HIST 214 Final, Fall 2007
American University of Beirut · Islamic HIST The Political Order of the Sultanate,1055-1500 · 1 page
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The American University of Beirut
Name
History 214
Student No.
Islamic History: Military Society
in the Middle East, 1055-1500
Final Test
31 January 2008
Complete five of the pairs below. Identify and explain the significance of each item
in the following pairs, explaining also the relationship between the two items, and the
significance of that relationship for the Middle Period of Islamic history (20 pts. each
pair). Be concise! Return this sheet with your answers.
1. capital cities
political legitimacy
2. cosmopolitanism
madrasa
3. Ibn Battuta
India
4. Crusaders
Usama ibn Munqidh
5. monsoon
Indian Ocean civilization
6. social power
‘ulama
7. Osman Ghazi
Ottoman Empire
8. apolitical society
sultanates
9. Safavids
tariqa
10. egalitarianism
shari‘a