ruling class seen as more decadent and strayed for Muhammad.

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Why did the Abbasids decline and fall?

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Internal dissent:

Children of Caliph fight to be ruler (civil wars)

Seen as too decadent and people break away from paying taxes to support ruling elites.

Money problems:

As groups break away they have less money from taxes.

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Consequences of the Crusades

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More hatred and fear between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Europe bankrupt themselves but gained some greater knowledge from the more advanced Muslims.

Byzantine Empire weakened.

Portugal emerges as a country