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| 5316726058 | Shinto | "The way of gods" original religion of japanese. Has no founder, no official scriptures, but preserved beliefs for ages | 0 | |
| 5316726059 | Taiko reforms | Set of doctrines est. by emperor Kotoku. Writtten after death of prince shotoku. | 1 | |
| 5316726060 | Heian period fujiwara | Considered peak of japan. Imperial court & advancef on art (poetry & lit.) real power was in hands of fujiwara clan (powerful aristocr. Fam that married w/ imperial fam. | 2 | |
| 5317135193 | Shogun | Chief general, given title by emperor. Real power was in the hands of the shogun, highest rank. More power than emperor. | 3 | |
| 5317135194 | Diamyo | Owners of large tracts of land. Powerful Samurai. Part warrior, part nobility. Peasants & artisans worked to support samurai class | 4 | |
| 5317135195 | Bushido | "The way of the warrior" Japanese term for samurai way of life. Sort of similar to concept of chivalry. Made basis for whole society for ethical training | 5 | |
| 5317209951 | Zen/chan buddhism | Developed beginning of 6th century CE, spread to rest of east Asia. Known for use of lang., development of new narrative forms, direct realization of Buddhist awakening | 6 | |
| 5317209952 | Delhi sultanate | Muslim kingdom that stretched over large parts of Indian sub-cont. for 320 years. Under the sultans oh Kahlji dyn. It became an imperial power | 7 | |
| 5355439887 | Genghis khan | Founder and great emperor of mongols. Consolidated tribes into unified Mongolia & ext. emp. Across Asia to Adriatic Sea | 8 | |
| 5355439888 | Mongol Empire | Largest contiguous land empire in history. Founded by genghis khan in 1206. Turkic tribes unified it. After death of ogedei khan, split into 4 parts. | 9 | |
| 5355439889 | Kublai khan | "Last of the great khans" mongol military leader. Fifth khagan of mongol emp. Founder and 1st emp. Of Chinese yuan dyn. Consolidated power in china & created stability. | 10 | |
| 5355439890 | Timur/tamerlane | Mongol conquerer. Member of Turkic Barlas clan. Conquer. Much of west. & Central Asia & founded timurid emp. | 11 | |
| 5355439891 | Axum | City in northern ethiopia named after kingdom of Aksum. Adopted Christianity in 4th century. Prospered in economic trade with Rome India etc. | 12 | |
| 5355439892 | Yuan dynasty | Aka mongol dynasty. Established by mongol nomads. Spread too far and yuan emperors struggled to maintain much control over more distant possessions. | 13 | |
| 5355439893 | II-Khan | 14 | ||
| 5355439894 | Hulagu khan | Mongol ruler of Iran, conq. Much of SW Asia. One of genghis khans sons. Founded II-Khanid dyn. Seized and sacked Baghdad. | 15 | |
| 5355439895 | Mamluks | Members of one of the armies of slaves that won pol. Control of several Muslim states. Practice began in Baghdad. Political result: slaves used military power to seize control over real pol. Authorities | 16 | |
| 5355439896 | Golden Horde | Western part of the mongol emp. Mixture of Turks and Mongols people. At its peak, territ. Ext. from mts in E. Europe to steppes of Siberia. | 17 | |
| 5355439897 | Batu | Mongol ruler. Founder of khanate of kipchak or the Golden horde | 18 | |
| 5355439898 | Pax mongolia | After mongols est. their domain the emp. Went into an era of peace known as pax Mongolia | 19 | |
| 5378039834 | Swahili coast | Coastal area in SE Africa inhabited by the Swahili people. Mainly consists of littoral Kenya, Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Term may also include some of Indian Ocean islands | 20 | |
| 5378039835 | Great Zimbabwe | Extensive stone ruins of an African Iron Age city. Lied in se Zimbabwe making it the largest of more than 150 major stone ruins scattered across the country of Zimbabwe and Mozambique | 21 | |
| 5378110245 | Mali empire | Founded by sundiata Keith and became reowned by the wealth of its users especially mansa mussa | 22 | |
| 5378110246 | Mansa musa | Emp. Of the Mali empire during 14th century, became emp. In 1307, 1st African ruler to be widely known throughout Europe and the Middle East.. great nephew of sundiata Keita who was founded of the empire | 23 | |
| 5378309160 | Sonni/Sunni Ali | 1st king of the Songhai empire located in Africa and the 15th ruler of the sonni dyn. | 24 | |
| 5378309161 | Oral literature | Ritual texts, curative Chants, epic poems, musical genres, folk tales, songs, myths, spells, legends, proverbs, riddles, tongue twisters, word games, etc. were used frequently in the history of the empire and passed on throughout generations. | 25 | |
| 5378309162 | Benin | A powerful city state formed around 14th century. Was not relatively influenced by the Europeans despite coming into contact with the Portuguese | 26 | |
| 5378433964 | Maya | Using Olmec traditions they developed a large domain and lived in scattered settlements of the yucatan peninsula | 27 | |
| 5378433965 | Chinampas | Small rectangle of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds | 28 | |
| 5378433966 | Toltecs | A mesoamerican culture that dominated a state centered in Tula | 29 | |
| 5378433967 | Lake texcoco | Place within the valley of Mexico on which the aztecs built the city of | 30 | |
| 5378433968 | Aztecs | The LAST great mesoamerican culture before the arrival of Europeans | 31 | |
| 5393490507 | Incas | Culture that conquered large areas and absorbed many groups in South America | 32 | |
| 5393490508 | Khipu | A system of record keeping that used knotted strings to numeric data | 33 | |
| 5393490509 | Andes mountains | A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along pacific coast | 34 | |
| 5393490510 | Cuzco | Once the capital of the inca empire, known for its archeological remains and Spanish colonial architecture | 35 | |
| 5393490511 | Ayllu | Traditional form of communities in the Andes mountains | 36 | |
| 5393490512 | Mit'a | Mandatory public service of the inca | 37 | |
| 5393490513 | Tenochitlan | Capital of the Aztec empire located on an island in lake texcoco. Pop. Was over 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest Mexico City was constructed on its ruins | 38 | |
| 5393490514 | Temple of the sun | Inca religious center located at Cuzco center of state religion held mummies of past incas | 39 | |
| 5393490515 | Machu picchu | A perfectly preserved settlement of the ancient inca located NW of Cuzco Peru. It was discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham | 40 | |
| 5402861249 | Indian Ocean trade | Persians and Arabs dominated. Trade routes connected ports in W. India to ports in Persian gulf which connected to ports in E. Africa | 41 | |
| 5402861250 | Monsoon seasons | Understanding of this helped traders to schedule their voyages accordingly | 42 |
