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| 5965074199 | Trading Post Empire | 0 | ||
| 5965074200 | Mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of bullion (gold and silver) by selling more manufactured goods than bought. This economic view established in areas with settler dominated agriculture, slave-based plantation, etc. Spanish America never took hold of this economic view because they had few manufactured goods to sell. | 1 | |
| 5965077141 | Coerced labor | 2 | ||
| 5965079745 | Sunni Islam | A division of Islam that believed the caliphs were rightful political and military leaders selected by the Islamic community. Their religious authority came from religious scholars known as ulama. | 3 | |
| 5965079746 | Shi'a Islam | A division of Islam that believed the leadership should fall in the blood line of Ali and his son, who were blood relatives of Muhammad. Their leaders were known as imams, with religious authority that allowed the leader to interpret divine relation and law. | 4 | |
| 5965082371 | Sufi Islam | A division of Islam that sought a direct and personal experience of the Divine. To achieve this, they would renunciation of the material world, mediation on the words of the Quran, and chanting the names of God. They challenged the power of the ulamas. This division of religion was popular in the 800s and 900s. | 5 | |
| 5965085989 | Sikhism in South Asia | In the 1500s, founded by Guru Nanak, the religion blended elements of Islam with Hindu concepts. For example, the Islamic devotion to one universal God and the Hindu karma and rebirth. They ignored caste distinctions. They ended the seclusion of women, and promoted equality of men and women. Their sacred text was Guru Granth. They worshipped in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. | 6 |
