Gender 600 CE to 1450 - AP World History: Modern

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What tradition subjugated women to men by forcing them to be kept in the home, often sharing quarters with other wives or concubines?

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Harem derives from the Arabic phrase meaning "forbidden place" referring to the part of the home where women were to be kept. Islam viewed it as immodest and inappropriate for women to be in public unescorted, or having their faces or heads uncovered. The other terms listed are also Arabic words relevant to the Islamic faith, but don't refer to the same concept as a harem.

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