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11827648371Age setAmong the Masai, a group of boys united by a common initiation ceremony, who then moved together through the various "age-grades," or ranks, of Masai life.0
11827648372Black DeathName later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague1
11827648373Chinggis KhanTitle meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols.2
11827648374fictive kinshipCommon form of tribal bonding in nomadic societies in which allies are designated and treated as blood relatives.3
11827648375Ghazan KhanIl-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia who ruled from 1295 to 1304; he is noted for his efforts to repair the Mongol damage to Persia.4
11827648376Hulegu KhanGrandson of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia.5
11827648377KarakorumCapital of the Mongol Empire.6
11827648378KhaganSupreme ruler of a Turkic nomadic confederation.7
11827648379KhanbalikCity of the khan- founded as new capital city for Mongols after their conquest of China; now city of Beijing.8
11827648380Khubilai KhanGrandson of Chinggis Khan ruled China from 1271-12949
11827648381Kipchak KhanateName given to Russia by Mongols after conquered and incorporated it into Mongol Empire mid-thirteenth century; known to Russians as "Khanate of the Golden Horde."10
11827648382MasaiNomadic cattle-keeping people in Kenya and Tanzania.11
11827648383ModunGreat ruler of Xiongnu Empire (r. 210-174 b.c.e.) created a centralized and hierarchical political system.12
11827648384Mongol world wardescribes half century of military campaigns, massive killing, and empire building - Chinggis Khan and successors in Eurasia (cf. 1209).13
11827648385PastoralismPeople depended on herding of domesticated animals for their food.14
11827648386TemujinMongol leader's birth name known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227).15
11827648387Turksfrom Central Asia - originally nomads, spread westward into Near East and India; created series of nomadic empires (552- 965 C.E.) dominant in Islamic heartland. founded states and empires16
11827648388XiongnuMongolian steppe lands north of China formed a large-scale nomadic empire in third and second centuries B.C.E.17

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