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| 232019553 | Umma | a community defined solely by acceptance of Islam and of Muhammad as the "Messenger of God" | 0 | |
| 232019554 | Caliphate | office established in succession to the prophet Muhammad to rule the Islamic empire; also the name of that empire | 1 | |
| 232019555 | Mamluks | under the Islamic system of military slavery, Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate of the ninth and tenth centuries. Eventually founded their own state ruling Egypt and Syria (1250-1517) | 2 | |
| 232019556 | Hadith | a tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; next to the Quran, the most important basis for Islamic Law. | 3 | |
| 232019557 | Ulama | Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary of interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies | 4 | |
| 232019558 | Medieval | Literally "Middle age," a term that historians of Europe use for the period ca.1500, signifying its intermediate point between Greco- Roman antiquity and the Renaissance | 5 | |
| 232019559 | Schism | A formal split within a religious community | 6 | |
| 232019560 | Manor | In medieval Europe, a large, self-sufficient landholding consisting of the lord's residence (manor house), outbuildings, peasant village, and surrounding land. | 7 | |
| 232019561 | Serf | In medieval Europe, an agricultural laborer legally bound to a lord's property and obligated to perform set services for the lord. | 8 | |
| 232019562 | Fief | In medieval Europe, land granted in return for a sworn oath to provide specified military service | 9 | |
| 232019563 | Vassal | In medieval Europe, a sworn supporter of a king or lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king or lord | 10 | |
| 232019564 | Papacy | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head | 11 | |
| 232019565 | Investiture Controversy | Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands | 12 | |
| 232019566 | Crusades | Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation | 13 | |
| 232019567 | Pilgrimage | Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety, fulfill vows, or gain absolution for sins | 14 | |
| 232019568 | Tributary System | A system in which, from the time of Han Empire, countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states, acknowledging the superiority of emperors in China in exchange for trading rights or strategic alliances | 15 | |
| 232019569 | Bubonic Plague | A bacterial disease of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to rodents and humans | 16 | |
| 232019570 | Junk | A very large flat-bottom sailing ship produced in the Tang, Ming, and Song empires, specially designed for long distance commercial travel | 17 | |
| 232019571 | Gunpowder | A mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, in various proportions used in explosives | 18 | |
| 232019572 | Neo-Confucianism | Term used to describe new approaches to understanding classic Confucian texts | 19 | |
| 232019573 | movable type | type in which each individual character is cast on a seperate peice of metal. | 20 | |
| 232019574 | chinampas | raised fields constructed along lakes shores in mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | 21 | |
| 232019575 | Tribute system | a system in which defeated peoples were focused to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. | 22 | |
| 232019576 | khipu | system of knotted colored cords used to communicate in andean society | 23 | |
| 232019577 | ayllu | andean lineage group or kin based community | 24 | |
| 232019578 | mit'a | andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations | 25 |
