The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 6645733086 | Mecca | Arabian commercial center; the home of Muhammad and the center of Islam | 0 | |
| 6645733088 | Muhammad | prophet of Allah; founder of Islam | 1 | |
| 6645733089 | Qur'an | the holy book of Islam | 2 | |
| 6645733090 | Five Pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims; confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 3 | |
| 6645733091 | Caliph | head of the Islamic community | 4 | |
| 6645733092 | Abbasids | dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad | 5 | |
| 6645733093 | Crusades | invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291 | 6 | |
| 6645733094 | Sufis | Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions | 7 | |
| 6645733095 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 8 | |
| 6645733096 | Ghengis Khan | Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 9 | |
| 6645733097 | Mansa | title of the ruler of Mali | 10 | |
| 6645733098 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 11 | |
| 6645733099 | Songhay Empire | successor state to Mali;part of the Trans-Saharan Gold and Salt Trade | 12 | |
| 6645733100 | Iconoclasm | the breaking of images; religious controversy of the 8th c; Byzantine emperor attempted to stop the use of images in the Christian Church | 13 | |
| 6645733101 | Middle Ages | the period in western European history between the fall of Roman Empire and the 15th c | 14 | |
| 6645733102 | 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 | 15 | |
| 6645733103 | Serfs | peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial or feudal system | 16 | |
| 6645733104 | Charlemagne | Carolingian monarch who established Frank empire in France and Germany circa 800 | 17 | |
| 6645733105 | Feudalism | personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service | 18 | |
| 6645733106 | Vassals | members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 19 | |
| 6645733107 | Black Death | bubonic plague that struck Europe in the 14th c; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure; decimated populations in Asia | 20 | |
| 6645733108 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Northern and Southern China by connecting the Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 21 | |
| 6645733109 | 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. | 22 | |
| 6645733111 | Samurai | in Feudal Japan, these were mounted troops; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 23 | |
| 6645733112 | Seppuku | ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor | 24 | |
| 6645733113 | Shoguns | military leaders in Feudal Japan | 25 | |
| 6645733114 | Ghengis Khan | born in 1170s; elected supreme Mongol ruler (khagan) in 1206; began the Mongols rise to world power; died 1227 | 26 | |
| 6645733115 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 27 | |
| 6645733117 | Muhammad's primary historical achievement | spread of Islam | 28 | |
| 6645733118 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 29 | |
| 6645733119 | Kingdom of Mali |  | 30 | |
| 6645733120 | Inca and Rome both had | extensive road systems | 31 | |
| 6645733121 | Champa Rice | drought resistant crop, a gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase | 32 | |
| 6645733122 | Trans Saharan trade | Made possible by domestication of hte camel, it was later Dominated by Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates. |  | 33 |
| 6645733123 | Black Death | plague that originated with Mongols in Asia, 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. |  | 34 |
| 6645733124 | Indian Ocean Trade System |  | 35 | |
| 6645733125 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 36 | |
| 6645733126 | footbinding | began during Tang/Song era, demonstrates objectification and oppression of women, abolished during Yuan and brought back during Ming |  | 37 |
| 6645733127 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 38 |
