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5535999826MongolsA people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the tang empire. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under ghenghis khan, linking western and eastern eurasia.0
5536018713Genghis KhanThe title of Temujin when he ruled the mongols. It means the "oceanic" or "universal" leader. Genghis Khan was the founder of the mongols1
5536035150Nasiral-dintusiPersian mathematician and cosmologist whose academy near Tabriz provided the model for the movement of the planets that helped to inspire the Copernicus new model of the solar system2
5536053971YiThe yi dynasty ruled Korea from the fall of the koryo kingdom to the colonization of Korea by japan3
5536065909Golden HordeMongol Khanate founded by Genghis Khans grandson batu. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopte both the Turkic language and islam. Also known as the kipchak horde4
5536085484TimurMember of a prominent family of the mongols Nagasaki khanate, timur through conquest gained control over much of Central Asia and Iran. He consolidated the status of Sunni Islam as orthodox.5
5536107797TsarFrom Latin Caesar, this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III.6
5536123885Ottoman empireIslamic state founded by is an in northwestern anotolia ca 1300. After the fall of the Byzantine empire, the Ottoman Empire was based at Istanbul from 1453 to 1922. It encompassed land in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe.7
5536151013Bubonic plagueA bacterial diseas of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to Rosanna and humans. Humans in late stages of the illness can spread the bacteria by coughing.8
5536162492LamaIn Tibetan Buddhism , a teacher9
5536166630Ming empireEmpire based in china that zhu yuanzhang established after overthrow of the yuan empire. the later years of the Ming saw a slowdown in technology development and economic decline.10
5536208228KamikazeThe "Devine wind" which the Japanese credited with blowing mongol invaders way from their shoes in 128111
5536220398Alexander NevskiPrince of Novgorod. He submitted to the invading mongols in 1240 and recieved recognition as the leader of the Russian princes under the Golden Horde12

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