The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 7556763997 | Mecca | Arabian commercial center; the home of Muhammad and the center of Islam | 0 | |
| 7556763998 | Umayyad | clan of the Quraysh that dominated Mecca; later an Islamic dynasty | 1 | |
| 7556763999 | Muhammad | prophet of Allah; founder of Islam | 2 | |
| 7556764000 | Qur'an | the holy book of Islam | 3 | |
| 7556764001 | Five Pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims; confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 4 | |
| 7556764002 | Caliph | head of the Islamic community | 5 | |
| 7556764003 | Abbasids | dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad | 6 | |
| 7556764004 | Crusades | invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291 | 7 | |
| 7556764005 | Sufis | Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions | 8 | |
| 7556764006 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 9 | |
| 7556764007 | Chinggis or Ghengis Khan | Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 10 | |
| 7556764008 | Mansa | title of the ruler of Mali | 11 | |
| 7556764009 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 12 | |
| 7556764010 | Songhay Empire | successor state to Mali;part of the Trans-Saharan Gold and Salt Trade | 13 | |
| 7556764011 | 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 | |
| 7556764012 | Middle Ages | the period in western European history between the fall of Roman Empire and the 15th c | 15 | |
| 7556764013 | 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 | 16 | |
| 7556764014 | Serfs | peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial or feudal system | 17 | |
| 7556764015 | Charlemagne | Carolingian monarch who established Frank empire in France and Germany circa 800 | 18 | |
| 7556764016 | Feudalism | personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service | 19 | |
| 7556764017 | Vassals | members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 20 | |
| 7556764019 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Northern and Southern China by connecting the Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 21 | |
| 7556764021 | Fujiwara | mid-9th c Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 22 | |
| 7556764022 | Samurai | in Feudal Japan, these were mounted troops; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 23 | |
| 7556764023 | Seppuku | ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor | 24 | |
| 7556764024 | Shoguns | military leaders in Feudal Japan | 25 | |
| 7556764025 | Chinggis Khan | born in 1170s; elected supreme Mongol ruler (khagan) in 1206; began the Mongols rise to world power; died 1227 | 26 | |
| 7556764026 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 27 | |
| 7556764027 | Muhammad's primary historical achievement | spread of Islam | 28 | |
| 7556764028 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 29 | |
| 7556764029 | Kingdom of Mali |  | 30 | |
| 7556764030 | Inca and Rome both had | extensive road systems | 31 | |
| 7556764031 | Champa Rice | drought resistant crop, a gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase | 32 | |
| 7556764032 | 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 |
| 7556764033 | 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 |
| 7556764034 | Indian Ocean Trade System |  | 35 | |
| 7556764035 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 36 | |
| 7556764036 | footbinding | began during Tang/Song era, demonstrates objectification and oppression of women, abolished during Yuan and brought back during Ming |  | 37 |
| 7556764037 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 38 |
