The terms and definitions for the vocabulary terms in Ways of the World: Chapter 11.
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| 5839478103 | age-set | Among the Masai of East Africa, a group of boys united by a common initiation ceremony, who then moved together through the various "age-grades" and ranks of Masai life. | 0 | |
| 5839478104 | Black Death | Name later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague. | 1 | |
| 5839478105 | Chinggis Khan(Genghis Khan) | Title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols. | 2 | |
| 5839478106 | fictive kinship | Common form of tribal bonding in nomadic societies in which allies are designated and treated as blood relatives. | 3 | |
| 5839478107 | Ghazan Khan | Il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia who ruled from 1295-1304; he is noted for his efforts to repair the Mongol damage to Persia. | 4 | |
| 5839478108 | Hulegu Khan | Grandson of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia. | 5 | |
| 5839478109 | kaghan | Supreme ruler of a Turkic nomadic confederation. | 6 | |
| 5839478110 | Karakorum | Capital of the Mongol Empire. | 7 | |
| 5839478111 | Khanbalik | The "city of the khan" founded as a new capital city for the Mongols after their conquest of China; now the city of Beijing. | 8 | |
| 5839478112 | Khubilai Khan | Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271-1294. | 9 | |
| 5839478113 | Kipchak Khanate | Name given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century; known to Russians as the "Khanate of the Golden Horde." | 10 | |
| 5839478114 | Masai | Nomadic cattle-keeping people of what is now Kenya and Tanzania. | 11 | |
| 5839478115 | Modun | Great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r. 210-174 B.C.E.) who created a centralized and hierarchal political system. | 12 | |
| 5839478116 | The Mongol World War | Term used to describe half a century of military campaigns, massive killing, and empire building pursued by Chinggis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209. | 13 | |
| 5839478117 | pastoralism | Way of life in which people depend on the herding of domesticated animals for their food supply. | 14 | |
| 5839478118 | Temujin | Birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227). | 15 | |
| 5839478119 | Turks | Turkic speakers from Central Asia, originally nomads, who spread westward into the Near East and into India; they created a series of nomadic empires between 552 and 965 C.E. but had a more lasting impact on world history when they became dominant in the Islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there. | 16 | |
| 5839478120 | Xiongnu | People of the Mongolian steps north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E. | 17 | |
| 5839478121 | Yuan Dynasty | Mongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271-1368; its name means "great beginnings." | 18 | |
| 5839506832 | Almoravid Empire | A Berber imperial dynasty of Morocco, who formed an empire in the 11th century that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus. Founded by Abdallah ibn Yasin, their capital was Marrakesh, a city they founded in 1062. | 19 |
