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7307791586(to) barterexchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.0
7307791587globalizationThe processes by which people, institutions, and nations are brought into unified networks of interaction around the globe.1
7307791588World Trade Org.only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.2
7307791589free market economyAn economic system in which the means of production are largely privately owned and there is little or no government control over the markets.3
7307791590supply and demandIn economics, the relationship between the amount of a commodity that producers are able and willing to sell(supply) and the quantity that customers can afford and wish to buy (demand).4
7307791591trade diasporasRefers to the network of international traders who relate to one another through bonds of their trade.5
7307791592Andes MountainsThe world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America.6
7307791593Leif ErikssonViking explorer who reached Newfoundland about the year 1000.7
7307791594quipuan ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.8
7307791595Yucatánthe Mexican state known for its Gulf of Mexico beaches and Mayan ruins.9
7307791596Tenochtitlána Mexica city-state on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico10
7307791597Pochtecaprofessional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire.11
7307791598sahelecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south12
7307791599Ghanaa nation on West Africa's Gulf of Guinea known for its diverse wildlife, old forts and secluded beaches.13
7307791600Malia landlocked country in West Africa.14
7307791601Songhaysuccessor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao.15
7307817541Mansa Musathe tenth Mansa or emperor of the wealthy West African Mali Empire.16
7319411979Great Zimbabwelargest and most remarkable of the developing towns during the 11th century.17
7319412152swahiliafrican language18
7319416014abbasid caliphate(750-1258) third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.19
7319419378sultanate of delhiMajor Turkic Muslim state established in northern India in 120620
7319419379hajjpilgrimage to mecca that all muslims are required to make in their lifetime (if able).21
7319425049lateena triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast.22
7319423433monsoonblowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain , or from the northeast between October and April23
7319426691littoralrelating to or situated on the shore of the sea or a lake.24
7319429896cairo genizahHebrew for a repository of old papers25
7319432831sassanian persiaA west Asian empire during the 4th-8th centuries26
7319432832teaktropical hardwood tree species27
7319434436borobudor9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia28
7319397107Axummodern ethiopia and eritrea29
7347682476Angkor WatA great Hindu temple built in the twelfth century.30
7347682477One Thousand and One NightsTales of the seven voyages of Sinbad the sailor. Written during the Abbasid Empire.31
7347682478Song DynastyChinese dynasty from 960 to 1279; known for its artistic achievements32
7347682479Ming DynastyA Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 164433
7347682480Tang DynastyChinese dynasty from 618 to 90734
7347682481Abbasid EmpireSecond Islamic Empire. Descendants of Muhammad's family.35
7347682482Emperor Yung-loMing emperor from 1402-24.36
7347682483Admiral Zheng HeChinese explorer from 1405-3337
7347682484MongolsNomadic tribe that invaded China during the 1200s38
7347682485Marco PoloItalian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.39
7347682486Kublai Khan(1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.40
7347682487Diamond SutraA Sanskrit tale transmitted along silk routes and translated into Chinese in the fifth century.41
7347682488TranshumanceThe practice of shifting residence and livestock between mountains and valleys according to the season of the year, or more generally a pattern of seasonal migration.42
7378122352Pax MonolicaThe Mongolian peace43
7378122353Ibn BattutaArab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records (1304-c. 1368)44
7378122354YurtsA portable dwelling used by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia.45
7378122355The travelsTales of Marco polo's travels46
7378122356Francis woodWriter of "did Marco Polo go to the China?"47
7378122357Did Marco Polo go to the China?A book written by Francis Wood going against The travels.48
7378122358Chinggis Khan/ TemuginBorn in 1162 into one of the more powerful and more militant mongol tribes.49
7378122359KarakorumCapital of Mongol Empire under Chinggis Khan.50
7378122360KamikazeDivine winds.51
7378122361Battle of Ain JalutBattle between the sultan in Cairo and mongols near Nazareth. Cairo won. (1260)52
7378122362KhanatesFour regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan.53
7378122363II- Khan Empireestablished as a khanate that formed the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empir54
7378122364Yuan DynastyDynasty established by the successors of Chinggis in china from 1276-136855
7378122365Chagatai KhanteMongol and later Turkicized khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan56

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