Abbasid Caliphate - Area ruled by the Abbasid family/Islamic golden age, Dar al Islam - Places where Islam is the majority religion, Mamluks - Turkic people who created a sultanate in Egypt, Banking Houses - economic innovation that increased trade along the Silk Road and Indian Ocean, Translation of Greek and Indian texts - Arabs preserved knowledge that help Europe, Medical Achievements - Discovery of germs and anatomy using science, House of Wisdom - Central of Islamic scholarship in Baghdad (Abbasid Caliphate), Il Khanate - Mongol khanate where Mongols settle down and adopt Islam, Al Andalus - Islamic Spain, Reconquista - 711-1492 - Christians try to retake Spain, Ottoman Empire - Turkic Empire in modern-day Turkey, Fall of Constantinople  - Ends the Byzantine Empire and makes the Ottomans a world power, Janissaries - Christian boys who become elite soldiers in the Ottoman army, Safavid Ottoman Rivalry - They fight over religious ideas (Sunni vs. Shia) and borders, Millet System - Letting different groups in the Ottoman Empire have their own religious court system, Tax Farmers - Individuals who collect taxes for the sultan, but keeps some too, Devshirme System - System of taking Christian boys for the army or work in the government, Role of Women in the Harem - Women worked to put their sons in positions of power, Battle of Chaldiran - Created the permanent boundaries of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires, Suleiman the Magnificent - Used the Ottoman navy and cannons to expand the empire to Central Europe, Tanzimat Reforms - Reforms to end religious diversity and secularize. , Safavid Empire - Shia empire in modern day Iran, Sykes Picot Agreement - Divided land in the collapsed Ottoman Empire between Britain and France, White Revolution - Distribution of land and promotion of women's rights in Iran, Iranian Revolution - Overthrow of the shah, replaced with a theocracy, Balfour Declaration - Letter stating British support for a Jewish state in Palestine, Mehmet II - Conquered Constantinople, Israel - Jewish state created after WW2, Palestine - State created by a UN parition, Suez Crisis - Conflict between Britain, France, and Israel over the nationalization of the Suez canal, Persian Gulf War - Conflict between the U.S. and Iraq, who was taking over Kuwait , Shah Reza Palavhi - Ruler of Iran before its revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini - Created the Iranian theocracy ,

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