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110647027MongolsNomadic group. Practiced many different religions.0
110647028Genghis KhanThe title of Temujin when he ruled the Mongols. Founder of the Mongol Empire.1
110647029Yuan EmpireEmpire created in China and Siberia by Khubilai Khan2
110647030ll-khanA secondary or peripheral kahn based in Persia. Khanate was founded by Hulegu, a grandson of Ghengis Khan and was based at Tabariz in Azerbaijan. It controlled much of Iran and Iraq.3
110647031Golden HordeMongol empire founded by Ghengis Khan's grandson Batu. Based in Southern Russia.4
110647032Timur/TamerlaneLeader of Mongol Empire branch, Jagadai Khanate. Gained control over much of Central Asia and Iran.5
110647033Alexander NevskiiPrince of Novogrod.`6
110647034Tsar/CzarRussian title for a monarch.7
110647035Ottoman EmpireIslamic state.8
110647036Khubilai KhanLast of the Mongol Great Khans & Founder of Yuan Empire.9
110647037Ming EmpireEmpire based in China. Established after the overthrow of Yuan Empire.10
110647038YongleReign period of Zhu Di, the third emperor of the Ming Empire. Sponsored building of Forbidden City.11
110647039Zheng HeChinese explorer.Sailed ships through the Indian Ocean from SE Asia to Africa.12
110647040KamikazeThe "divine wind" which the Japanese credited with blowing Mongol invaders away from their shore.13
110647041Ashikaga Shogunate2nd military government in Japan.14
110647042Khanate of JagadaiCentral Asian Power led by Timur. Mongol Empire-Central Asia.15
110647043Pax MongolicaMongol Peace16
110647044Ibn ButtutaMost widely traveled and wrote detailed accounts. Muslim.17
110647045Mansa MusaRuler of Mali. His pilgrimage through Mecca established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Med. world.18
110647046Great ZimbabweGreat Trading center.19
110647047UrduA persian influenced literary form of Hindi written in Arabic characters and used as a literary language..20
110647048Hanseatic LeagueTrade alliance of the free towns in North Germany.21
110647049Renaissance(Europe)Rebirth of Greco-Roman culutre. Classical.22
110647050Scholasticismcompromise Reconcile reason and religion23
110647051Humanists(Renaissance)Deals with the indvidual thing instead of the whole group.24
110647052Great Western SchismCatholic Church has 2 people claiming to be Pope.25
110647053Hundred Years WarWar between England and France over claims for the French Throne. France won.26
110647054Niccolo MachiavelliWrote "The Prince"27
110647055Dante AlighieriAuthor of the "Divine Comedy"..28
110647056ArawakNative group Columbus met.29
110647057Henry the NavigatorPrince of Portugal. Prominent Explorer. Established a school.30
110647058CaravelShip used for exploration31
110647059Bartolomeu DiasPortugese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa.32
110647060Ferdinand MagellanPortugese navigator. First to sail around the world.33
110647061ConquistadorsSpanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru. Came to new world.34
110647062CortesConquered Aztecs35
110647063PizarroConquered Incas36
110647064Montezuma IIlast aztec emperor37
110647065Atalhualpalast inca emperor38
110647066Treaty of TordesillasDivided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain&Portugal.39

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