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| 5671582959 | monk | Catholic man who renounces (gives up) marriage, material possessions, etc. to live a life dedicated to religion. Monks played a major role in preserving works of Latin literature after the collapse of the Roman Empire | 0 | |
| 5671594950 | printing | a technology that originated in East Asia used to mass-produce written materials | 1 | |
| 5671598935 | Renaissance | a period of intellectual and cultural rebirth in Europe in the 15th Century; one hallmark was the rediscovery of Greek and Roman learning. Began in Italy due to the increased wealth in the region earned from trade with the Middle East. | 2 | |
| 5671616627 | neo-Confucianism | a revival of Confucian ideology under the Tang and Song dynasties of China; the philosophy was a response to Daoism and Buddhism | 3 | |
| 5671622825 | footbinding | practice of disfiguring and crippling women's feet to make them smaller and "beautiful." | 4 | |
| 5671631220 | Dar al-Islam | Literally "the house of Islam," the greater Islamic world. Commerce and movement of credit and money within this realm was easier due to common system of laws and courts. | 5 | |
| 5671658369 | bubonic plague | a disease that caused disfiguring boils on its victims before killing them; known as the "Black Death" in Europe where it killed 33% of the population. Spread across Eurasia and North Africa along Silk Road trade route united by the Mongols | 6 | |
| 5671678526 | Inca Empire | last Native American civilization of the Andes Mountains before the coming of the Spanish; used mit'a labor-tax for public works | 7 | |
| 5671845770 | Jerusalem | a city in modern-day Israel sacred to Muslims, Jews, and Christians; capital of the ancient Hebrew kingdom of Israel and its temples and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Christians and Muslims fought over it during the Crusades | 8 | |
| 5671868031 | colonialism | the conquest of distant territory by an imperial power, which settles its own people there--this will become a much bigger deal later on | 9 | |
| 5671924793 | Crusades | a series of religious wars fought by Western European Christians to assist the Byzantine Empire against Muslim Turks and to take Jerusalem from Muslims; resulted in Europeans regaining much knowledge lost due to the fall of Rome from Muslims and additional trading opportunities due to proximity to the western ends of the Indian Ocean and Silk Road trade routes | 10 | |
| 5671949693 | Caesaropapism | imperial control of the Christian church; common in Byzantium and Russia. Byzantine Emperor viewed as shadow of Christ on Earth. | 11 | |
| 5671953384 | iconoclasm | literally "icon-breaking," this refers to the rejection of the use of images of Christ, the saints, etc. in worship for a short period in Byzantine history. Iconoclasts were concerned this was idol worship | 12 | |
| 5671963589 | Mohammed | founder of Islam, whose adherents view him as the last in a chain of prophets including Abraham and Moses (Judaism) and Jesus (Christianity). Most Muslims belief depicting him in artwork is a sinful temptation toward idol worship. | 13 | |
| 5671991005 | Russia | state founded in Eastern Europe by Vikings who made themselves kings over Slavic people. It was united by the princes of Moscow, who served Mongols as tax collectors until they could kick Mongols out. Muscovite rulers claimed Russia was a third Rome, a successor to Byzantium as a Christian imperial state | 14 | |
| 5672024491 | samurai | feudal warrior class in Imperial Japan | 15 | |
| 5672024492 | knights | feudal warrior class in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire | 16 | |
| 5672029481 | Buddhism | Indian religion that spread into China after the fall of the Han Dynasty; more popular in China's neighbors than in China itself due to Chinese tendency to reject foreign ideas and influences | 17 | |
| 5672055283 | coinage | The use of metal for money; although Western Europe reverted to barter (trading goods directly without money) after the fall of Rome, most of the world was moving away from barter to the use of metallic currency | 18 | |
| 5672077642 | quipu | Inca system of knotted strings used for record-keeping | 19 | |
| 5672090236 | Champa rice | a fast-growing strain of rice that came to China from modern-day southern Vietnam as a result of the tributary system; led to increased population growth in China | 20 | |
| 5672145079 | Ottoman Empire | Turkish Muslim state in Anatolia founded by a chieftain who migrated into the region as a result of the Mongol wars of conquest; became a major power as the Seljuk Turkish sultanate (a vassal of the Mongols) declined | 21 | |
| 5672160058 | Hajj | Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca | 22 | |
| 5672164774 | camels | large, hardy mammal whose domestication greatly increased trade on the trans-Saharan network | 23 | |
| 5672178060 | Mansa Musa | king of Mali whose pilgrimage to Mecca increased Islamic influence on and trade with his homeland | 24 | |
| 5672192511 | Sundiata | the lion king; founder of the kingdom of Mali | 25 | |
| 5672200608 | Ibn Battuta | Muslim traveler who traveled all over the Muslim world; wrote about unveiled Muslim women in West Africa and served as a Muslim judge in various places | 26 | |
| 5672209651 | flying money | system of paper money/credit in Song China | 27 | |
| 5672216754 | Indian Ocean trade network | trade network connecting Egypt (via Red Sea), East Africa, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and China | 28 | |
| 5672246857 | Marco Polo | Venetian merchant who traveled across the Silk Road to China and became an official of Kublai Khan | 29 | |
| 5672264042 | Ming Dynasty | native Chinese dynasty founded by peasant revolt against the Mongol Yuan; aggressively reasserted native Chinese ideas like Mandate of Heaven, Confucian attitudes, etc. against foreign influence | 30 | |
| 5672278550 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese ideology that teaches government is blessed by supernatural forces so long as it governs justly and can be overthrown if it fails to do so | 31 | |
| 5672287761 | Confucianism | Chinese philosophy that seeks social harmony based on familial relationships; emphasizes education and morality among government officials | 32 | |
| 5672304741 | feudalism | system of decentralized government common in the aftermath of imperial collapse in Europe, China, etc. Power held by local officials, warlords, etc. who can protect peasants better than weakened or destroyed central government can | 33 | |
| 5672322811 | Byzantine Empire | eastern half of the old Roman Empire that survived the 476 fall of Rome and continued on as a centralized Christian state; sponsored spread of (Orthodox) Christianity into Eastern Europe. | 34 | |
| 5672337610 | monasteries | place where monks lived; served as a center for preservation of knowledge, education, and the spreading of Christianity | 35 | |
| 5672350528 | Sui Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that reunited China after fall of Han; built Grand Canal but was overthrown due to excessive demands of taxes and labor. Tang built on Sui foundations much like how Han built on Qin foundations | 36 | |
| 5672371482 | road construction | infrastructure technique that the Inca empires in Andean South America and the Roman Empire in Europe used to improve communications and imperial control | 37 | |
| 5672383525 | Song Dynasty | indigenous dynasty in China that succeeded the Tang; lost territory to various nomadic groups before it was destroyed by the Mongols, who established the Yuan Dynasty | 38 | |
| 5672408863 | "Third Rome" | Refers to Russian Christian belief that (Muscovite) Russia is the third Rome that will never fall, unlike Rome and Constantinople. | 39 |
