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| 11637134936 | "age-set" | Among 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 | |
| 11637134937 | Black Death | Name later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague. | 1 | |
| 11637134938 | Chinggis Khan (pron. CHENG-iz KAHN) | Title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols. | 2 | |
| 11637134939 | "fictive kinship" | Common form of tribal bonding in nomadic societies in which allies are designated and treated as blood relatives. | 3 | |
| 11637134940 | Ghazan Khan (pron. HAZ-zan KAHN) | Il-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 | |
| 11637134941 | Hulegu Khan (pron. hoo-LAY-goo KAHN) | Grandson of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia. | 5 | |
| 11637134942 | Karakorum (pron. kah-rah-KOR-um) | Capital of the Mongol Empire. | 6 | |
| 11637134943 | khagan (pron. KAH-gahn) | Supreme ruler of a Turkic nomadic confederation. | 7 | |
| 11637134944 | Khanbalik (pron. kahn-BAL-ik) | The "city of the khan," founded as a new capital city for the Mongols after their conquest of China; now the city of Beijing. | 8 | |
| 11637134945 | Khubilai Khan (pron. KOO-bihlie KAHN) | Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294. | 9 | |
| 11637134946 | Kipchak Khanate (pron. KIP-chak KAHN-ate) | Name 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." | 10 | |
| 11637134947 | Masai (pron. mah-SIGH) | Nomadic cattle-keeping people of what is now Kenya and Tanzania. | 11 | |
| 11637134948 | Modun (pron. moe-DOON) | Great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r. 210-174 B.C.E.) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system. | 12 | |
| 11637134949 | The Mongol world war | Term 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. | 13 | |
| 11637134950 | pastoralism | Way of life in which people depend on the herding of domesticated animals for their food. | 14 | |
| 11637134951 | Temujin (pron. TEM-uh-jin) | Birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227). | 15 | |
| 11637134952 | Turks | Turkic 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. | 16 | |
| 11637134953 | Xiongnu (pron. SHE-OONG-noo) | People of the Mongolian steppe lands north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E. | 17 | |
| 11637134954 | Yuan dynasty (pron. ywan) | Mongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368; its name means "great beginnings." | 18 |
