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207341051MamluksTurkic military slaves who formed part of the army of the Abbasid Caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries; they founded their own state in Egypt and Syria from the thirteenth to early sixteenth centuries0
207341052MedievalPertaining to the middle ages of European history1
207341053MexicaThe name given to themselves by the Aztec people2
207341054Middle AgesThe period of European history traditionally given as 500-15003
207341055MinaretA tower attached to a mosque from which Muslims are called to worship4
207341056MississippiansWere a Chalcolithic (copper age) mound-building Native American culture that flourished in the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 to 1500 A.D., varying regionally5
207341057MitaA labor system used by Andean societies in which community members shared work owed to rulers and the religious community6
207341058Moldboard PlowA form of plow consisting of a plowshare (blade) and hitch attached to livestock. It turns the soil in one run across the field, depositing the weeds and remains of the previous crop under the soil and raising the rain-percolated nutrients back to the surface. This plow also allowed for plowing while the ground was wet.7
207341059Mound-BuildersIn North American archaeology, name given to those people who built mounds in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mts. The greatest concentrations of mounds are found in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys.8
207341060Neo-ConfucianismA philosophy that blended Confucianism with Buddhism and Daoism9
207341061Parallel DescentIn Incan society, descent through both the mother and father10
207341062ParliamentA representative assembly11
207341063People of the BookA term applied by Islamic governments to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in reference to the fact that all three religions had a holy book12
207341064QuechuaAndean society also known as the Inca13
207341065QuipusA system of knotted cords of different sizes and colors used by the Incas for keeping records14
207341066QuranThe holy book of Islam15
207341067RamadanThe holy month of Islam which commemorates the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Muhammad; fasting is required during this month16
208910344scholar-gentryThe Chinese class of well educated men from whom many of the bureaucrats were chosen17
208910345ShariahThe body of law that governs Muslim society18
208910346ShintoThe traditional Japanese religion based on veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature19
208910347ShogunateThe rule of the shoguns in Japan20
208910348ToltecsAncient civilization of Mexico. The name in Nahuatl means "master builders." The formed a warrior aristocracy that gained ascendancy in the Valley of Mexico c. AD 900 after the fall of Teotihuacán.21
208910349UmmaThe community of all Muslims believers22
208910350ZakatReligious tax, one of the five basic requirements (arkan or "pillars") of Islam. All adult Muslims of sound mind and body with a set level of income and assets are expected to pay zakat.23

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