103747641 | Karakorum | capital of Mongol empire in 13th century | 0 | |
103747642 | yurts | mongol tents | 1 | |
103747643 | shamans | religious specialists in nomadic empires | 2 | |
103747644 | khan | title of nomadic Turkish and Mongol leaders | 3 | |
103747645 | sultan | Title of Turkish leaders conferred by Abbasid caliphs. Primary military champion of islamic world | 4 | |
103747646 | Manzikert | Battle when Saljuk Turks defeated the Byzantine forces in 1071 C.E. | 5 | |
103747647 | Mahmud of Ghanzi | Turkish leader in afghanistan 997-1030 CE. Islamic conquest of northern India. | 6 | |
103747648 | Temujin | unified mongols, idea of empire required tribute and trade | 7 | |
103747649 | Khubilai Khan | most successful emperor of the Yuan Dynasty | 8 | |
103747650 | Marco Polo | Venitian merchant, records of the far east | 9 | |
103747651 | kamikaze | Divine Winds... typhoons destroyed Khubilai Khan's forces | 10 | |
103747652 | Ilkhan Ghazan | mongol leader in persia, converted to islam | 11 | |
103747653 | Tamerlane | Turkish Conquoror, modeled conquests after ghenghis khan | 12 | |
103747655 | Osman | turkish leader who founded ottoman empire | 13 | |
103747657 | Mehmed II | ottoman sultan, conquest of constantinople in 1453 | 14 | |
103747659 | Sundiata | founder of Mali empire, muslim | 15 | |
103747661 | griot | professional african singers and story tellers | 16 | |
103747663 | Bantu | migrated from W to S and E Africa, spread many technologies | 17 | |
103747665 | stateless societies | result of Bantu migrations, political structure in which there was no hierarchy of gvt officials | 18 | |
103747667 | Kongo | kingdom in Congo River basin, traded copper, raffia cloth, and nzimbu shells | 19 | |
103747669 | Koumbei-Saleh | capital of Kingdom of Ghana | 20 | |
103747671 | Timbuktu | 11th century amel caravan center, major trading center for kingdom of Mali and Sanghay emmpire | 21 | |
103747674 | Mansa Musa | grand nephew of Sundiata, ruled Mali empire at its hight | 22 | |
103747676 | Swahili | traders on east african coast, also Bantu languages in East Africa | 23 | |
103747678 | Kilwa | city state on east african coast, gold, ivory, and slave exports | 24 | |
103747680 | Great Zimbabwe | City in S, Central africa that had large stone walls, traded with east african cities | 25 | |
103747682 | age grades | organization of african society based on age | 26 | |
103747683 | Axum | Modern Ethiopia, adopted Christianity, Kings converted | 27 | |
103747684 | diviners | religious specialists in many African Societies | 28 | |
103747685 | Ibn Battuta | moroccan traveler and islamic scholar | 29 | |
103747686 | Ghana | W african Kingdom, role as center of gold trade for Islamic merchants crossing the sahara to west africa | 30 | |
103747687 | Mali | W african kingdom, larger Scale trade than Ghana. Capital at Niani | 31 | |
103747688 | Holy Roman Empire | empire primarily in Germany 962-1806, possible succesor to ancient roman Empire | 32 | |
103747689 | Otto of Saxony | King of N Germany Ran the Holy Roman Empire | 33 | |
103747690 | Hugh Capet | minor noble elected as king, his descendants centralized power in france | 34 | |
103747691 | Fredrick Barbarosa | holy roman emperor, tried to integrate lombardy region, Joined third crusade | 35 | |
103747692 | William of Normandy | led last successful invasion of England, commissioned the Domesday Book | 36 | |
103747693 | horse collars | allowed horses to pull heavy plows | 37 | |
103747694 | Hanseatic League | N. European trade network | 38 | |
103747695 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | french ruler, encouraged good manners among nights and nobles | 39 | |
103747696 | Guilds | trade organizations, set manufacturing standards and prices | 40 | |
103747697 | St. Thomas Aquinas | theologian who tired to combine Christianity with Greek philosophy | 41 | |
103747698 | sacraments | roman catholic rituals | 42 | |
103747699 | Leif Ericsson | Viking Explorer, established a settlement in Newfoundland | 43 | |
103747700 | Teutonic Knights | military and religious order, devoted to struggle against Muslima and pagans | 44 | |
103747701 | Reconquista | Christian reconquest of Spain, completed under Ferdinand and Isabela | 45 | |
103747702 | Urban II | Pope who launched the Crusades | 46 | |
103747703 | Salah al-Din (Saladin) | Sultan of egypt who recaptured Jerusalem from christian forces, defeated third crusade | 47 | |
103747704 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital on Lake Texaco. Mexaco city built on this site | 48 | |
103747705 | Toltecs | Migrated from NW Mexico to Central mexico, irrigatation helped develop crops of maize, beans, tomatoes, chiles, and cotton | 49 | |
103747706 | Mexica | came to be known as Aztecs | 50 | |
103747707 | Montezuma | 15th century leader of Mexica, led conquests of in southern Mexico. | 51 | |
103747708 | Bernal Diaz del Castillo | spanish soldier who wrote about Tenochtitlan | 52 | |
103747709 | chinampas | agricultural style used by Mexica (Aztecs) | 53 | |
103747710 | Huitzilopochtli | Aztec war god | 54 | |
103747711 | Navajo | agricultural people from SW North America | 55 | |
103747712 | Iroquois | five tribes made of Iroquois Alliance | 56 | |
103747713 | Cahokia | site of largest survivnig mound construction | 57 | |
103747714 | Chimu | kingdom developed in 10th century CE along Peruvian coast. | 58 | |
103747715 | Incas | built empire in S America capital of Cuzco | 59 | |
103747716 | Pachacuti | reuler of incas, military conquests expanded inca control from Lake Titicaca to highlands and Chimu | 60 | |
103747717 | quipu | mnemonic aid to keep records, small cords with various knots | 61 | |
103747718 | Cuzco | Inca capital | 62 | |
103747719 | Inti | Inca sun god and primary diety | 63 | |
103747720 | Torres Strait | body of water that separates australia from new guinea | 64 | |
103747721 | Polynesians | people who settled on many islands of Pacific Ocean, Great ability as explorers | 65 | |
103747722 | taro | polynesian food plant. | 66 | |
103747723 | marae | polynesian ceremonial precinct and temple structure. Often had several terraced floors. | 67 | |
103747724 | Ibn Battutta | Morrocan scholar. Served as judge (qadi) in Islamic places like India, East Africa, Mali, and Maldives | 68 | |
103747725 | Caravanserai | Places where caravans chill | 69 | |
103747726 | Marco Polo | Venetian merchant travelled places like China. Served Kubalai Khan and helped trade with China | 70 | |
103747727 | Rabban Sauma | Born in mongolia asked Europeans for support against islams. No support :( | 71 | |
103747728 | Sufis | Islam priests/ spreaders of religion very flexible converted people | 72 | |
103747729 | John of Montecorvino | Catholic missionary in China. Translated New Testament into Turkish and built churches in China. No success in conversion | 73 | |
103747730 | Sugarcane | Naturally Indian, Muslims share to everyone. Increase slave production | 74 | |
103747731 | Gunpowder | Invented in China. Mongols stole it when they invaded | 75 | |
103747732 | Bubonic plague | Pandemic started in china spread along trade routes through rodents and fleas | 76 | |
103747733 | Hongwu | Overthrew Yuan, started Ming, got ridda those Mongolian influences | 77 | |
103747734 | Mandarins | powerful Chinese officials made sure local officials doin the job right | 78 | |
103747735 | Yongle Encyclopedia | second Ming emperor try to preserve chinese history and culture (his name, type of book) | 79 | |
103747736 | Louis XI | king of France created huge army to destroy nobles challengin authority | 80 | |
103747737 | reconquista | reconquest of Spanish to take over Islamic rule finished in 1492 captured Granada | 81 | |
103747738 | Renaissance | Rebirth of cultural things started in Italy 14-16th century | 82 | |
103747739 | humanists | Renaissance scholars studied classic greek and roman crap and convinced could live moral life with normal life | 83 | |
103747740 | Desiderius Erasmus | Dutch humanist who translated and published first edition of Greek New Testament and revised latin one | 84 | |
103747741 | Zheng He | Chinese leader led naval expeditions tryin to control trade routes | 85 | |
103747742 | Vasco de Gama | Portugese explorer who sailed directly from Europe to India. Inspired other europeans to attack indian oceaners | 86 | |
103747743 | Christopher Columbus | You are literally retarded if you don't get this one. He sailed the ocean blue in 1492. First to Hispaniola then Mexico | 87 |
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