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8382966835PrintingUsed to make paper money0
8382966836AliLast of rightly guided caliphs1
8382966837Songhai EmpireLast great west African empire2
8382966838KumissFermented mares milk3
8382966839KhadijaWealthy widow who married Muhammad4
8382966840GunpowderNever weaponized well in China5
8382966841Grand CanalConnected north and south china6
8382966842MeccaHoly city of Islam7
8382966843Paper moneyToo much of this causes inflation8
8382966844SufisMystic muslims who helped Islam spread9
8382966845Tale of GenjiWritten by Murasaki Shikibu10
8382966846ShariaIslamic law11
8382966847SuiDynasty that built the grand canal12
8382966848MuhammadProphet of Islam13
8382966849JihadIslamic holy war14
8382966850Yang JianFounder of the sui15
8382966851DelhiSultanate created by Mahmudof Ghanzi16
8382966852YuanMongol dynasty in china17
8382966853TimbuktuMalian center of learning18
8382966854Harun al-RashidLed Islamic golden age19
8382966855ShogunMilitary ruler of Japan20
8382966856Shintotraditional Japanese religion21
8382966857MadrasasIslamic schools22
8382966858DhowsIslamic trading vessels in Indian Ocean23
8382966859ChanLike Mahayana but in Chinese24
8382966860Abu Bakrfirst of the rightly guided caliphs25
8382966861YangDynasty that replaced the Sui dynasty Taizong greatest tang emperor26
8382966862BushidoJapanese warrior code27
8382966863AxumChristian Ethiopian kingdom28
8382966864Marco PoloVenetian explorer of china29
8382966865HegriaMuhammads flight Mecca to Medina30
8382966866SunniMajority group in Islam31
8382966867Flying cashPromissory notes issued by bank32
8382966868Mansa MusaAfrican king who gave away gold33
8382966869Alu gazaliMost noted Sufi teacher34
8382966870RelevationGiven to Muhammad by an angel35
8382966871ShiaFollowers of Ali36
8382966872Fast ripening riceFound in Vietnam37
8382966873SeljuksTook over Baghdad in 105538
8382966874TamerlaneBuilt empire at Samarkand39
8382966875KabbaShrine rededicated by Muhammad40
8382966876Dear al IslamHouse of Islam41
8382966877Kubilai KhanGreatest yuan emperor42
8382966878Ottoman EmpireWeakened by the Byzantine empire in 120443
8382966879PorcelainFine Chinese export44
8382966880JurchensTook north china from song45
8382966881KarakorumCapital built by Genghis Khan46
8382966882MinamotoSet up the Kaamakura shogunate47
8382966883NestoriansType of Christian in china48
8382966884GhaznavidTurks led by Mahmud invade India49
8382966885QuranHoly book of Islam50
8382966886KowtowRitual bowing to Chinese emperor51
8382966887SongDeemphasized the military52
8382966888Five pillarsCore Islamic beliefs53
8382966889NaraJapan period most influenced by china54
8382966890Neo ConfucianismStarted by Zhu xi55
8382966891CompassCalled the south pointing needle56
8382966892ManiProphet who believed Buddha and Jesus57
8382966893YurtsPortable mongol tents58
8382966894MaliKingdom ruled by mansa musa59
8382966895Gold and saltTrade network of west Africa60
8382966896UmmaCommunity of muslims61
8382966897UmayyadsDiscriminated against non arabs62
8382966898Abbasid EmpireConquered the Umayyads in 75063
8382966899TughrilFirst Turkish sultan64
8382966900FootbindingShowed male dominance in china65
8382966901SamuraiJapanese version of knights66
8382966902DamascusUmayyad capital67
8382966903MeritChinese bureaucracy based on this68
8382966904MahayanaGreater vehicle popular in china69
8382966905CaliphRuled in place of Muhammad70
8382966906ZimbabweSouthern African kingdom71
8382966907An LushanLed rebellion against the tang72
8382966908Ottoman EmpireConquered Constantinople 145373
8382966909SwahiliCombination of Bantu and Arabic74
8382966910HeianEarly Japanese golden age75
8382966911YathribCity that becomes medina76
8382966912Al AndalusIslamic Spain77
8382966913HadithStories of the life of Muhammad78
8382966914HajjPilgrimage to Mecca79
8382966915Talas riverDefeat of the tang by abbasids80

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