Post-Classical China

2. disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages; killed 1/3 of the population and helps end feudalism
3. a state ruled by a sultan
6. a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammed's son-in-law Ali as the true rulers of Islam
8. a Muslim place of worship
9. a branch of Christianity that developed in the western Roman Empire and that recognizes the Pope as its supreme head
12. the tower attached to a mosque from which the muezzin, or crier, calls the faithful to prayer five times a day
13. The largest branch of Islam; after the death of Muhammad, Muslims who accepted Abu Bakr as the first Caliph became known as Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah or "the people of tradition and unification" in order to differentiate them from the Shi'a
15. another name for the Middle Ages
17. Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad
19. a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions
21. economic system during the Middle Ages that revolved around self-sufficient farming estates where lords and peasants shared the land
22. series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule

1. the holy book of Islam
4. religion practiced in early Russia
5. Islamic Law
7. 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
10. a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
11. a deadly disease that spreads rapidly from person to person
12. a follower of Islam
14. the official church of the local bishop, his seat of authority, usually located in the city from which the diocese takes it name
16. a supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
18. landowner
20. a knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land