8110303543 | Abacus | An ancient Chinese counting device that used rods on which were mounted movable counters | 0 | |
8110303544 | Arabesque | Islamic art/geometric patterns that are repeated over and over | 1 | |
8110306987 | Bakufu | military-style government of the Japanese shogun | 2 | |
8110310222 | Black Death | A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 | 3 | |
8110319633 | Calpulli | Aztec clans that supplied labor and warriors to leaders | 4 | |
8110322311 | Chinampas | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | 5 | |
8110327529 | Excommunication | The taking away of a person's right of membership in a Christian church | 6 | |
8110327530 | Flying Money | Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants | 7 | |
8110333094 | Griots | Storyteller, kept history orally | 8 | |
8110333095 | Hijah | The flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina, the first year in the Muslim calendar | 9 | |
8110337618 | Junks | The large Chinese ships that were large enough to carry up to one thousand tons of cargo. | 10 | |
8110337619 | Kowtow | a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission | 11 | |
8110347002 | Mamluks | Muslim slave warriors; established dynasty in Egypt; led by Baibars defeated Mongols in 1260 | 12 | |
8110349542 | Metropolitan | city-scape | 13 | |
8110353253 | Minaret | A distinctive feature of mosque architecture, a tower from which the faithful are called to worship. | 14 | |
8110357018 | Moldboard Plow | The curved metal plate in a plow that turns over an earth from the furrow | 15 | |
8110357019 | Muslim | A follower of Islam | 16 | |
8110360596 | People of the Book | what Muslims called Christians and Jews which means that they too only believe in one god | 17 | |
8110364955 | Quran | The holy book of Islam | 18 | |
8110364956 | Scholar-gentry | The Chinese class of well-educated men from whom many bureaucrats were chosen | 19 | |
8110368618 | Shi'ite | A member of the branch of Islam that supports the descendants of Muhammad as his rightful successors | 20 | |
8110375496 | Stateless society | A society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central goverment | 21 | |
8110375497 | Sunni | a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam | 22 | |
8110381942 | Tribute | Money paid by one country to another in return for protection | 23 | |
8110403241 | Zakat | Tax for charity; obligatory for all Muslims | 24 | |
8110598775 | Age Grade | A series of consecutive statuses defined by age. | 25 | |
8110601675 | Astrolabe | an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements | 26 | |
8110601676 | Bantu-speaking peoples | People who speak one of a group of languages related to Bantu | 27 | |
8110608782 | bushi | Regional military leaders in Japan who ruled small kingdoms from fortresses | 28 | |
8110608783 | Caravel | a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th-17th centuries. | 29 | |
8110612052 | Chivalry | Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages | 30 | |
8110615395 | Feudalism | A system of government based on landowners and tenants | 31 | |
8110615396 | Foot binding | Process of compressing girls' feet to half their natural size | 32 | |
8110619633 | Hadith | The compiled work of the life and teachings of Muhammad. | 33 | |
8110619634 | Inca | a member of a South American Indian people living in the central Andes before the Spanish conquest. | 34 | |
8110619635 | Ka'aba | Muslims pray toward this structure in Mecca | 35 | |
8110623341 | Lateen Sails | Triangular sail on a short mast | 36 | |
8289803813 | Manorialism | economic system of Middle Ages Europe that was based on agriculture (farming) | 37 | |
8289803814 | Mexica | The name given to themselves by the Aztec people | 38 | |
8289805622 | Ming Dynasty | Chinese dynasty in which Chinese rule was restored; held power from 1368 to 1644 | 39 | |
8289807333 | Mongol Peace | Period of stability and law and order across Eurasia under Mongol rule | 40 | |
8289808354 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that blended Confucianism with Buddhism and Daoism | 41 | |
8289808355 | Perspective | An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface. | 42 | |
8289808991 | Ramadan | (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan | 43 | |
8289808992 | Seppuku | Ritual suicide | 44 | |
8289809866 | Shinto | "Way of the Kami"; Japanese worship of nature spirits | 45 | |
8289809867 | Steppe Diplomacy | Mongol system of tribal alliances | 46 | |
8289810733 | Syncretism | A blending of two or more religious traditions | 47 | |
8289810734 | Umma | The term for all Muslims as a community. | 48 | |
8289812066 | Allah | Arabic word for God | 49 | |
8289812599 | Austronesian | A branch of languages originating in Oceania | 50 | |
8289813141 | Battle of Tours | (732 CE) European victory over Muslims. It halted Muslim movement into Western Europe. | 51 | |
8289813724 | Bushido | the code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai. | 52 | |
8289813725 | Celedon | Korean porcelain | 53 | |
8289814534 | Daimyo | A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai | 54 | |
8289814535 | Fief | land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service | 55 | |
8289816252 | Gempei Wars | five year war fought between two of Japan's powerful families, the Taira and the Minamoto | 56 | |
8289816253 | Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | 57 | |
8289817514 | Investiture | A ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office | 58 | |
8289817515 | Kamikaze | Japanese suicide pilots; literally meaning 'divine wind' | 59 | |
8289819110 | Magna Carta | the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 | 60 | |
8289819111 | Maori | New Zealand indigenous culture established around 800 CE | 61 | |
8289819669 | Middle ages | the years between ancient and modern times | 62 | |
8289821341 | Mississippians | First society people located in central North America | 63 | |
8289822463 | Mosque | A Muslim place of worship | 64 | |
8289825906 | Parallel descent | In Incan society, descent through both the father and mother | 65 | |
8289826372 | Quechua | Andean society also known as the Inca | 66 | |
8289826373 | Renaissance | the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world | 67 | |
8289828234 | Serf | A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | 68 | |
8289828235 | Shogun | A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name | 69 | |
8289828648 | Sufis | Muslim mystics who seek communion with God through meditation, fasting, and other rituals | 70 | |
8289828649 | Tea ceremony | An ancient Shinto ritual still performed in the traditional Japanese capital of Kyoto | 71 | |
8289829397 | Vassal | A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land | 72 | |
8289829398 | Anasazi | a member of an ancient American Indian people of the southwestern US, who flourished between c. 200 BC and AD 1500. The earliest phase of their culture, typified by pit dwellings, is known as the Basket Maker period; the present day Pueblo culture developed from a later stage. | 73 | |
8289830766 | Ayllus | In Incan society, a clan or community that worked together on projects required by the ruler | 74 | |
8289830767 | Benefice | A church office endowed with fixed capital assets | 75 | |
8289832339 | Caliph | A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government | 76 | |
8289835058 | Chimor | political grouping of the Chimu culture that ruled the northern coast of Peru, from 850-1470 | 77 | |
8289836885 | dal ar Islam | places where Islam can be practiced | 78 | |
8289840223 | Five Pillars | beliefs that all Muslims needed to carry out: Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage | 79 | |
8289840224 | Gothic Architecture | Gothic architecture is an architectural style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. | 80 | |
8289841322 | Harem | living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | 81 | |
8289841323 | Jihad | A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | 82 | |
8289841859 | Khan | A Mongol ruler | 83 | |
8289841860 | Malay sailors | traded and interacted with other Southeast Asian societies a lot | 84 | |
8289842794 | Medieval | dark ages | 85 | |
8289842795 | Middle Kingdom | a period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750 BC | 86 | |
8289843167 | Mita | a labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft native people to work | 87 | |
8289843168 | Moundbuilders | a Precolumbian civilization along the Mississippi river | 88 | |
8289843963 | Parliament | A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation | 89 | |
8289843964 | Quipus | A system of knotted cords of different sizes and colors used by the Incas for keeping records | 90 | |
8289844650 | Samurai | Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land. | 91 | |
8289844651 | Shariah | Islamic law | 92 | |
8289845336 | Shogunate | military government of Japan | 93 | |
8289845337 | Sultan | power | 94 | |
8289846202 | Toltecs | powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. | 95 | |
8289846476 | Yuan Dynasty | Mongol Dynasty | 96 |
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