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The third Abbasid caliph, __________, attempted unsuccessfully to reconcile moderate Shi'is to the Abbasid dynasty.
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The most famous of the Abbasid caliphs was __________, whose death led to civil wars over the succession.
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A regional splinter dynasty of the mid-tenth century, the __________ invaded and captured Baghdad and took the title of sultan.
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The __________ Turks were nomadic invaders from Central Asia who ruled in the name of the Abbasid caliphs from the mid-eleventh century.
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Christian knights invaded Palestine during the __________ and temporarily established small Christian kingdoms.
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The Muslim commander who reconquered the Christian enclaves in Palestine was __________.
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Written by Firdawsi, the __________ related Persian history from the creation to the Islamic conquests.
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The __________ were Islamic mystics who were largely responsible for the conversion of southeast Asia.
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The __________ were orthodox religious scholars within Islam who pressed for a more conservative and restrictive theology.
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A brilliant Islamic theologian, __________ attempted to fuse Greek and Quranic traditions.
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The __________ were central Asian nomads who captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph.
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The great war commander of the Mongols was __________.
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According to a traveling Chinese Buddhist, Harsha's capital of __________ was a beautiful city with walls, palatial homes, and manmade gardens.
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The Umayyad viceroy who was responsible for initiating the Muslim invasions of Indian territory was __________.
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The Arab general who conquered Sind and added it to the Umayyad Empire was __________.
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The Indian system of mathematical notation was known as __________ and was utilized in two scientific revolutions.
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The Turkic dynasty established in Afghanistan in 962, the __________ was responsible for the invasion of the Indian subcontinent.
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The ruler who established an independent Muslim kingdom with its capital at Delhi was __________.
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__________ was the Indian ritual that required the immolation of the living widows of deceased males.
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In response to the Islamic challenge, Hindus placed greater emphasis on __________ cults that stressed the importance of strong emotional bonds between devotees and gods or goddesses.
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The fifteenth-century Muslim mystic who attempted to play down the importance of ritual differences between Hinduism and Islam was __________.
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__________ was a Buddhist trading empire that controlled trade through the Malacca Straits between Malaya and Sumatra.
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The most powerful trading city on the mainland of Malaya was __________.
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The most powerful trading state on the north of Java was __________ from where Islam was disseminated to other ports.
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