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2) Bureaucracy: a system of departments and agencies that carry out the work of a
government.
3) Abd al-Malik: the ruler who became caliph in A.D. 685 and made Arabic the official
4) Standing army: a fighting force that is maintained in times of peace as well as times of
war.
5) Baghdad: a city located in what is now Iraq that was the capital of Abbasid Empire.
8) Omar Khayyam: a Persian-born Muslim poet who usually wrote in quatrain form was
9) Faction: a small group whose interests run counter to those of a larger group of which
10) Al-Andalus: the area of Spain under Muslim control between the A.D. 700s and 1492.
12) Abd al-Rahman III: the eighth emir of al-Andalus, during whose reign al-Andalus
un gobierno.
3) Abd al-Malik: el octavo emir de al-Andalus, durante cuyo reinado de al-Andalus lleg a la
cima de su poder.
4) ejrcito permanente: una fuerza de combate que se mantiene en tiempos de paz como en
tiempos de guerra.
5) Bagdad: una ciudad situada en lo que hoy es Irak, que fue la capital del imperio abas.
8) Omar Khayyam: un poeta musulmn nacido en persa que por lo general escribi en forma
10) Al-Andalus: la zona de Espaa con el poder de los musulmanes entre los aos 700 dC y
1492.
12) Abd al-Rahman III: el octavo emir de al-Andalus, durante cuyo reinado de al-Andalus