Islamic World 1200-1450

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  1. 2. The number of wives Muslim men were allowed to have
  2. 4. A type of Muslim that believes in mysticism and that art can bring you closer to God
  3. 8. 'People of the______'. What Jews and Christians were known as in the Muslim world
  4. 10. A belief in many Gods
  5. 12. Religion that believes Jesus is the son of God
  6. 13. Nomadic people originally from Central Asia who spread westward across the Islamic world
  7. 14. A type of Muslim which makes about 15% of the world's population
  8. 18. Name given to the Muslim community
  9. 19. Capital of Byzantine Empire
  10. 21. European country which was mostly under Muslim control
  11. 22. 'the conqueror' who led his Empire to defeat the Byzantines
  12. 23. First of the three main religions that believe in one god
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  1. 1. A belief in only one God
  2. 3. Holy city in the Middle East that was recaptured by Saladin from Europeans
  3. 5. Somebody who can supposedly communicate directly with God. Mohammad was one of these
  4. 6. A type of Muslim which makes up about 85% of the world's population
  5. 7. a type of Islamic Kingdom ruled by somebody who is a successor of Mohammad
  6. 9. great empire that rose up and defeated the Byzantine Empire
  7. 11. People who filled the power vaccum created by the weakness of the Abbasids
  8. 12. Name given to Western European attacks on the Muslim world
  9. 15. The Holy book of Muslims
  10. 16. Somebody who changes religion
  11. 17. Capital of the Abbasid Empire and one of the largest cities in the world
  12. 20. A great Islamic scholar who commentated on Aristotle