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| 5434418063 | Trans -Saharan Trade | Trade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne |  | 0 |
| 5434418064 | Islam | Monotheistic religion created in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed |  | 1 |
| 5434418065 | Caliphate | A regional state unified by Islam |  | 2 |
| 5434418066 | Crusades | A series of Christian vs Muslim military campaigns for the "holy land" |  | 3 |
| 5434418067 | Dar-al-Islam | territory of Islam |  | 4 |
| 5434418068 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia |  | 5 |
| 5434418070 | Mongols | nomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy |  | 6 |
| 5434418071 | Black Death | Plague that killed 1/3 of European population |  | 7 |
| 5434418072 | Maya | MesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society |  | 8 |
| 5434418073 | Coerced labor | slavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude |  | 9 |
| 5434418074 | Feudalism | Agricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai) |  | 10 |
| 5434418075 | Zheng He | Ming explorer that crossed the Indian Ocean |  | 11 |
| 5434418076 | Silk | highly-priced luxury commodity mainly exported from China |  | 12 |
| 5434418077 | Chinese Inventions | gunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe |  | 13 |
| 5434418078 | 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. |  | 14 |
| 5434418079 | 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 |  | 15 |
| 5434418080 | Central Asia | A region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan |  | 16 |
| 5434418081 | Indian Ocean trade | trade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants |  | 17 |
| 5434418082 | Ming Dynasty | Succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China. |  | 18 |
| 5434418083 | Grand Canal | an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China |  | 19 |
| 5434418084 | 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. |  | 20 |
| 5434418085 | Vikings | A nomadic group that conquered ex: Normans |  | 21 |
| 5434418086 | Syncretism | A blending of two or more religious traditions |  | 22 |
| 5434418087 | 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. |  | 23 |
| 5434418088 | 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. |  | 24 |
| 5434418089 | Mansa Musa | Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East. |  | 25 |
| 5434418091 | Secular | Non-religious |  | 26 |
| 5434418092 | Missionary | A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others |  | 27 |
| 5434418094 | Charlemagne | 768-843; reunited western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire. |  | 28 |
| 5434418095 | Justinian | 6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constatinople; codified Roman law |  | 29 |
| 5434418096 | hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims |  | 30 |
| 5434418097 | Zakat | part of 4th Pillar, charitable giving of 2.5% of your net worth to community treasury |  | 31 |
| 5434418098 | jihad | A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal |  | 32 |
| 5434418099 | 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. | | 33 |
| 5434418100 | 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 |  | 34 |
| 5434418101 | Baghdad | Abbasid capital |  | 35 |
| 5434418103 | Sudanic States | Songhay Ghana and Mali. often led by patriarch or council of elders from a family or lineage |  | 36 |
| 5434418104 | Chinampas | Aztec floating gardens |  | 37 |
