7307791586 | (to) barter | exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money. | 0 | |
7307791587 | globalization | The processes by which people, institutions, and nations are brought into unified networks of interaction around the globe. | 1 | |
7307791588 | World Trade Org. | only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. | 2 | |
7307791589 | free market economy | An economic system in which the means of production are largely privately owned and there is little or no government control over the markets. | 3 | |
7307791590 | supply and demand | In 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 | |
7307791591 | trade diasporas | Refers to the network of international traders who relate to one another through bonds of their trade. | 5 | |
7307791592 | Andes Mountains | The world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America. | 6 | |
7307791593 | Leif Eriksson | Viking explorer who reached Newfoundland about the year 1000. | 7 | |
7307791594 | quipu | an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways. | 8 | |
7307791595 | Yucatán | the Mexican state known for its Gulf of Mexico beaches and Mayan ruins. | 9 | |
7307791596 | Tenochtitlán | a Mexica city-state on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico | 10 | |
7307791597 | Pochteca | professional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire. | 11 | |
7307791598 | sahel | ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south | 12 | |
7307791599 | Ghana | a nation on West Africa's Gulf of Guinea known for its diverse wildlife, old forts and secluded beaches. | 13 | |
7307791600 | Mali | a landlocked country in West Africa. | 14 | |
7307791601 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao. | 15 | |
7307817541 | Mansa Musa | the tenth Mansa or emperor of the wealthy West African Mali Empire. | 16 | |
7319411979 | Great Zimbabwe | largest and most remarkable of the developing towns during the 11th century. | 17 | |
7319412152 | swahili | african language | 18 | |
7319416014 | abbasid caliphate | (750-1258) third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. | 19 | |
7319419378 | sultanate of delhi | Major Turkic Muslim state established in northern India in 1206 | 20 | |
7319419379 | hajj | pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims are required to make in their lifetime (if able). | 21 | |
7319425049 | lateen | a triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast. | 22 | |
7319423433 | monsoon | blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain , or from the northeast between October and April | 23 | |
7319426691 | littoral | relating to or situated on the shore of the sea or a lake. | 24 | |
7319429896 | cairo genizah | Hebrew for a repository of old papers | 25 | |
7319432831 | sassanian persia | A west Asian empire during the 4th-8th centuries | 26 | |
7319432832 | teak | tropical hardwood tree species | 27 | |
7319434436 | borobudor | 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia | 28 | |
7319397107 | Axum | modern ethiopia and eritrea | 29 | |
7347682476 | Angkor Wat | A great Hindu temple built in the twelfth century. | 30 | |
7347682477 | One Thousand and One Nights | Tales of the seven voyages of Sinbad the sailor. Written during the Abbasid Empire. | 31 | |
7347682478 | Song Dynasty | Chinese dynasty from 960 to 1279; known for its artistic achievements | 32 | |
7347682479 | Ming Dynasty | A Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644 | 33 | |
7347682480 | Tang Dynasty | Chinese dynasty from 618 to 907 | 34 | |
7347682481 | Abbasid Empire | Second Islamic Empire. Descendants of Muhammad's family. | 35 | |
7347682482 | Emperor Yung-lo | Ming emperor from 1402-24. | 36 | |
7347682483 | Admiral Zheng He | Chinese explorer from 1405-33 | 37 | |
7347682484 | Mongols | Nomadic tribe that invaded China during the 1200s | 38 | |
7347682485 | Marco Polo | Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China. | 39 | |
7347682486 | Kublai Khan | (1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China. | 40 | |
7347682487 | Diamond Sutra | A Sanskrit tale transmitted along silk routes and translated into Chinese in the fifth century. | 41 | |
7347682488 | Transhumance | The 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 | |
7378122352 | Pax Monolica | The Mongolian peace | 43 | |
7378122353 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records (1304-c. 1368) | 44 | |
7378122354 | Yurts | A portable dwelling used by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. | 45 | |
7378122355 | The travels | Tales of Marco polo's travels | 46 | |
7378122356 | Francis wood | Writer of "did Marco Polo go to the China?" | 47 | |
7378122357 | Did Marco Polo go to the China? | A book written by Francis Wood going against The travels. | 48 | |
7378122358 | Chinggis Khan/ Temugin | Born in 1162 into one of the more powerful and more militant mongol tribes. | 49 | |
7378122359 | Karakorum | Capital of Mongol Empire under Chinggis Khan. | 50 | |
7378122360 | Kamikaze | Divine winds. | 51 | |
7378122361 | Battle of Ain Jalut | Battle between the sultan in Cairo and mongols near Nazareth. Cairo won. (1260) | 52 | |
7378122362 | Khanates | Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan. | 53 | |
7378122363 | II- Khan Empire | established as a khanate that formed the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empir | 54 | |
7378122364 | Yuan Dynasty | Dynasty established by the successors of Chinggis in china from 1276-1368 | 55 | |
7378122365 | Chagatai Khante | Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan | 56 |
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