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5472578032SongFollowing The Tang A Time Of Social And Economic Change And A Technological Advance0
5472585605Grand CanalDesigned To Link The Original Centers Of Chinese Civilizations In North China Plain With The Yangtze River1
5472589240JunksThe Best Ships At The Time Equipped With Watertight Bulkheads, Sternpost Rudders, Oars, Sails, Compasses, Bamboo Ferders, And Gunpowder Propelled Rockets2
5472600579Neo-ConfucianismRevivers Of Ancient Confucian Teachings3
5472608871Flying MoneyCredit Vouchers For Reimbursement At The Appropriate Office In The City Of Destination4
5472611616Champa RiceQuick-maturing Rice That Can Allow Two Harvests In One Growing Season5
5472615953HangzhouLate Song Capital Known For It's Size, Beauty, And Sophistication6
5472619953Foot-BindingA Painful Process Of Binding A Women's Foot To Prevent Growth Of A Big Foot7
5472625129Taika ReformsA Set Of Doctrines Established By Emperor Kotoku8
5472627784BushiWarrior Leaders Who Administered Law, Supervised Public Work Projects, And Collected Revenue9
5472632215SamuraiMounted Troops Loyal To The Local Lords Not The Court Or High Aristocratic Officials. Very Skilled In Combat10
5472637804DaimyoName Of The Warlord Rulers When Japan Divided Into Nearly 300 Little Kingdoms11
5472643708ShogunsMilitary Leaders Of The Bakufu12
5472645503SinificationProcess Where Non-Han Chinese Societies Came Under The Influence Of Han Chinese State And Society13
5472650147Trung SistersChildren Of A Deposed Local Leader Led Uprisings14
5472653777Zen BuddhismA Form Of Buddhism That Stresses Simplicity And Discipline15
5472659459Swahili CoastCoastal Area In Southeast Africa Inhabited By The Swahili People16
5472665215Slavery In The Sudanic StatesSlaves Used For Trade And Work In The Sudanic States17
5472669152Ibn BattutaMuslim Scholar And Traveler Known For His Journeys18
5472671326Mansa Musa in MaliEmperor Of Mali Empire During The 14th Century19
5472674251TangAn Imperial Dynasty That Unified China. Began 618 Ended In 90720
5472678389The Bubonic PlagueDeadly Disease That Spread Through Europe And Killed Millions21
5472683400CrusadesMedieval Expedition By Europeans To Recover The Holy Land From Muslims22
5472690599Nica RevoltsDevastating Riot In Early Medieval Constantinople That Threatened Justinian23
5472695826Corvee'A Day's Unpaid Labor Owed By A Vassal To His Feudal Land24
5472701160Hanseatic LeaguePowerful Economic And Defense Alliance That Left A Great Cultural And Architectural Heritage25
5472706348GuildsMedieval Association Of Craftsman Or Merchants26
5472711207SilkwormsImported From China To Help Trade On Silk Roads27
5472713169Justinian And TheodoraJustinian Was One Of The First Emperors Of The Byzantine Emperors Of The Byzantine Empire And Theodora Was His Wife And Queen Of The Byzantine Empire28
5472720311ConstantinopleCapital For Roman And Byzantine Empire29
5472722853Hagia SophiaA Huge Church Known As A Wonder Of The Christian World30
5472725189VeniceCity In Northeastern Italy31
5472728057CharlemagneCarolingian Ruler Who Established A Substantial Empire In France And Germany32
5472732557GunpowderA Powder Used For Explosives33
5472735835Byzantine EmpireAn Empire That Formed From The Remains Of The Byzantine Empire34
5472737656Viking Long ShipsMedieval Ship Used By Vikings Able To Use On And Off Land35
5472741438NovgorodCity In The Russian Federation In Europe36
5472743838FeudalismA System Where People Worked And Fought For Nobles Who Gave Them Protection And Land37
5472747042Three Field SystemA Third Of Land Was Left Not Planted Each Year To Regain Fertality38
5472752722SerfdomPeasants Under Feudalism, A Bondage Which Developed In Middle Ages39
5472758058BantuGrouping Of Many Languages40
5472760167MalaccaCity That Caused Lots Of Trade41
5472762843Harem And VeilWearing A Veil And Being Hidden For Islamic Women42
5472766493Islamic Achievements In ScienceAnatomy And Medicine Were Key Parts Of Islamic Of Science In Islam43
5472769072Seljuk TurksMajor Branch Of The Turks Who Ruled Parts Of Central Asia And Middle East44
5472774349SaladinMuslim Military And Political Leader That Led Islamic Forces During The Crusades45
5472778034Ottoman EmpireTurkish Empire Founded About 130046
5472780892SufisA Muslim Mystic47
5472783296KhadijaThe First Wife Of Muhammad48
5472784901MuhammadThe Arab Founder Of Islam49
5472786162Mecca And MedinaMecca Is Muhammad's Birthplace And Medina Is His Resting Spot50
5472789898Abbasid EmpireSecond Of The Two Great Dynasties Of Muslim Empire51
5472794493Umayyad EmpireThe First Great Muslim Dynasty52
5472796105Shi'aOne Of The Two Main Branches Of Islam, In Iran53
5472850388SunniOne Of The Two Main Branches Of Islam54
5472854815Caliph: CaliphateThe Chief Muslim Civil And Religious Ruler55
5472856732BedouinNomadic Arab Of The Desert56
5472858225QuranIslamic Sacred Book, Muhammad Was Told Through God57
5472864060IslamReligion Of The Muslims, Monotheistic58
5472868102CivilizationAdvanced State Of Human Society, High Level Has Been Reached59
5472869810PatriachalismAbsolute Power To Ruler60
5472878199PolytheismThe Belief In Or Worship Of More Than One God61
5472880230MonotheismThe Belief In Only One God62
5472882975PastoralismBranch Of Agriculture Concerned With Raising Livestock63
5472888407Hammurabi's Law CodeEstablished Rules That Regulated Property Rights And The Duties Of The Family Members In Mesopotamia64
5472894392Neolithic RevolutionA "Revolution" That Took Place Over 1000 Years Changing Agriculture65
5472899470Timur-I Lang (Tamerlane)Leader Of The Turks Known As A Barbaric And Nomadic Group66
5472902389Kublai Khan And ChabiKublai Khan Was One Of Genghis Khan's Grandsons And Chabi Was Kublai Khan's Wife67
5472908490Golden HordeThe Army Of Mongol Tartars That Overran Eastern Europe In The 13th Century68
5472911296KarakorumNew Capital Of The Mongols69
5472912040MamluksTurkic Military Slaves Who Formed Part Of The Army Of The Abbasid Caliphate70
5472914399TumensBasic Fighting Units Made Of 10,000 Warriors71
5472920323Genghis (Chinggis) KhanFounder Of The Mongol Empire That Controlled One Of The Biggest Empires In Mankind72
5502971088RenaissanceCultural And Political Movement In Italy73
5502971704Prince Henry The NavigatorPrince Of Portugal Who Sponsored About A Third Of Portuguese Voyages74
5502971705Ottoman EmpireA Former Turkish Empire Founded About 1300 By Osman75
5502972401HumanismOutlook Or System Of Thought Attaching Importance To Humans Rather Than Divine Or Supernatural Matters76
5502972402SecularizationHistorical Process In Which Religion Loses Social And Cultural Significance77
5502973703EthnocentrismEvaluation Of Other Cultures For An Idea For Standards And Customs Of One Own Culture78
5502982638Ming DynastyMajor Dynasty In China That Ruled From The Mid-Fourteenth To Mid-Seventeenth Century79

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