The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 11881983367 | Dhows | Arab sailing vessels; equipped with lateen sails; used by Arab merchants | 0 | |
| 11881983368 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic invaders from central Asia; staunch Sunnis; ruled from the 11th c. in the name of the Abbasids | 1 | |
| 11881983369 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 2 | |
| 11881983370 | Genghis Khan | (1162-1227); Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 3 | |
| 11881983371 | Kublai Khan | Ruler of the Yuan Dynasty who unsuccessfully attempted to invade Japan twice | 4 | |
| 11881983372 | Shrivijaya | trading empire based on the Malacca straits; its Buddhist government resisted Muslim missionaries; when it fell, southeastern Asia was opened to Islam | 5 | |
| 11881983373 | Malacca | flourishing trading city in Malaya; established a trading empire after the fall of Shrivijaya | 6 | |
| 11881983374 | Mali | A kingdom founded along the Niger River. It grew wealthy from its deposits of gold along with its taxation of trade through the region. Its most important city was Timbuktu | 7 | |
| 11881983375 | Ibn Battuta | Muslim scholar from Morocco who traveled to North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, Middle East, India, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China. | 8 | |
| 11881983381 | Mansa Musa | African King who made a pilgrimage to Mecca and caused inflation by passing out gold along his route. He built mosques and spread Islam from his kingcom | 9 | |
| 11881983376 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao | 10 | |
| 11881983377 | Zimbawe | powerful East AFrican kingdom that grew wealthy from trade with Swahili city-states and Indian Ocean traders. It was known for its large stone wall used for defensive purposes. | 11 | |
| 11881983382 | Swahili | A synchretic language that developed along Africa's East coast from a combination of Arabic and Bantu. | 12 | |
| 11881983383 | Griot | African religious leaders that passed histories down through generations through oral story-telling and songs. | 13 | |
| 11881983378 | Tatars | Mongols who conquered Russian cities during the 13th c; left Russian church and aristocracy intact | 14 | |
| 11881983379 | Trung Sisters | leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 CE; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society | 15 | |
| 11881983380 | Golden Horde | one of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after death of Genghis Khan; conquered and ruled Russia during the 13th and 14th c | 16 | |
| 11881983391 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 17 | |
| 11881983392 | Sand roads |  | 18 | |
| 11881983393 | Indian Ocean Maritime Trade |  | 19 | |
| 11881983384 | Inca and Rome both had | extensive road systems | 20 | |
| 11881983394 | Bantu Migrations |  | 21 | |
| 11881983385 | terraced farming | A similarity in the Tong and Inca empires. Designed to solve the problem of growing food in mountainous regions. | 22 | |
| 11881983386 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Italy who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan and wrote an exaggerated account of his journey in his book "Travels." | 23 | |
| 11881983387 | Chinampas | Raised fields constructed in lakes by Aztecs to increase agricultural yields. | 24 | |
| 11881983388 | Quipus | Inca system of record keeping using knots in several strands of strings worn around the waist | 25 | |
| 11881983389 | Chichen Itza | Large Mayan temple complex which included a ceremonial ball court. | 26 | |
| 11881983390 | Pax Mongolica | Allowed for renewed opening of trade routes in Central Asia | 27 | |
| 11881983395 | Dhow |  | 28 | |
| 11881983396 | longship |  | 29 |
