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| 6557712845 | Trans -Saharan Trade | Trade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne |  | 0 |
| 6557712846 | Islam | Monotheistic religion revealed in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed |  | 1 |
| 6557712849 | Dar-al-Islam | territory of Islam |  | 2 |
| 6557712850 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia |  | 3 |
| 6557712851 | Sinification | the spread of Chinese culture |  | 4 |
| 6557712852 | Mongols | nomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy |  | 5 |
| 6557712853 | Black Death | Plague that killed 1/3 of European population |  | 6 |
| 6557712854 | Maya | MesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society |  | 7 |
| 6557712855 | Coerced labor | slavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude |  | 8 |
| 6557712856 | Feudalism | Agricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai) |  | 9 |
| 6557712858 | Silk | highly-priced luxury commodity mainly exported from China |  | 10 |
| 6557712859 | Chinese Inventions | gunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe |  | 11 |
| 6557712860 | Tang Dynasty | (618-907 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was much like the Han, who used Confucianism. This dynasty had the equal-field system, a bureaucracy based on merit, and a Confucian education system. |  | 12 |
| 6557712861 | Song Dynasty | (960 - 1279 AD); started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass, navy, traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton), first to have paper money, explosive gun powder |  | 13 |
| 6557712862 | Central Asia | A region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan |  | 14 |
| 6557712863 | Indian Ocean trade | trade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants |  | 15 |
| 6557712865 | Grand Canal | an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China |  | 16 |
| 6557712866 | Pax Mongolica | Mongol peace from mid-1200's through mid-1300's imposed stability and law and order across Eurasia. Guaranteed safe passage for trade caravans, travelers, and missionaries from one end of empire to other. |  | 17 |
| 6557712867 | Vikings | A nomadic group that conquered ex: Normans |  | 18 |
| 6557712868 | Syncretism | A blending of two or more religious traditions |  | 19 |
| 6557712869 | Marco Polo | Italian explorer and author who made numerous trips to China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys, responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe and China during this time period. |  | 20 |
| 6557712870 | Ibn Battuta | (1304-1369) Morrocan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period. |  | 21 |
| 6557712873 | Secular | Non-religious |  | 22 |
| 6557712877 | Justinian | 6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constatinople; codified Roman law |  | 23 |
| 6557712881 | Umayyad Caliphate | First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus, the Umayyads ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate. |  | 24 |
| 6557712882 | Abbasid Caliphate | (750-1258 CE) The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering. Had a bureaucracy that any Mulim could be a part of |  | 25 |
| 6557712886 | Chinampas | Aztec floating gardens |  | 26 |
