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8489394013Size of the Mongolian Empirelargest empire ever, over a million people in the 13th century0
8489398151Yurtslarge tents made of wool in which the pastoalists of Asia lived1
8489408568Limitations of development in central Asian societiesarid climate, no craft production, limited large scale agriculture2
8489416191Nomadic societies class structureElites+Commoners3
8489425113Mahmud of Ghazni's expeditionslaunched frequent raids on Buddhist and Hindu shrines and temples, moved Turkish forces beyond the steppe lands of central Asia4
8489446403Mongolian Empire in ChinaMongols forbade the Chinese from learning Mongol language, intermarriage was outlawed, Mongols did not partake in Chinese culture5
8489467652Khubilai Khan's expansionconquered Northern China and Persia6
8489476432Mongols V. JapaneseMongols did not defeat Japanese, saved by Kamikaze7
8489487015Mongols+Tradeworked to secure trade routes and ensure the safety of merchants, maintained good order in realm when it came to trade, long distance trade became less risky, China and western Europe linked8
8489504970Ottoman Turks founderOsman9
8489510008New crop in Sub-Saharan Africabananas10
8489516011Bantu kingdomsKongo+Ghana11
8489523924trans-Saharan tradeCamels quickened trade, many caravan routes12
8489536081Kings of Ghanafinanced large armies, did not try to impose Islam onto their society13
8489548224Sundiatalion prince, built Mali empire, made alliances with local rulers, reputaion for battle14
8489565788East African trademariners from Indian Ocean, coastal trade15
8489573317Women in Sub-Saharan Africaaristocratic women could influence public affairs, traded at the market, sometimes engaged in battle, (Islam did not change anything) but the society was still patriarchal16
8489612350Marco Polo in Chinavisited Mongol court, served khan for 17 years, arrested in Italy, his tales were written down while he was in jail17
8489640158Factors of agricultural production in the middle agesimproved methods of cultivation, increased production of beans, expanded use of water mills and heavy plows, kept more domestic animals18
8489661479Islamic outpost in SpainGranada19
8489682763Crusades"Holy war" mounted by Catholic church officials , from the Latin word crux (cross), announced by Pope Urban, 5 major crusades20
8489697428Bernal Diaz del Castillosoldier in the Spanish army who described Tenochtitlan at its height21
8489776190Mexicadominated the alliance which built the Aztec empire, settled in the region around Lake Texcoco22
8489802535Chinampa systemfertile mud from the bottom of the lake was taken and used to build small plots of land known as chinampas23
8489831218Aztec social hierarchymost public honor going to the military elite24
8489841089Women in Aztec societyno role in political affairs, high honor as mothers of warriors, prominent in market places25
8489874006Mexica slaveryusually worked as domestic servants, they were Mexica (Members of some families were sold into slavery+criminals)26
8489901631Aztec human sacrificesbelieved gods would give the earth moisture it needed to bear maize and other crops27
8489921253Ibn Battutamuslim, visited India, Maldive Islands, Swahili city-states, and the Mali empire28
8490126523Eastern hemisphere after 1000increased travel+trade29
8490132713Luxury and bulk goodstraveled over Silk Roads30
8490135002Melakamajor emporium for long distance trade networks, principal clearing house for trade in the eastern Indian Ocean31
8490197117Products that made an impactmagnet compass, new crops (sugarcane), gunpowder, early canons32
8490203056Bubonic plaguespread along trade routes, population decline, labor shortages33
8490210925European state-building in 15th C.states began to recover from the plague, 100 years war, Spain united34
8490220257European countries of expansion PortPortugal, Spain, almosy every other country in Europe except France35
8493610959Kumissan alcoholic drink prepared from animal products by fermenting mare's milk into a potent concoction36
8493612332Fredrick BarbarossaGerman King: Holy Roman Emperor, attempts to take over the city states of Italy, Battle of Legnano37
8493622816Filippo BrunelleschiDesigned the dome for the Florence Cathedral38
8493628489Origin place of the bubonic plagueSouth west China39
8493635294Language of AztecsQuechua40
8493637620GriotsStoryteller, kept history orally41
8493660049Muhmud of Ghazni's reasonPlunder and to start sultanate of Deli42

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