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3463162367Black DeathName later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague.0
3463162368Chinggis KhanTitle meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols. (pron. CHENG-iz KAHN)1
3463162375Khubilai KhanGrandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294. (pron. KOO-bihlie KAHN)2
3463162376Kipchak KhanateName 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." (pron. KIP-chak KAHN-ate)3
3463162377MasaiNomadic cattle-keeping people of what is now Kenya and Tanzania. (pron. mah-SIGH)4
3463162378ModunGreat ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r.210-174B.C.E.) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system.(pron. moe-DOON)5
3463162379the Mongol world warTerm used to describe half a century of military campaigns, massive killing, and empire building pursued by Chinggis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209.6
3463162380pastoralismWay of life in which people depend on the herding of domesticated animals for their food.7
3463162381TemujinBirth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227). (pron. TEM-uh-jin)8
3463162382TurksTurkic 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.9
3463162383XiongnuPeople of the Mongolian steppe lands north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E. (pron. SHE-OONG-noo)10
3463162384Yuan dynastyMongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368; its name means "great beginnings." (pron. yu-wen)11
3463202611Almoravid empireIslamic empire. Morocco and southern Spain. Berber Gvt. Dominated west african gold trade. Fought successfully against Christian forces. Capital at Marrakesh12
3463211560HuleguFirst il-Kahn of Persia. Conquests led to fall of Abbasid caliphate. Rule of Persia characterized with slaughter of pop. And damage to agriculture.13

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