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5293200042Mongolsa people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the tang empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia.0
5293223293Genghis khanfounder of the mongol empire1
5293233707yaun empireempire created in china and Siberia by khubilai khan2
5293244162bubonic plaguebacterial disease (spread human to human by coughing). it is difficult to prevent from spreading.3
5293255061timurmember of prominent family of the Mongols' Jagadai Khanate.4
5293284043II-khanA secondary or peripheral khan based in Persia.5
5293292158golden hordeMongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan grandson batu6
5293304894tsarRussian title for a monarch7
5293313202Nasir al-din tusiPersian mathematician and cosmetologist whose academy provided the model for movement of the plants8
5293340314alexander nevskiigrand prince of kiev9
5293359668ottoman empireIslamic state founded by Osman in northwestern anatolia10
5293376058khubilai khanlast of the mongol great khans; founder of the yaun empire11
5293380652ming empireempire based in china that zhu yaunzhang established after the overthrow of the yaun empire12
5293392429yonglethe third emperor of the ming empire13
5293400467zheng hean imperial eunuch and muslim, entrusted by the ming emperor yongle14
5293410360kamikazethe "divine wind"15
5293415300ibn buttatamorrocan muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time.16
5293428371maliempire created by indigenous muslims in western sudan of west africa17
5293437469mansa kanhan musaruler of mali18
5293443960dhowscargo and passenger ships of the Arabian sea19
5293451615great zimbabwecity now in ruins whose many stone structures were built about 1250 and 1450 when it was a trading center and the capital of a larger state.20
5293468727timbuktucity on the niger river in the modern country of mali21

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