Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, 2 e.
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Glossary Terms for letter: F
Fatimids The Shiite dynasty that ruled parts of the Islamic Empire beginning in the tenth century CE. They were based in Egypt and founded the city of Cairo.
Ferangi An Arabic word meaning "Frank" that was used to describe Crusaders.
Fertile Crescent The site of the world's first agricultural revolution, this area is in Southwest Asia, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west and the Zagros Mountains in the east.
Feudalism A system instituted in medieval Europe after the collapse of the Carolingian Empire (814 CE) whereby each peasant was under the authority of a lord.
Five Pillars of Islam The five tenets, or main aspects, of Islamic practice are the testification or bearing witness that there is no God other than God (Allah, in Arabic) and that Muhammad is the messenger of God; praying five times a day; fasting from sunup to sundown every day during Ramadan (a month on the Islamic calendar); giving alms; and making a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Flagellants European social group that came into existence during the bubonic plague in the fourteenth century; they believed that the plague was the wrath of God.
Floating population Poor migrant workers in China who supplied labor under Emperor Wu.
Flying cash Letters of exchange—early predecessors of paper cash instead of coins— first developed by guilds in the northwestern Shanxi. By the thirteenth century, paper money had eclipsed coins.
Fondûqs Complexes in caravan cities that included hostels, storage houses, offices, and temples.
Forbidden City The palace city of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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