The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 11367765329 | Mali | state of the Malinke people centered between the Senegal and Niger rivers | 0 | |
| 11367765330 | Mansa | title of the ruler of Mali | 1 | |
| 11367765331 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 2 | |
| 11367765332 | Sundiata | created a unified state that became the Mali empire; died in 1260 | 3 | |
| 11367765333 | Songhay | successor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao | 4 | |
| 11367765334 | East African trading ports | urbanized commercial centers mixing African and Arab cultures; included Mogadishu, Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwas, Pate, and Zanzibar | 5 | |
| 11367765335 | Great Zimbabwe | with massive stone buildings and walls, incorporates the greatest early buildings in sub-Saharan Africa | 6 | |
| 11367765336 | Greek Fire | Byzantine weapon consisting of mixture of chemicals that ignited when exposed to water; used to drive back the Arab fleets attacking Constantinople | 7 | |
| 11367765337 | Icons | images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians | 8 | |
| 11367765338 | Iconoclasm | the breaking of images; religious controversy of the 8th c; Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed, to suppress icon veneration | 9 | |
| 11367765339 | Manzikert | Seljuk Turk victory in 1071 over Byzantium; resulted in loss of the empire's rich Anatolian territory | 10 | |
| 11367765340 | Cyril and Methodius | Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and Balkans; responsible for creation of Slavic written script called Cyrillic | 11 | |
| 11367765341 | Kiev | commercial city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians in 9th c; became the center for a kingdom that flourished until 12th c | 12 | |
| 11367765342 | Rurik | legendary Scandinavian, regarded as founder of Kievan Rus' in 855 | 13 | |
| 11367765343 | Vladmir I | ruler of Kiev (980-1015); converted kingdom to Orthodox Christianity | 14 | |
| 11367765344 | Russian Orthodoxy | Russian form of Christianity brought from Byzantine Empire | 15 | |
| 11367765345 | Tatars | Mongols who conquered Russian cities during the 13th c; left Russian church and aristocracy intact | 16 | |
| 11367765354 | Charles Martel | first Carolingian king of the Franks; defeated Muslims at Tours in 732 | 17 | |
| 11367765355 | Charlemagne | Carolingian monarch who established large empire in France and Germany circa 800 | 18 | |
| 11367765356 | Holy Roman Emperors | political heirs to Charlemagne's empire in northern Italy and Germany; claimed title of emperor but failed to develop centralized monarchy | 19 | |
| 11367765363 | Pope Urban II | organized the first Crusade in 1095; appealed to Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim control | 20 | |
| 11367765370 | Black Death | bubonic plague that struck Europe in the 14th c; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure; decimated populations in Asia | 21 | |
| 11367765403 | 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 | 22 | |
| 11367765406 | Muhammad's primary historical achievement | spread of Islam | 23 | |
| 11367765411 | Trans Saharan trade | Dominated my Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates.. |  | 24 |
| 11367765416 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 25 |
