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| 272094743 | 4 Mongol empires | ... | 0 | |
| 272094744 | Bubonic plague | Also called the Black Death was a deadly disease that spread through Europe and killed one out of every three people | 1 | |
| 272094745 | Emissaries | a representative sent on a mission or errand | 2 | |
| 272094746 | Ghenghis Khan | A ruler who started the Mongol Dynasty | 3 | |
| 272094747 | Istanbul | the largest city and former capital of Turkey | 4 | |
| 272094748 | Kamikaze | a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash | 5 | |
| 272094749 | Khan | a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries | 6 | |
| 272094750 | Khubilai Khan | Last of the Mongol Great Khans (r. 1260-1294) and founder of the Yuan Empire. (p. 351) | 7 | |
| 272094751 | Marco polo | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) | 8 | |
| 272094752 | Osma | Turkish leader. 1300s- founded the Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor. | 9 | |
| 272094753 | Ottoman empire | a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe | 10 | |
| 272094754 | Pax mongolica | -Mongol Peace-used to describe the eased communication and commerce the unified administration helped to create | 11 | |
| 272094755 | Saljuks | A rising power of mulim turks who gained control of Palistine | 12 | |
| 272094756 | Shamans | Religious Leaders | 13 | |
| 272094757 | Sultan | the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) | 14 | |
| 272094758 | Sultan Mehmed 2 | Leader of the Ottomans under which he conquered constantinople, Byz. Remaned Istanbul allowed remainder of Byz. Empire to be conquered | 15 | |
| 272094759 | Tamelane the conqueror | ... | 16 | |
| 272094760 | Turks | a member of the Turkish-speaking ethnic group in Turkey, or, formerly, in the Ottoman Empire | 17 | |
| 272094761 | Yuan dynasty | Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song (1279-1368) | 18 | |
| 272094762 | Bantu migrations | farmers and herders who migrated south and spread language and skills-1000BC - 1000AD | 19 | |
| 272094763 | Diviners | ritual practitioners who specialize in the art of divination | 20 | |
| 272094764 | Griots | storytellers | 21 | |
| 272094765 | Ibn battuta | Moroccan 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. (p. 373) | 22 | |
| 272094766 | Kin | group of people related by blood or marriage | 23 | |
| 272094767 | Kingdom of Ghana | first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (7th - 13th century). | 24 | |
| 272094768 | Kingdom of Mali | a huge territorial empire that flourished in west Africa during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. | 25 | |
| 272094769 | Mansa musa | a king of Mali in the 1300s | 26 | |
| 272094770 | Sahel | a strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas | 27 | |
| 272094771 | Swahili | the most widely spoken Bantu languages | 28 | |
| 272094772 | Timbuktu | a city in central Mali near the Niger river | 29 | |
| 272094773 | Chivalry | courtesy towards women | 30 | |
| 272094774 | Crusades | 1096 Christian Europe aim to reclaim Jerusalem and aid they Byzantines; 1st success and the rest a failure; weakens the Byzantines; opens up trade | 31 | |
| 272094775 | Eucharist | a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine | 32 | |
| 272094776 | Excommunicate | exclude from a church or a religious community | 33 | |
| 272094777 | Frederick barbarossa | Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; went on the third crusade but failed when he fell into a river and died. | 34 | |
| 272094778 | Guilds | Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests | 35 | |
| 272094779 | Hanseatic league | a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas | 36 | |
| 272094780 | Heresy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion | 37 | |
| 272094781 | High middle ages | the period from 1000 to 1300 in which the church had a key role shaping the new world | 38 | |
| 272094782 | Holy roman empire | Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806. (pp. 260, 449) | 39 | |
| 272094783 | Iberian peninsula | a peninsula in southwestern Europe | 40 | |
| 272094784 | Investiture contest | A struggle between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope over who nominates clergymen. The Pope eventually won this struggle. | 41 | |
| 272094785 | Leif erickson | Believed to have "discovered" America in 1000 AD. | 42 | |
| 272094786 | Manors | large farm estates of the Middle Ages that were owned by nobles who ruled over the peasants living in the land | 43 | |
| 272094787 | Normans | a member of a Viking people who raided and then settled in the French province later known as Normandy, and who invaded England in 1066 | 44 | |
| 272107838 | Paganism | any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism | 45 | |
| 272107839 | Reconquista | Reconquest of Spain | 46 | |
| 272107840 | Relics | the body parts, clothing, or objects associated with a holy figure, relics were stored in reliquaries | 47 | |
| 272107841 | Saints | followers of christ who lived lives of holiness on earth and now share in eternal life with God in heaven | 48 | |
| 272107842 | St. Thomas Aquinas | well-known mendicant saints in the Middle Ages. was brilliant and was taught by St. Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus). his most famous work is the Summa Thologiae. mystic and scholar | 49 | |
| 272107843 | Serfs | men of women who were the poorest members of society, peasants who worked the lord's land in exchange for protection | 50 | |
| 272107844 | Troubadours | wandering poets; their love songs focused on cherishing and protecting women | 51 | |
| 272107845 | Urbanization | the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | 52 | |
| 272107846 | Vassals | lesser lords who pledged their service and loyalty to a greater lord -- in a military capacity | 53 | |
| 272107847 | Virgin Mary | Mother of Jesus | 54 | |
| 272107848 | William the Conqueror | duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England | 55 | |
| 272107849 | Zealots | groups of Jews who wanted to rebel aginast the Romans | 56 | |
| 273629283 | Aboriginal people | People who migrated to Australia from Asia at least 40,000 years ago; the original settlers of the land. | 57 | |
| 273629284 | Chinampas | Mexicans would take mud from the bottom of the rivers and put it on land to make the land more fertile for growing crops | 58 | |
| 273629285 | Inca | a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s | 59 | |
| 273629286 | Mesoamerica | Mexico and Central America | 60 | |
| 273629287 | Mexico | a Republic in southern North America | 61 | |
| 273629288 | Quipu | knotted cords of various lengths and colors used by the inca to keep financial records | 62 | |
| 273629289 | Subjugation | the act of conquering | 63 | |
| 273629290 | Toltecs | Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization. (p. 305) | 64 | |
| 273629291 | Little ice age 1300 | 500 year period of colder, wetter weather | 65 | |
| 273629292 | Bubonic plague | Also called the Black Death was a deadly disease that spread through Europe and killed one out of every three people | 66 | |
| 273629293 | Mandarins | members of the elite class of civil servents in Chinese government | 67 | |
| 273629294 | Renaissance | the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world | 68 | |
| 273629295 | Humanists | People who specialize in studying the grammar, history, poetry, and rhetoric. Taught life should be meaningful. Displayed a critical approach to learning. | 69 |
