The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 6589029034 | Dhows | Arab sailing vessels; equipped with lateen sails; used by Arab merchants | 0 | |
| 6589029035 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic invaders from central Asia; staunch Sunnis; ruled from the 11th c. in the name of the Abbasids | 1 | |
| 6589029036 | Crusades | invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291 | 2 | |
| 6589029037 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 3 | |
| 6589029038 | Chinggis (Ghengis) Khan | (1162-1227); Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 4 | |
| 6589029039 | Arabic numerals | Indian numerical notation brought by the Arabs to the West | 5 | |
| 6589029040 | Malacca | flourishing trading city in Malaya; established a trading empire after the fall of Shrivijaya | 6 | |
| 6589029041 | Mali | state of the Malinke people centered between the Senegal and Niger rivers | 7 | |
| 6589029042 | Mansa Musa | title of the ruler of Mali | 8 | |
| 6589029043 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 9 | |
| 6589029044 | Sundiata | created a unified state that became the Mali empire; died in 1260 | 10 | |
| 6589029045 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao | 11 | |
| 6589029046 | East African trading ports | urbanized commercial centers mixing African and Arab cultures; included Mogadishu, Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwas, Pate, and Zanzibar | 12 | |
| 6589029047 | Great Zimbabwe | with massive stone buildings and walls, incorporates the greatest early buildings in sub-Saharan Africa | 13 | |
| 6589029048 | Greek Fire | Byzantine weapon consisting of mixture of chemicals that ignited when exposed to water; used to drive back the Arab fleets attacking Constantinople | 14 | |
| 6589029049 | Icons | images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians | 15 | |
| 6589029050 | Iconoclasm | the breaking of images; religious controversy of the 8th c; Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed, to suppress icon veneration | 16 | |
| 6589029051 | Manzikert | Seljuk Turk victory in 1071 over Byzantium; resulted in loss of the empire's rich Anatolian territory | 17 | |
| 6589029052 | Cyril and Methodius | Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and Balkans; responsible for creation of Slavic written script called Cyrillic | 18 | |
| 6589029053 | Kiev | commercial city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians in 9th c; became the center for a kingdom that flourished until 12th c | 19 | |
| 6589029054 | Vladmir I | ruler of Kiev (980-1015); converted kingdom to Orthodox Christianity | 20 | |
| 6589029055 | Russian Orthodoxy | Russian form of Christianity brought from Byzantine Empire | 21 | |
| 6589029056 | Middle Ages | the period in western European history between the fall of Roman Empire and the 15th c | 22 | |
| 6589029057 | Gothic | an architectural style developed during the 13th and 14th c in western Europe; featured pointed arches and flying buttresses as external support on main walls | 23 | |
| 6589029058 | 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 | 24 | |
| 6589029059 | 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 | 25 | |
| 6589029060 | Serfs | peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system | 26 | |
| 6589029061 | Three-field system | practice of dividing land into thirds, rotating between two different crops and pasturage-- an improvement making use of manure | 27 | |
| 6589029062 | Clovis | King of the Franks; converted to Christianity circa 496 | 28 | |
| 6589029063 | Carolingians | royal house of Franks from 8th c to 10th c | 29 | |
| 6589029064 | Charles Martel | first Carolingian king of the Franks; defeated Muslims at Tours in 732 | 30 | |
| 6589029065 | Charlemagne | Carolingian monarch who established large empire in France and Germany circa 800 | 31 | |
| 6589029066 | Holy Roman Emperors | political heirs to Charlemagne's empire in northern Italy and Germany; claimed title of emperor but failed to develop centralized monarchy | 32 | |
| 6589029067 | Feudalism | personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service | 33 | |
| 6589029068 | Vassals | members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 34 | |
| 6589029069 | William the Conqueror | invaded England from Normandy in 1066; established tight feudal system and centralized monarchy in England | 35 | |
| 6589029070 | 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 | 36 | |
| 6589029071 | Parliaments | bodies representing privileged groups; institutionalized the principle that kings ruled with the advice and consent of their subjects | 37 | |
| 6589029072 | Hundred Years War | conflict between England and France over territory (1337-1453) Established a sense of nationalism with each country. Joan of Arc united the French and promoted French patriotism. | 38 | |
| 6589029073 | Pope Urban II | organized the first Crusade in 1095; appealed to Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim control | 39 | |
| 6589029074 | 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 | 40 | |
| 6589029075 | 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 | 41 | |
| 6589029076 | Thomas Aquinas | creator of one of the great syntheses of medieval learning; taught at University of Paris; author of Summas; believed that through reason it was possible to know much about natural order, moral law, and nature of God | 42 | |
| 6589029077 | 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 | 43 | |
| 6589029078 | Hanseatic League | an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance | 44 | |
| 6589029079 | Guilds | associations of workers in the same occupation in a single city; stressed security and mutual control; limited membership, regulated apprenticeships, guaranteed good workmanship; held a privileged place in cities | 45 | |
| 6589029080 | Black Death | bubonic plague that struck Europe in the 14th c; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure; decimated populations in Asia | 46 | |
| 6589029081 | Period of the Six Dynasties | era of continuous warfare (220-589) among the many kingdoms that followed the fall of the Han | 47 | |
| 6589029082 | Sinification | extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 48 | |
| 6589029083 | Shamanistic religion | Mongol beliefs focused on nature spirits | 49 | |
| 6589029084 | 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 | 50 | |
| 6589029086 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 51 | |
| 6589029087 | White Lotus Society | secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty | 52 | |
| 6589029088 | Ottoman Empire | Turkish empire established in Asia Minor and eventually extending through the Middle East and the Balkans; conquered Constantinople in 1453 and ended Byzantine Empire | 53 | |
| 6589029089 | Ming Dynasty | replaced Mongal Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted large trade expeditions to southern Asia and Africa; later concentrated on internal development within China | 54 | |
| 6589029090 | Ethnocentrism | judging foreigners by the standards of one's own group; leads to problems in interpreting world history | 55 | |
| 6589029091 | Muhammad's primary historical achievement | spread of Islam | 56 | |
| 6589029092 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 57 | |
| 6589029094 | Inca and Rome both had | extensive road systems | 58 | |
| 6589029095 | Important continuity in social structure of states and empires 600-1450 | land holding aristocracies, patriarchies, peasant systems still in place | 59 | |
| 6589029096 | Trans Saharan trade | Dominated by Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates.. |  | 60 |
| 6589029097 | Indian Ocean Maritime Trade |  | 61 | |
| 6589029098 | Cities that rose during this time due to increased trade | Novgorod, Constantinople, Timbuktu | 62 | |
| 6589029099 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 63 | |
| 6589029100 | New forms of monetization | Checks, Bills of Exchange | 64 | |
| 6589029101 | Bantu Migrations |  | 65 | |
| 6589029102 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 66 |
