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| 9720062607 | Ka'aba | A black stone or meteorite that became the most revered shrine in Arabia before the introduction of Islam; situated in Mecca, it later was incorporated in the Islamic faiths | 0 | |
| 9720062608 | Sycretism | A blend of two or more cultures or cultural traditions | 1 | |
| 9720062609 | Austronesian | A branch of languages originating in Oceania | 2 | |
| 9720062610 | Hadith | A collection of the sayings and deeds of Mohammad | 3 | |
| 9720062611 | Magna Carta | A document written in England in 1215 that granted certain rights to nobles; later these rights came to be extended to all classes | 4 | |
| 9720062612 | Harem | A household of wives and concubines in the Middle East, Africa or Asia | 5 | |
| 9720062613 | Daimyo | A Japanese Feudal lord in charge of an army of samurai | 6 | |
| 9720062614 | Chivalry | A knight's code of honor in medieval Europe | 7 | |
| 9720062615 | Mita | A labor system used by Andean societies in which community member shared work owed to rulers and the religious community | 8 | |
| 9720062616 | Maori | A member of a Polynesian group that settled in New Zealand about 800 C.E. | 9 | |
| 9720062617 | Shogunate | A military government established in Japan after the Gempei Wars; the emperor became a figurehead while real power was concentrated in the military. including the samurai | 10 | |
| 9720062618 | Khan | A Mongol ruler | 11 | |
| 9720062619 | Astroblade | A navigational instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars | 12 | |
| 9720062620 | Serf | A peasant who is bound to the land he or she works | 13 | |
| 9720062621 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that blended Confucianism and Buddhist thought` | 14 | |
| 9720062622 | Feudalism | A political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection | 15 | |
| 9720062623 | Parliament | A representative assembly, most notably in England | 16 | |
| 9720062624 | Kowtow | A ritualistic bow practiced in the Chinese court | 17 | |
| 9720062625 | Caravel | A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations | 18 | |
| 9720062626 | Stateless Society | A society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather that on a central government | 19 | |
| 9720062627 | Quipus | A system of knotted cords of different sizes and colors used by the Incas for keeping records | 20 | |
| 9720062628 | Manorialism | A system of self-sufficient estates that arose in medieval Europe | 21 | |
| 9720062629 | Zakat | A tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of the poor: the third of the pillars of Islam | 22 | |
| 9720062630 | People of the Book | A term applied by the Islamic governments to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in reference to the fact that all three religions had a holy book | 23 | |
| 9720062631 | Minaret | A tower attached to a mosque from which Muslims are called to worship | 24 | |
| 9720062632 | Lateen Sails | A triangular sail attached to a short mast | 25 | |
| 9720062633 | Age Grade | Age groups 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 responsibilities | 26 | |
| 9720062634 | Abascus | An ancient Chinese counting device that used rods on which were mounted movable counters | 27 | |
| 9720062635 | Tea Ceremony | An ancient Shinto ritual still performed in the traditional Japanese capital of Kyoto | 28 | |
| 9720062636 | Quenchua | An Andean society also known as the Inca | 29 | |
| 9720062637 | Perspective | An artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a three-dimensional appearance to works of art | 30 | |
| 9720062638 | Sultan | An Islamic ruler | 31 | |
| 9720062639 | Gothic Architecture | Architecture of twelfth-century Europe, featuring stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, tall spires, and pointed arches | 32 | |
| 9720062640 | Arabesque | Artwork first seen in Muslim lands. A type of curvilinear decoration in painting, metalwork, etc., with intricate intertwining of leaf, flower, animal, or geometrical designs | 33 | |
| 9720062641 | Calpulli | Aztec clans that supplied labor and warriors to leaders | 34 | |
| 9720062642 | Toltecs | Central American society that was centered around the city of Tula | 35 | |
| 9720062643 | Ming Dynasty | Chinese dynasty founded by the Hongwu and known for its cultural brilliance | 36 | |
| 9720062644 | Yuan Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that was founded by the Mongolian ruler Kublai Khan | 37 | |
| 9720062645 | Celadon | Chinese porcelain that has a pale, green, translucent glaze | 38 | |
| 9720062646 | Mississippians | First society people located in central North America | 39 | |
| 9720062647 | Five Pillars | Five practices required of Muslim; faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage | 40 | |
| 9720062648 | Foot Binding | In China, a method of breaking and binding women's feet; seen as a sign of beauty and social position, foot binding also confined women to the household | 41 | |
| 9720062649 | Ayllus | In Incan society, a clan or community that worked together on projects required by the ruler | 42 | |
| 9720062650 | Parallel Descent | In Incan society, descent through both the father and mother | 43 | |
| 9720062651 | Fief | In medieval Europe, a grant of land given in exchange for military, or other services | 44 | |
| 9720062652 | Benefice | In medieval Europe, a grant of land or other privilege to a vassal | 45 | |
| 9720062653 | Vassal | In medieval Europe, a person who pledged military or other service to a lord in exchange for a gift of land or other privilege | 46 | |
| 9720062654 | Jihad | Islamic holy war | 47 | |
| 9720062655 | Junks | Large Chinese sailing ships especially designed for long-distance travel during the Tang and Song Dynasties | 48 | |
| 9720062656 | Flying Money | Letters of Credit issued in place of coins | 49 | |
| 9720062657 | Shogun | Military leader under the bakafu | 50 | |
| 9720062658 | Sufis | Muslims who attempt to reach Allah through mysticism | 51 | |
| 9720062659 | Bantu-Speaking Peoples | Name given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples who migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa | 52 | |
| 9720062660 | Muslim | One who submits; a follower of Islam | 53 | |
| 9720062661 | Medieval | Pertaining to the middle ages of European history | 54 | |
| 9720062662 | Chinampas | Platforms of twisted vines and mud that served the Aztecs as floating gardens and extended their agriculutral land | 55 | |
| 9720062663 | Chimar | Pre-Incan South American society that fell to Incas in the fifteenth century | 56 | |
| 9720062664 | Bushi | Regional military leaders in Japan who ruled small kingdoms from fortresses | 57 | |
| 9720062665 | Malay Sailors | Southeast Asian sailors who traveled the Indian Ocean; by 500 C.E. they had colonized Madagascar, including the cultivation of the banana | 58 | |
| 9720062666 | Griots | Storytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and histories | 59 | |
| 9720062667 | Middle Kingdom | Term applied to the rich agricultural lands of the Yangtze River valley under the Zhou dynasty | 60 | |
| 9720062668 | Kamikaze | The "divine wind" credited by the Japanese with preventing the Mongol invasion of Japan during the thirteenth century | 61 | |
| 9720062669 | Battle of Tours | The 732 battle that halted the advance of Muslim armies into Europe at a point in northern France | 62 | |
| 9720062670 | Investiture | The authority claimed by monarchs to appoint church officials | 63 | |
| 9720062671 | Shariah | The body of law that governs Muslim society | 64 | |
| 9720062672 | Sunni | The branch of Islam that believes that the Muslim community should select its leaders; the Sunnis are the largest branch of Islam | 65 | |
| 9720062673 | Shi'ite | The branch of Islam that holds that the leader of Islam must be a descendant of Muhammad's family | 66 | |
| 9720062674 | Caliph | The chief Muslim political and religious leader | 67 | |
| 9720062675 | Scholar-Gentry | The Chinese class of well-educated men from whom many bureaucrats were chosen | 68 | |
| 9720062676 | Bushido | The code of honor of the samurai in Japan | 69 | |
| 9720062677 | Umma | The community of Muslim believers | 70 | |
| 9720062678 | Moldboard Plow | The curved metal plate in a plow that turns over an earth from the furrow | 71 | |
| 9720062679 | Black Death | The European name for the outbreak of the bubonic plague that spread across Asia, Europe, and North Africa in the Fourteenth century | 72 | |
| 9720062680 | Hijah | The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, the first year in the Muslim calendar | 73 | |
| 9720062681 | Allah | The god of Muslims; Arabic word for "god" | 74 | |
| 9720062682 | Metropolitan | The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church | 75 | |
| 9720062683 | Quran | The holy book of Islam | 76 | |
| 9720062684 | Ramadan | The holy month of Islam which commemorates the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Muhammad; fasting is required during this month | 77 | |
| 9720062685 | Dar al-Islam | The House of Islam; a term representing the political and religious unity of the various Islamic groups | 78 | |
| 9720062686 | Mosque | The house of worship of followers of Islam | 79 | |
| 9720062687 | Seppuku | The Japanese practice of ritual suicide | 80 | |
| 9720062688 | Samurai | The military class of feudal Japan | 81 | |
| 9720062689 | Anasazi | The name given to the pueblo dwelling natives in the South-west North American continent | 82 | |
| 9720062690 | Mexica | The name given to themselves by the Aztec people | 83 | |
| 9720062691 | Tribute | The payment of a tax in the form of goods and labor by subject people | 84 | |
| 9720062692 | Mongol Peace | The period from about 1250 to 1350 in which the Mongols ensured the safety of Eurasian trade and travel | 85 | |
| 9720062693 | Middle Ages | The period of European history traditionally given as 500 to 1500 | 86 | |
| 9720062694 | Hajj | The pilgrimage to the Ka'aba in Mecca required once of every Muslim who was not limited by health or financial restrictions | 87 | |
| 9720062695 | Excommunication | The practice of the Roman Catholic and other Christian churches of prohibiting participation in the sacraments to those who do not comply with the church teachings or practices | 88 | |
| 9720062696 | Renaissance | The revival of learning in Europe beginning about 1300 and continuing to about 1600 | 89 | |
| 9720062697 | Bakufu | The rule of the shoguns | 90 | |
| 9720062698 | Inca | The ruler of the Quechua people of that west coast of South America; the term is also applied to the Quechua people as a whole | 91 | |
| 9720062699 | Steppe Diplomacy | The 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 goals | 92 | |
| 9720062700 | Shinto | The traditional Japanese religion based veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature | 93 | |
| 9720062701 | Moundbuilders | The various American tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and the southeastern U.S. | 94 | |
| 9720062702 | Mamluks | Turkic military slaves who formed part of the army of the Abbasid Caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries; they founded their own state in Egypt and Syria from the thirteenth to the early sixteenth centuries | 95 | |
| 9720062703 | Gempei Wars | Wars in Japan that pitted Samurai against the peasants | 96 |
