Vocab APWORLD: 11.2,11.3,17.2

Devshrime

The practice of getting Christian boys from the balkans, converting them to Islam, and be slaves to the Ottoman Sultan.

Forbidden City

A complex of places, temples, and gardens made by the Ming Dynasty in Beijing

Janissaries

The elite enslaved corpse of Ottoman Empire

Mamluk Sultanate

A state in Egypt, defended, educated and formally enslaved men called Mamluks

Red turbans

Secret peasant society that rose against Mongol rule during Yuan Dynasty

Caliph

An Islamic title designated for a spiritual leader

Hadith

The words and actions of Muhammad and his successor along with the Quran from basis on Islamic law

Islamization

The religious conversion of people living under the Islamic rule

Mawali

Non-Arabs convert to Islam, who had to be adopted by an Arab for the conversion process.

Rashidun

The term that means rightly guided describing the 4 caliphs after Muhammad: Abu-Bakr, Ali, Umar, Uthman

Shia

One of the two sects of Islam, whose members believe leadership in the community

Sunni

The larger of the two sects who do not require leadership in the community directly coming from Ali.

Ulama

A class of religious clerics and scholars who act as primary interprets of Islamic law