In North Africa and Southwest Italy the Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantines, gaining control of Syria, Palestine and Turkey

(1206-1526 CE) Group of Turkic Invaders that conquered and unified the India Subcontinent

religion founded by Nanak that blended Islamic and Hindu beliefs

merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas

Islamic Houses of Worship

Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.

City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. Wealthy trade city; 150+ Quranic schools were set up in the spread of muslim to the West of Africa

A time during the Abbasid Dynasty (with a capital in Baghdad) when the arts and intellectualism were flourishing. Astronomy, surgery, etc. were all having inventions in their fields, and Baghdad was a center of intellectualism.

an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule

Demanded monasteries to pay taxes; destroyed shrines and temples

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land

Revolt by English peasants in 1381 in response to changing economic conditions

Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.

began to blend soon after the introduction of Buddhism in Japan; added their local beliefs of defying 'kamis'