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135917079Age GradeAn age group into which children were placed in Bantu societies of early sub-Saharan Africa; children within the age grade were given responsibilities and privileges suitable for their age and in this manner were prepared for adult responsibilities0
135917080AustronesianA branch of languages originating in Oceania1
135917081Bantu-Speaking PeoplesName given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples whose migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa2
135917082Black DeathThe European name for the outbreak of bubonic plague that spread across Asia, Europe, and North Africa in the fourteenth century3
135917083CaravelA small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations4
135917084GriotsStorytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and historians5
135917085KamiJapanese nature spirits revered in the Shinto religion6
135917086Khana mongol ruler7
135917087Lateen SailA triangular sail attached to a short mast8
135917088Malay SailorsSoutheast Asian sailors who traveled the Indian Ocean; by 500 C.E., they had colonized Madagascar, introducing the cultivation of the banana9
135917089MaoriA member of a Polynesian group that settled New Zealand about 800 C.E.10
135917090MetropolitanOf or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns11
135917091Middle KingdomTerm applied to the rich agricultural lands of the Yangtze River valley under the Zhou dynasty12
135917092Ming DynastyThe ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty; the Ming dynasty was the last dynasty in China led by ethnic Hans.13
135917093Mongol Peace (Pax Mongolica)The period from about 1250 to 1350 in which the Mongols ensured the safety of Eurasian trade and travel14
135917094PerspectiveAn artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a three-dimensional appearance to works of art15
135917095RenaissanceThe revival of learning in Europe beginning about 1300 and continuing to about 160016
135917096Stateless SocietyA society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central goverment17
135917097Steppe DiplomacyThe skill of political survival and dominance in the world of steppe nomads; it involved the knowledge of tribal and clan structure and often used assassinations to accomplish its goals18
135917098SyncretismA blend of two or more cultures or cultural traditions19
135917099Yuan DynastyThe Mongol led dynasty of China from 1271 to 136820
135917100DhowArab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design21
135917101JinshiTitle granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office22
135917102MawaliNon-Arab converts to Islam23
135917103DhimmiLiterally "people of the book"; applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastrians and even Hindus & Buddhists24
135917104QuinoaA species of goosefoot grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds. Although it is technically not a grain it is treaded as such because of its baking characteristics25

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