11037474670 | Afro-Euraisa | super continent comprised of Africa, Asia, and Europe | 0 | |
11037495737 | Amerindian | any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived; Native American | 1 | |
11037510507 | astrolabe | an instrument formerly used in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of more advanced technology | 2 | |
11037537378 | Bubonic Plague | the most common form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of buboes. | 3 | |
11037549478 | Caliphate | the rule or reign of a caliph or chief Muslim ruler. | 4 | |
11037560590 | Champa Rice | a quick-maturing, drought resistant rice that can allow two harvests one growing season; changed the history of China | 5 | |
11037702018 | chronicle | factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence. | 6 | |
11037719262 | cross-cultural | relating to different cultures or comparison between them | 7 | |
11037722813 | Crusades | medieval 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 | |
11037740210 | cultivate | prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening. | 9 | |
11037747566 | decentralize | transfer (authority) from central to local government. | 10 | |
11037751776 | Diaspora | dispersion of any people from their original homeland | 11 | |
11037768602 | Feudalism | the 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 | |
11037783986 | Gender | the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones). | 13 | |
11037794292 | Humanism | Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. | 14 | |
11037809828 | Interregional | Relating to or occurring between different regions. | 15 | |
11037823675 | Islam | the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah. | 16 | |
11037834047 | Khanate | area governed by a khan, usually of the Mongol Empire | 17 | |
11037855200 | Manoralism | political and economic system defined by the relationship between landowner and land workers during medieval times | 18 | |
11037891562 | medieval | relating to the Middle Ages | 19 | |
11037900145 | Mesoamerica | an 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 colonization | 20 | |
11037958131 | mit'a | mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire | 21 | |
11037978524 | Monsoon | a 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 | |
11037998078 | Muslim | follower of the religion of Islam | 23 | |
11038006025 | Neoconfucianism | movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism. | 24 | |
11038012182 | Nomadism | way of life of peoples who do not live continually in the same place but move cyclically or periodically. | 25 | |
11038101181 | Pandemic | (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. | 26 | |
11038113088 | Quipu | an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways. | 27 | |
11038122914 | schism | a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief, particularly between churches | 28 | |
11038233661 | Scholasticism | the 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 | |
11038257299 | Secular | denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis. | 30 | |
11038265273 | Serfdom | the state of being a serf or feudal laborer | 31 | |
11038269387 | Silk Road | ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West | 32 | |
11038288381 | Terrace Farming | method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope. | 33 | |
11038297812 | Vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. | 34 |
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