The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 6748964232 | Mecca | Arabian commercial center; the home of Muhammad and the center of Islam | 0 | |
| 6748964233 | Umayyad | clan that dominated Mecca; later an Islamic dynasty | 1 | |
| 6748964234 | Muhammad | prophet of Allah; founder of Islam | 2 | |
| 6748964235 | Qur'an | the holy book of Islam | 3 | |
| 6748964236 | Five Pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims; confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 4 | |
| 6748964237 | Caliph | head of the Islamic community | 5 | |
| 6748964238 | Abbasids | dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad | 6 | |
| 6748964239 | Crusades | invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291 | 7 | |
| 6748964240 | Sufis | Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions | 8 | |
| 6748964241 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 9 | |
| 6748964242 | Chinggis or Ghengis Khan | Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 10 | |
| 6748964243 | Mansa | title of the ruler of Mali | 11 | |
| 6748964244 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 12 | |
| 6748964245 | Songhay Empire | successor state to Mali;part of the Trans-Saharan Gold and Salt Trade | 13 | |
| 6748964246 | Iconoclasm | the breaking of images; religious controversy of the 8th c; Byzantine emperor attempted to stop the use of images in the Christian Church | 14 | |
| 6748964248 | Vikings | seagoing Scandinavian raiders who disrupted coastal areas of Europe from the 8th to 11th c | 15 | |
| 6748964249 | Serfs | peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial or feudal system | 16 | |
| 6748964250 | Charlemagne | Carolingian monarch who established Frank Empire in France and Germany circa 800 | 17 | |
| 6748964251 | Feudalism | personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service | 18 | |
| 6748964252 | Vassals | members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 19 | |
| 6748964253 | Black Death | bubonic plague that struck Europe in the 14th c; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure; decimated populations in Asia | 20 | |
| 6748964254 | Grand Canal | great canal system began by Emperor Yangdi in the Song Dynasty; connecting the Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 21 | |
| 6748964255 | Footbinding | practice to mutilate women's feet in order to reduce size; helped to confine women to the household; seen a beautiful to the elite. | 22 | |
| 6748964257 | Samurai | in Feudal Japan, these were mounted troops; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 23 | |
| 6748964259 | Shoguns | military leaders in Feudal Japan | 24 | |
| 6748964261 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 25 | |
| 6748964263 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 26 | |
| 6748964264 | Kingdom of Mali |  | 27 | |
| 6748964266 | Champa Rice | drought resistant crop, a gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase in Song Dynasty | 28 | |
| 6748964267 | Trans Saharan trade | Made possible by domestication of hte camel, it was later Dominated by Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates. |  | 29 |
| 6748964268 | Black Death | bubonic plague; throughout Asia and Europe; 1200's led to mass population decrease in Europe, |  | 30 |
| 6748964270 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 31 | |
| 6748964271 | footbinding | began during Tang/Song era, demonstrates objectification and oppression of women, abolished during Yuan and brought back during Ming |  | 32 |
| 6748964272 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 33 |
