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| 276348584 | Zakat | one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of a fixed portion of one's wealth to charity, generally to the poor and needy | 0 | |
| 276348585 | Caliph | the head of state in a Caliphate | 1 | |
| 276348586 | Sunni Muslims | people of the tradition [of Muhammad] and the community" descendants of Muhammad should continue to rule | 2 | |
| 276348587 | Shi'a Muslims | believe that only God has the right to choose a representative to safeguard Islam | 3 | |
| 276348588 | Damascus | City in Seria | 4 | |
| 276348589 | Baghdad | capitol of Iraq | 5 | |
| 276348590 | Astrolabe | The astrolabe is a very ancient astronomical computer for solving problems relating to time and the position of the Sun and stars in the sky | 6 | |
| 276348591 | Dar al-Islam | a term used by Muslim scholars to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely | 7 | |
| 276348592 | Five Pillars | -Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad; -Establishment of the daily prayers; -Concern for and almsgiving to the needy; -Self-purification through fasting; and -The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able. | 8 | |
| 276348593 | Jihad | a religious duty of Muslims. Means "struggle". sometimes refer to this duty as the sixth pillar of Islam. | 9 | |
| 276348594 | Minaret | architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure | 10 | |
| 276348595 | Ramadan | the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. month of fasting | 11 | |
| 276348596 | Shi'te | originated as a political movement supporting Ali (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam) as the rightful leader of the Islamic state | 12 | |
| 276348597 | Dhow | number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with lateen sails used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region | 13 | |
| 276348598 | Sufism | defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam | 14 | |
| 276348599 | Harem | 'forbidden place; sacrosanct, sanctum'. related to women and polygamy | 15 | |
| 276348600 | Concubine | generally a woman in an ongoing, marriage-like relationship with a man whom she cannot marry for a specific reason. | 16 | |
| 276348601 | Seljuk dynasty | ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries. They established an empire, the Great Seljuq Empire, which at its height stretched from Anatolia through Persia and which was the target of the First Crusade | 17 | |
| 276348602 | Mamluks | a soldier of slave origin | 18 | |
| 276348603 | Bantu peoples | ethnic groups in Africa of speakers of Bantu languages, distributed from Cameroon east across Central Africa and Eastern Africa to Southern Africa | 19 | |
| 276348604 | stateless society | a society that is not governed by a state | 20 | |
| 276348605 | Ethiopia | one of the oldest sites of human existence known to scientists today. Located at the horn of Africa. | 21 | |
| 276348606 | Juula | a highly successful merchant caste. Their unique contribution of long-distance commerce, Islamic scholarship and religious tolerance were significant factors to the peaceful expansion of Islam in West Africa. | 22 | |
| 276348607 | Griots | a West African storyteller | 23 | |
| 276348608 | zimbabwe | a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent | 24 | |
| 276348609 | Constantinople | was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest[1] and wealthiest city | 25 | |
| 276348610 | Eastern Orthodox | traces its development back through the Byzantine or Roman empire. It practices what it understands to be the original ancient traditions, believing in growth without change | 26 | |
| 276348611 | Hagia Sophia | From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as the Greek Patriarchal cathedral of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople of the Western Crusader established Latin Empire. | 27 | |
| 276348612 | Byzantine | during middle ages, centered on the capital of Constantinople, was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State. | 28 | |
| 276348613 | Great Schism | later became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church | 29 | |
| 276348614 | Kievan Rus' | was a medieval polity in Eastern Europe, from the late 9th to the mid 13th century, when it disintegrated under the pressure of the Mongol invasion of 1237-1240 | 30 | |
| 276348615 | 3-Field System | a process used in the Middle Ages for farming, the farmers would alternate their planting fields, leaving one empty (in fallow) in order for it to gain nutrients...ex. | 31 | |
| 276348616 | Manorialism | known as the Manorial System, is the political, economic, and social system by which peasants of medieval Europe were made dependent on their land and on their lord derived from the word 'manor.' | 32 | |
| 276348617 | Vassal | a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant. | 33 | |
| 276348618 | serf | a slave, basically | 34 | |
| 276348619 | monastery | room reserved for prayer and monks go there | 35 | |
| 276348620 | feudalism | a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe for ordering society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour | 36 | |
| 276348621 | Magna Carta | first document forced onto an English King by a group of his subjects that required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and accept that his will was not arbitrary | 37 | |
| 276348622 | Thomas Aquinas | was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism | 38 | |
| 276348623 | Canterbury Tales | a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century | 39 | |
| 276348624 | Hanseatic League | was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe | 40 | |
| 276348625 | guild | an association of craftsmen in a particular trade | 41 | |
| 276348626 | Parliament | is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom | 42 | |
| 276348627 | Toltecs | before the Aztecs | 43 | |
| 276348628 | Tenochtitlan | located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico and capitol of the Aztec Empire | 44 | |
| 276348629 | Calpulli | separate units of the empires | 45 | |
| 276348630 | mita | was mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire | 46 | |
| 276348631 | mexica | Aztecs | 47 | |
| 276348632 | Split Inheritance | the process in which a ruler's chosen successor obtained all political power and rights, while the ruler's other male descendants received all the monetary treasures | 48 | |
| 276348633 | Quipus | string stuff the Incas used | 49 | |
| 276348634 | Tambo | an Incan structure built for administrative and military purposes | 50 | |
| 276348635 | Jinshi | smart chinese people | 51 | |
| 276348636 | Neo-Confucianism | an attempt to create a more rationalist and secular form of Confucianism by rejecting superstitious and mystical elements of Daoism and Buddhism that had influenced Confucianism during and after the Han Dynasty | 52 | |
| 276348637 | Junks | an ancient Chinese sailing vessel design developed during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) and were used as sea-going vessels as early as the 2nd century AD | 53 | |
| 276348638 | Sinification | the assimilation or spread of Chinese culture. the Tang and Song dynasties influenced several prominent areas around it | 54 | |
| 276348639 | Taika reforms | a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku to bring about greater centralization and to enhance the power of the imperial court | 55 | |
| 276348640 | Bushi | samurai | 56 | |
| 276348641 | Bushido | Japanese code of conduct | 57 | |
| 276348642 | Seppuku | Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment | 58 | |
| 276348643 | Shoguns | hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867 | 59 | |
| 276348644 | Daimyo | a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords[1] in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings | 60 | |
| 276348645 | Shinto | the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past | 61 | |
| 276348646 | Silla Dynasty | one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in Asian history | 62 | |
| 276348647 | Khagan | title of imperial rank in the Mongolian and Turkic languages equal to the status of emperor and someone who rules a khaganate | 63 | |
| 276348648 | Tumen | part of the decimal system used by Mongol to organize their armies | 64 | |
| 276348649 | Khanate | used to describe a political entity ruled by a Khan. | 65 | |
| 276348650 | Pax Mongolica | used to describe the eased communication and commerce the unified administration helped to create, and the period of relative peace that followed the Mongols' vast conquests | 66 | |
| 276348651 | Yuan Dynasty | ruled by Kublai Khan | 67 | |
| 276348652 | Seljuk Turks | The first group of nomads to successfully conquer parts of Asia. They would later control much of Islam | 68 | |
| 276348653 | Chabi | Kublai Khan's wife | 69 | |
| 276348654 | White Lotus Society | something about Buddhism | 70 | |
| 276348655 | Ottoman Turks | Turkish-speaking population of the Ottoman Empire who formed the base of the state's military and ruling classes. | 71 | |
| 276348656 | Zheng He | was a Hui-Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa | 72 | |
| 276348657 | Vasco de Gama | was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India | 73 | |
| 276348658 | Henry the Navigator | He was responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. | 74 | |
| 276348659 | Ethnocentrism | is making value judgments about another culture from perspectives of one's own cultural system especially with concern to language, behavior, customs, and religion. | 75 |
