Islamic Civilization Flashcards

Flashcards about the Islamic Civilization

Ummah

Islamic kingdom

Caliph

Religious and political leader in Islam

Dhimmis

Status put on non-Muslims inside caliphates

Jizya

Tax put on non-Muslims inside caliphates

Delhi Sultanate

Muslim state in Northern India

Mamluks

Established caliphate in Egypt in 1261 that lasted until the 16th century when it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire

Seljuk Empire

Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim empire that stretched from Hindu Kush to live on in Anatolia from 1037-1250 when they were conquered by the Mongols

House of Wisdom

Intellectual center and library in Baghdad until his destruction by Mongols in 1258

Safavid Empire

Shia empire often at odds with the Sunni Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

Sunni empire that replaced the Byzantine empire and expanded into Europe

Mughal Empire

Empire that recaptured most of India

Tanzimat Reforms

Ottoman Empire's attempts to re-industrialize and settle internal disputes

Ottomanism

Attempt to unify the diverse Ottoman Empire

Samory Touré

Founded the Wassoulou Empire as an Islamic empire and resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 to 1898

Sokoto Caliphate

Operated in Nigeria from 1804 to 1903 when defeated and corporative of the British Empire

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Utilized the All-India Muslim League within the Indian National Congress to peacefully negotiate Muslim states in Pakistan and Bangladesh in the British Partition of India (1949)

White Revolution

Attempted several social and economic reforms in Iran in order to maintain the traditional power of the Shaw from 1963 to 1979