The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 11465235106 | Bedouin | nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula with a culture based on herding camels and goats | 0 | |
| 11465235107 | Mecca | Arabian commercial center; dominated by the Quraysh; the home of Muhammad and the future center of Islam | 1 | |
| 11465235108 | 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 | |
| 11465235109 | Umayyad | clan of the Quraysh that dominated Mecca; later an Islamic dynasty | 3 | |
| 11465235110 | Muhammad | (570-632); prophet of Allah; originally a merchant of the Quraysh | 4 | |
| 11465235111 | Qur'an | the word of god as revealed through Muhammad; made into the holy book of Islam | 5 | |
| 11465235112 | Umma | community of the faithful within Islam | 6 | |
| 11465235113 | Five Pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims; confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 7 | |
| 11465235114 | Caliph | the successor to Muhammad as head of the Islamic community | 8 | |
| 11465235115 | Ali | cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; one of the orthodox caliphs; focus for the development of shi'ism | 9 | |
| 11465235116 | Abu Bakr | succeeded Muhammad as the first caliph | 10 | |
| 11465235117 | Jihad | Islamic holy war | 11 | |
| 11465235118 | Sunnis | followers of the majority interpretation within Islam; included the Umayyads | 12 | |
| 11465235119 | Shi'a | followers of Ali's interpretation of Islam | 13 | |
| 11465235120 | Abbasids | dynasty that succeeded the Umayyads in 750; their capital was at Baghdad | 14 | |
| 11465235121 | Hadiths | "traditions" of the prophet Muhammad; added to the Qur'an, form the essential writings of Islam | 15 | |
| 11465235124 | Crusades | invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291 | 16 | |
| 11465235125 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 17 | |
| 11465235128 | Arabic numerals | Indian numerical notation brought by the Arabs to the West | 18 | |
| 11465235129 | Mali | state of the Malinke people centered between the Senegal and Niger rivers | 19 | |
| 11465235131 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 20 | |
| 11465235133 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao | 21 | |
| 11465235134 | East African trading ports | urbanized commercial centers mixing African and Arab cultures; included Mogadishu, Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwas, Pate, and Zanzibar | 22 | |
| 11465235135 | Great Zimbabwe | with massive stone buildings and walls, incorporates the greatest early buildings in sub-Saharan Africa | 23 | |
| 11465235156 | Mahayana (Pure Land) Buddhism | emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among the masses in East Asia | 24 | |
| 11465235159 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 25 | |
| 11465235160 | Junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 26 | |
| 11465235162 | 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. | 27 | |
| 11465235163 | Samurai | mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 28 | |
| 11465235172 | Muhammad's primary historical achievement | spread of Islam | 29 | |
| 11465235186 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 30 | |
| 11465235187 | Kingdom of Mali |  | 31 | |
| 11465235173 | Inca and Rome both had | extensive road systems | 32 | |
| 11465235177 | Trans Saharan trade | Dominated my Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates.. |  | 33 |
| 11465235178 | Effect of Muslim conquests | collapse of other empires, mass conversion | 34 | |
| 11465235179 | Tang Dynasty | followed Sui, established tributary states in Vietnam and Korea, influence Japan, Established strong Buddhist and Confucian presence | 35 | |
| 11465235180 | 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. |  | 36 |
| 11465235188 | Indian Ocean Maritime Trade |  | 37 | |
| 11465235181 | Cities that rose during this time due to increased trade | Novgorod, Constantinople, Timbuktu | 38 | |
| 11465235182 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 39 | |
| 11465235189 | Bantu Migrations |  | 40 | |
| 11465235184 | footbinding | began during Tang/Song era, demonstrates objectification and oppression of women, abolished during Yuan and brought back during Ming |  | 41 |
