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| 4265388932 | Alexander Nevskii | prince of Novgorod; submitted to the invading Mongols in 1240 | 0 | |
| 4265388933 | Osman | most successful warrior and "founder" of Ottomans | 1 | |
| 4265388934 | Ottoman Turks | Turkish group ruled by the Ottoman dynasty; formed an empire that lasted from about 1300 to 1922. The group that proved to be the greatest threat to the Byzantine Empire in the 15th century. | 2 | |
| 4265388935 | Pax Mongolica | era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire | 3 | |
| 4265388936 | samurai | a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy | 4 | |
| 4265388937 | shogun | the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai | 5 | |
| 4265388938 | Silla Dynasty | the dynasty in Korea that rallied to prevent Chinese domination in the seventh century CE. | 6 | |
| 4265388939 | Song Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy | 7 | |
| 4265388940 | Sui Dynasty | the short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China | 8 | |
| 4265388941 | The Tale of Genji | written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any languange; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor's son; evidence for mannered style of the Japanese society. | 9 | |
| 4265388942 | Tang Dynasty | dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria | 10 | |
| 4265388943 | Temujin | birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227) | 11 | |
| 4265388944 | Uighurs | Turkic empire of the steppes; flourished in eighth century CE | 12 | |
| 4265388945 | Xi Xia Empire | kingdom of the Tangut people that was north of Song kingdom in mid-11th century that collected tribute that drained Song resources and burdened Chinese peasantry | 13 | |
| 4265388946 | Yuan Dynasty | dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song (1279-1368) | 14 | |
| 4265388947 | Africanity | perceived unity of the sub-Saharan cultures. | 15 | |
| 4265388948 | communal cities | sameness, represent the culture around them, move native to the city, homogenous with a sense of purpose (ex. Agriculture), lots of these in Europe | 16 | |
| 4265388949 | convergent cities | people from all over make up the cities, Indian Ocean area, combine under the goal of trade, seen in China and Islamic world | 17 | |
| 4265388950 | Delhi Sultanate | centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders. | 18 | |
| 4265388951 | Ghana | the first West African kingdom based on the gold and salt trade | 19 | |
| 4265388952 | Great Zimbabwe | in southeastern Africa the Shona people established this city which grew into an empire built on the gold trade. By 1450, this city was mysteriously abandoned. | 20 | |
| 4265388953 | griots | a west African storyteller | 21 | |
| 4265388954 | Hausa | a group of people named after the language they spoke. They first emerged in what is today northern Nigeria between 1000 and 1200. | 22 | |
| 4265388955 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. | 23 | |
| 4265388956 | Mali | empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade. | 24 | |
| 4265388957 | Marco Polo | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) | 25 | |
| 4265388958 | Songhai | a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591 | 26 | |
| 4265388959 | stateless society | a group of independent villages organized into clans and led by a local ruler or clan head without any central government | 27 | |
| 4265388960 | Sundiata | the founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes | 28 | |
| 4265388961 | Swahili Coast | East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.' | 29 | |
| 4265388962 | postclassical Mesoamerica | era of Aztecs | 30 | |
| 4265388963 | agriculture | the deliberate tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber | 31 | |
| 4265388964 | agrarian | a society that depends on agriculture is... | 32 | |
| 4265388965 | bands/clans | basic unit of social organization among foragers; includes fewer than 100 people in a nomadic, small, mobile, kin-based groups with little differential power. | 33 | |
| 4265388966 | barbarian | a person belonging to a tribe or group that is considered uncivilized | 34 | |
| 4265388967 | bureaucracy | a government organized by department | 35 | |
| 4265388968 | civilization | a society with reliable food surplus, specialized occupations, social class distinctions, cities, complex governments, trade, and an organized writing system | 36 | |
| 4265388969 | city-states | large towns that conquered the surrounding countryside; often competed with each other | 37 | |
| 4265388970 | classical | the period from approximately 600 BCE to 600 CE | 38 | |
| 4265388971 | domestication | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 39 | |
| 4265388972 | economy | the way civilizations manage money and resources for the production of goods and services | 40 | |
| 4265388973 | egalitarian | a society in which all people are relatively equal | 41 | |
| 4265388974 | emperor | the ruler of an empire | 42 | |
| 4265388975 | empire | a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler | 43 | |
| 4265388976 | feudalism | loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord | 44 | |
| 4265388977 | foraging | a food-getting strategy that does not involve food production or domestication of animals | 45 | |
| 4265388978 | hierarchy | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | 46 | |
| 4265388979 | hierarchical | arranging things one above the other by rank | 47 | |
| 4265388980 | hunter-gatherer | a member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods. | 48 | |
| 4265388981 | irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land | 49 |
