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| 14837636613 | Trans -Saharan Trade | Trade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne |  | 0 |
| 14837636614 | Islam | Monotheistic religion created in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed |  | 1 |
| 14837636615 | Caliphate | A regional state unified by Islam |  | 2 |
| 14837636616 | Crusades | A series of Christian vs Muslim military campaigns for the "holy land" |  | 3 |
| 14837636617 | Dar-al-Islam | territory of Islam-controlled gov. |  | 4 |
| 14837636618 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia |  | 5 |
| 14837636620 | Mongols | nomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy |  | 6 |
| 14837636622 | Maya | MesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society |  | 7 |
| 14837636623 | Coerced labor | slavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude |  | 8 |
| 14837636624 | Feudalism | Agricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai) |  | 9 |
| 14837636625 | Zheng He | Ming explorer that crossed the Indian Ocean |  | 10 |
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| 14837636627 | Chinese Inventions | gunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe |  | 12 |
| 14837636631 | Indian Ocean trade | trade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants |  | 13 |
| 14837636633 | Grand Canal | an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China |  | 14 |
| 14837636645 | hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims |  | 15 |
| 14837636652 | Chinampas | Aztec floating gardens |  | 16 |
| 14837636655 | Khanates | Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan. | 17 | |
| 14837787620 | Astrolabe | An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets | 18 | |
| 14837880764 | gentry | A general term for a class of prosperous families, sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats. | 19 | |
| 14837881902 | nomadic pastoralism | a form of pastoralism in which the whole social group (men, women, children) and their animals move in search of pasture | 20 | |
| 14837882840 | Ulama | Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238) | 21 | |
| 14837885581 | sultan | Muslim ruler | 22 | |
| 14837886404 | Sufi | The branch of Islam that believes in a more mystical connection with Allah. | 23 | |
| 14837890510 | Southernization | Developments that were first made in Southern Asia and then spread to other places through trade and conquest | 24 | |
| 14837892362 | Serfs/Peasants | Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived | 25 | |
| 14837894687 | nomadic pastoralism | a form of pastoralism in which the whole social group (men, women, children) and their animals move in search of pasture | 26 | |
| 14837896314 | Neo-Confucianism | term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism | 27 | |
| 14837900781 | Little Ice Age | A century-long period of cool climate that began in the 1590s. Its ill effects on agriculture in northern Europe were notable. | 28 | |
| 14837901528 | Kow Tow | to kneel, touch the head to the ground in expression of deep respect worship or submission | 29 | |
| 14837913531 | Griot | A West African storyteller | 30 | |
| 14837914542 | Great Schism | the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches that occurred in 1054 | 31 | |
| 14837922527 | Free peasant agriculture | a type of peasant agriculture where free pesants can sell whatever they grow, but were not protected by land owners. | 32 | |
| 14837923746 | Entrepot | Big commercial center for importing and exporting commodities. | 33 | |
| 14837925005 | Daimyo | A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai | 34 | |
| 14837926411 | craft production | the process of handcrafting products or services for individual customers | 35 | |
| 14837929539 | Bushido v. Chivalry | Bushido is a code of honor for the samurai and Chivalry is a code of honor for the knights | 36 | |
| 14837931426 | Aztecs | Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax. | 37 | |
| 14837932957 | Polynesian Migrations | Movement of peoples in the Pacific which populated many islands; spread knowledge of agriculture | 38 | |
| 14837934041 | Bantu Migration | The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 500 b.c. to around A.D 1000 SWAHILI | 39 | |
| 14837936599 | Inca road system | system of runners; good for communication, trade, and moving troops | 40 | |
| 14837938275 | compass | an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it. | 41 | |
| 14837939536 | Caravans | groups of traveling merchants | 42 |
