The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 15134632271 | Bedouin | nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula with a culture based on herding camels and goats | 0 | |
| 15134632272 | Mecca | Arabian commercial center; dominated by the Quraysh; the home of Muhammad and the future center of Islam | 1 | |
| 15134632273 | Medina | town northeast of Mecca; asked Muhammad to resolve its intergroup differences; Muhammad's flight to Medina, the hijra, in 622 began the Muslim calendar | 2 | |
| 15134632274 | Umayyad | clan of the Quraysh that dominated Mecca; later an Islamic dynasty | 3 | |
| 15134632275 | Muhammad | (570-632); prophet of Allah; originally a merchant of the Quraysh | 4 | |
| 15134632276 | Qur'an | the word of god as revealed through Muhammad; made into the holy book of Islam | 5 | |
| 15134632277 | Umma | community of the faithful within Islam | 6 | |
| 15134632278 | Five Pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims; confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 7 | |
| 15134632279 | Caliph | the successor to Muhammad as head of the Islamic community | 8 | |
| 15134632280 | Ali | cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; one of the orthodox caliphs; focus for the development of shi'ism | 9 | |
| 15134632281 | Abu Bakr | succeeded Muhammad as the first caliph | 10 | |
| 15134632282 | Jihad | Islamic holy war | 11 | |
| 15134632283 | Sunnis | followers of the majority interpretation within Islam; included the Umayyads | 12 | |
| 15134632284 | Shi'a | followers of Ali's interpretation of Islam | 13 | |
| 15134632285 | Abbasids | dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad | 14 | |
| 15134632286 | Hadiths | "traditions" of the prophet Muhammad; added to the Qur'an, form the essential writings of Islam | 15 | |
| 15134632287 | Dhows | Arab sailing vessels; equipped with lateen sails; used by Arab merchants | 16 | |
| 15134632288 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic invaders from central Asia; staunch Sunnis; ruled from the 11th c. in the name of the Abbasids | 17 | |
| 15134632289 | Crusades | invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291 | 18 | |
| 15134632290 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 19 | |
| 15134632291 | Chinggis Khan | (1162-1227); Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 20 | |
| 15134632292 | Mamluks | Rulers of Egypt; descended from Turkish slaves | 21 | |
| 15134632293 | Arabic numerals | Indian numerical notation brought by the Arabs to the West | 22 | |
| 15134632294 | Mali | state of the Malinke people centered between the Senegal and Niger rivers | 23 | |
| 15134632295 | Mansa | title of the ruler of Mali | 24 | |
| 15134632296 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 25 | |
| 15134632297 | Sundiata | created a unified state that became the Mali empire; died in 1260 | 26 | |
| 15134632298 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao | 27 | |
| 15134632299 | East African trading ports | urbanized commercial centers mixing African and Arab cultures; included Mogadishu, Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwas, Pate, and Zanzibar | 28 | |
| 15134632300 | Great Zimbabwe | with massive stone buildings and walls, incorporates the greatest early buildings in sub-Saharan Africa | 29 | |
| 15134632301 | Icons | images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians | 30 | |
| 15134632302 | Kiev | commercial city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians in 9th c; became the center for a kingdom that flourished until 12th c | 31 | |
| 15134632303 | Russian Orthodoxy | Russian form of Christianity brought from Byzantine Empire | 32 | |
| 15134632304 | Middle Ages | the period in western European history between the fall of Roman Empire and the 15th c | 33 | |
| 15134632305 | Vikings | seagoing Scandinavian raiders who disrupted coastal areas of Europe from the 8th to 11th c; pushed across the Atlantic to Iceland, Greenland, and North America; formed permanent territories in Normandy and Sicily | 34 | |
| 15134632306 | Manorialism | rural system of reciprocal relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the Middle Ages; peasants exchanged labor for use of land and protection | 35 | |
| 15134632307 | Serfs | peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system | 36 | |
| 15134632308 | Three-field system | practice of dividing land into thirds, rotating between two different crops and pasturage-- an improvement making use of manure | 37 | |
| 15134632309 | Carolingians | royal house of Franks from 8th c to 10th c | 38 | |
| 15134632310 | Charlemagne | Carolingian monarch who established large empire in France and Germany circa 800 | 39 | |
| 15134632311 | Holy Roman Emperors | political heirs to Charlemagne's empire in northern Italy and Germany; claimed title of emperor but failed to develop centralized monarchy | 40 | |
| 15134632312 | Feudalism | personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service | 41 | |
| 15134632313 | Vassals | members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 42 | |
| 15134632314 | Magna Carta | Great charter issued by King John of England in 1215; represented principle of mutual limits and obligations between rulers and feudal aristocracy, and the supremacy of law | 43 | |
| 15134632315 | Pope Urban II | organized the first Crusade in 1095; appealed to Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim control | 44 | |
| 15134632316 | Investiture | the practice of appointment of bishops; Pope Gregory attempted to stop lay investiture, leading to a conflict with the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV | 45 | |
| 15134632317 | Gregory VII | 11th c pope who attempted to free church from secular control; quarreled with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over practice of lay investiture of bishops | 46 | |
| 15134632318 | Scholasticism | dominant medieval philosophical approach; so-called because of its base in the schools or universities; based on use of logic to resolve theological problems | 47 | |
| 15134632319 | Hanseatic League | an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance | 48 | |
| 15134632320 | Black Death | bubonic plague that struck Europe in the 14th c; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure; decimated populations in Asia | 49 | |
| 15134632321 | Mahayana (Pure Land) Buddhism | emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among the masses in East Asia | 50 | |
| 15134632322 | Wuzong | Tang emperor (841-847); persecuted Buddhist monasteries and reduced influence of Buddhism in favor of Confucianism | 51 | |
| 15134632323 | Southern Song | smaller surviving dynasty (1127-1279); presided over one of the greatest cultural reigns in world history. Fell to the Mongols in 1276 and eventually taken over in 1279. | 52 | |
| 15134632324 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 53 | |
| 15134632325 | Junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 54 | |
| 15134632326 | Flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture; reduced danger of robbery; an early form of currency | 55 | |
| 15134632327 | Footbinding | male imposed practice to mutilate women's feet in order to reduce size; produced pain and restricted movement; helped to confine women to the household; seen a beautiful to the elite. | 56 | |
| 15134632328 | Samurai | mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 57 | |
| 15134632329 | Gempei wars | Waged for 5 years from 1180-1185, on the island of Honshu between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in the destruction of Taira and also resulted in the feudal age | 58 | |
| 15134632330 | Shoguns | military leaders of the bakufu | 59 | |
| 15134632331 | Daimyos | warlord rulers of small states following Onin war and disruption of Ashikaga shogunate; holding consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states | 60 | |
| 15134632332 | Chinggis Khan | born in 1170s; elected supreme Mongol ruler (khagan) in 1206; began the Mongols rise to world power; died 1227 | 61 | |
| 15134632333 | Shamanistic religion | Mongol beliefs focused on nature spirits | 62 | |
| 15134632334 | Golden Horde | one of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after death of Chinggis Khan; conquered and ruled Russua during the 13th and 14th c | 63 | |
| 15134632335 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 64 | |
| 15134632336 | Ethnocentrism | judging foreigners by the standards of one's own group; leads to problems in interpreting world history | 65 | |
| 15134632338 | Muhammad's primary historical achievement | spread of Islam | 66 | |
| 15134632352 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 67 | |
| 15134632353 | Kingdom of Mali |  | 68 | |
| 15134632339 | Inca and Rome both had | extensive road systems | 69 | |
| 15134632340 | Important continuity in social structure of states and empires 600-1450 | land holding aristocracies, patriarchies, peasant systems still in place | 70 | |
| 15134632341 | Champa Rice | tributary gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase | 71 | |
| 15134632342 | Diasporic communities | merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas | 72 | |
| 15134632343 | Trans Saharan trade | Dominated my Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates.. |  | 73 |
| 15134632344 | Effect of Muslim conquests | collapse of other empires, mass conversion | 74 | |
| 15134632345 | Tang Dynasty | followed Sui, established tributary states in Vietnam and Korea, influence Japan, Established strong Buddhist and Confucian presence | 75 | |
| 15134632346 | Black Death | plague that originated with Mongols, led to mass population decrease in Europe, later weakened faith in Christian church and increased the power of serfs/peasants. Led partly to fall of Feudal structures in Europe. |  | 76 |
| 15134632354 | Indian Ocean Maritime Trade |  | 77 | |
| 15134632347 | Cities that rose during this time due to increased trade | Novgorod, Constantinople, Timbuktu | 78 | |
| 15134632348 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 79 | |
| 15134632349 | New forms of monetization | Checks, Bills of Exchange | 80 | |
| 15134632355 | Bantu Migrations |  | 81 | |
| 15134632350 | footbinding | began during Tang/Song era, demonstrates objectification and oppression of women, abolished during Yuan and brought back during Ming |  | 82 |
| 15134632351 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 83 |
