MMW 12 Study Guide - Final Guide: Crusader States, Investiture Controversy, Heian Period

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Alexander B Stewart

Document Summary

Mmw 12 study guide final exam. Terms: muhammad: prophet of islam; founded the muslim religion; mediator for arab tribes; Imam: religious leader for shi"a muslims; significance: compare to pope in. Catholicism: shi"a: branch of islam; imams; believes that someone should"ve taken over for. Muhammad; significance: fighting later on in history between sunni and shi"a: umayyad dynasty: line of rulers at the beginning of the islamic caliphate; traced ancestry to muhammad"s uncle; significance: spread and laid foundations for future. Islamic empire; copied persians: dome of the rock: religious structure built in jerusalem, on the sacred spot where. Significant: compare to big cities like chang"an: qadi: religious judges; significant: compare to confucian scholars in differing interpretations, house of wisdom: knowledge; collecting and translating texts from all over the world; Significance: sunni/shi"a split: husayn: ali"s son; killed; significance: shi"a; martyrdom, uthman: umayyad caliph; gave more rights to woman than umar; standard quran.