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32748100Age GradeAn age group into which children were placed in Bantu societies of early sub-Saharan Africa; children within the age grade were given responsibilities and privileges suitable for their age and in this manner were prepared for adult responsibilities0
32748101AustronesianA branch of languages originating in Oceania1
32748102Bantu-Speaking PeoplesName given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples whose migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa2
32748103Black DeathThe European name for the outbreak of bubonic plague that spread across Asia, Europe, and North Africa in the fourteenth century3
32748104CaravelA small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations4
32748105GriotsStorytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and historians5
32748106KamiJapanese nature spirits revered in the Shinto religion6
32748107KhanA Mongol ruler7
32748108Lateen SailA triangular sail attached to a short mast8
32748109Malay SailorsSoutheast Asian sailors who traveled the Indian Ocean; by 500 C.E., they had colonized Madagascar, introducing the cultivation of the banana9
32748110MaoriA member of a Polynesian group that settled New Zealand about 800 C.E.10
32748111MetropolitanOf or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns11
32748112Middle KingdomTerm applied to the rich agricultural lands of the Yangtze River valley under the Zhou dynasty12
32748113Ming DynastyThe ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty; the Ming dynasty was the last dynasty in China led by ethnic Hans.13
32748114Mongol Peace(Pax Mongolica)The period from about 1250 to 1350 in which the Mongols ensured the safety of Eurasian trade and travel14
32748115PerspectiveAn artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a three-dimensional appearance to works of art15
32748116RenaissanceThe revival of learning in Europe beginning about 1300 and continuing to about 160016
32748117Stateless SocietyA society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central goverment17
32748118Steppe DiplomacyThe skill of political survival and dominance in the world of steppe nomads; it involved the knowledge of tribal and clan structure and often used assassinations to accomplish its goals18
32748119SyncretismA blend of two or more cultures or cultural traditions19
32748120Yuan DynastyThe Mongol led dynasty of China from 1271 to 136820
32748121DhowArab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design21
32748122JinshiTitle granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office22
32748123MawaliNon-Arab converts to Islam23
32748124DhimmiLiterally "people of the book"; applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastrians and even Hindus & Buddhists24
32748125QuinoaA species of goosefoot grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds. Although it is technically not a grain it is treaded as such because of its baking characteristics25

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