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| 6532077499 | Sharia | Islamic law, defined among other things the patrilineal nature of Islamic inheritance. | 0 | |
| 6532077500 | Zenj | Arabic term for the east African coast. | 1 | |
| 6532077501 | Benin | powerful city-state (in present-day Nigeria) that came into contact with the Portuguese in 1485 but remained relatively free of European influence; important commercial and political entity until the 19th century. | 2 | |
| 6532077502 | demography | the study of population. | 3 | |
| 6532077503 | demographic transition | shift to low birth rate, low infant death rate, stable population, first emerged in western Europe and United States in late 19th century. | 4 | |
| 6532077504 | Kongo | large agricultural state on the lower Congo River; capital at Mbanza Congo. | 5 | |
| 6532077505 | Great Zimbabwe | with massive stone buildings and walls, incorporates the greatest early buildings in sub-Saharan Africa. | 6 | |
| 6532077506 | Hagia Sophia | great domed church constructed during reign of Justinian. | 7 | |
| 6532077507 | Belisarius | (c. 505-565); one of Justinian's most important military commanders during the attempted reconquest of western Europe. | 8 | |
| 6532077508 | Greek fire | Byzantine weapon consisting of mixture of chemicals that ignited when exposed to water; used to drive back the Arab fleets attacking Constantinople. | 9 | |
| 6532077509 | Bulgaria | Slavic kingdom in Balkans; constant pressure on Byzantine Empire; defeated by Basil II in 1014. | 10 | |
| 6532077510 | icon | images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians. | 11 | |
| 6532077511 | Cyril and Methodius | Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and Balkans; responsible for creation of Slavic written script called Cyrillic. | 12 | |
| 6532077512 | Kiev | commercial city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians in 9th century; became the center for a kingdom that flourished until the 12th century. | 13 | |
| 6532077513 | Rurik | legendary Scandinavian, regarded as founder of Kievan Rus' in 855. | 14 | |
| 6532077514 | Kievan Rus' | the predecessor to modern Russia; a medieval state that existed from the end of the 9th to the middle of the 13th century; its territory spanned parts of modern Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. | 15 | |
| 6532077515 | Vladimir I | ruler of Kiev (980-1015); converted kingdom to Orthodox Christianity. | 16 | |
| 6532077516 | Russian Orthodoxy | Russian form of Christianity brought from Byzantine Empire. | 17 | |
| 6532077517 | Yaroslav | (975-1054); Last great Kievan monarch; responsible for codification of laws, based on Byzantine codes. | 18 | |
| 6532077518 | boyars | Russian landholding aristocrats; possessed less political power than their western European counterparts. | 19 | |
| 6532077519 | Tatars | Mongols who conquered Russian cities during the 13th century; left Russian church and aristocracy intact. | 20 | |
| 6532077520 | Axum | a state in the Ethiopian highlands; received influences from the Arabian peninsula; converted to Christianity. | 21 | |
| 6532077521 | Ethiopia | kingdom located in Ethiopian highlands; replaced Meroë in first century C.E.; received strong influence from Arabian peninsula; eventually converted to Christianity. | 22 | |
| 6532077522 | Sahara | desert running across northern Africa; separates the Mediterranean coast from southern Africa. | 23 | |
| 6532077523 | Shintoism | religion of the early Japanese court; included the worship of numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world. | 24 |
