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11037474670Afro-Euraisasuper continent comprised of Africa, Asia, and Europe0
11037495737Amerindianany member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived; Native American1
11037510507astrolabean instrument formerly used in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of more advanced technology2
11037537378Bubonic Plaguethe most common form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of buboes.3
11037549478Caliphatethe rule or reign of a caliph or chief Muslim ruler.4
11037560590Champa Ricea quick-maturing, drought resistant rice that can allow two harvests one growing season; changed the history of China5
11037702018chroniclefactual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence.6
11037719262cross-culturalrelating to different cultures or comparison between them7
11037722813Crusadesmedieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.8
11037740210cultivateprepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.9
11037747566decentralizetransfer (authority) from central to local government.10
11037751776Diasporadispersion of any people from their original homeland11
11037768602Feudalismthe dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.12
11037783986Genderthe state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).13
11037794292HumanismRenaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.14
11037809828InterregionalRelating to or occurring between different regions.15
11037823675Islamthe religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.16
11037834047Khanatearea governed by a khan, usually of the Mongol Empire17
11037855200Manoralismpolitical and economic system defined by the relationship between landowner and land workers during medieval times18
11037891562medievalrelating to the Middle Ages19
11037900145Mesoamericaan important historical region and cultural area in the Americas, extending from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica, and within which pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization20
11037958131mit'amandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire21
11037978524Monsoona seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ).22
11037998078Muslimfollower of the religion of Islam23
11038006025Neoconfucianismmovement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism.24
11038012182Nomadismway of life of peoples who do not live continually in the same place but move cyclically or periodically.25
11038101181Pandemic(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.26
11038113088Quipuan ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.27
11038122914schisma split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief, particularly between churches28
11038233661Scholasticismthe system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities, based on Aristotelian logic and the writings of the early Church Fathers and having a strong emphasis on tradition and dogma.29
11038257299Seculardenoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.30
11038265273Serfdomthe state of being a serf or feudal laborer31
11038269387Silk Roadancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West32
11038288381Terrace Farmingmethod of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope.33
11038297812Vernacularthe language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.34

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