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| 7966181835 | shamans | -the earliest religions of the Turkish people -were religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the Gods and nature spirits, invoked divine aid | 0 | |
| 7966209049 | khan | -means ruler -rarely ruled directly, but through the leaders of allied tribes | 1 | |
| 7966220057 | temujin | -Mongol conqueror who later took the name Chinggis Khan ("universal ruler") -born in 1167 into a noble family | 2 | |
| 7966248861 | ilkhanate | -mongol state that ruled Persia after abolition of the Abbasid empire in the 15th century -one of Chinggis Khans sons ruled them in central Asia | 3 | |
| 7966266296 | Khubilai Khan | -one of Chinggis Khans grandsons who was perhaps the most talented of the great conquerors descendants -unleashed ruthless attacks against hun enemies, but he also took an interest in cultural matters and worked to improve the welfare of his subjects | 4 | |
| 7966322756 | Golden Horde | -Mongol tribe that controlled Russia from the 13th to 15th centuries -Mongols of the Golden Horde prized the steppes North of the Black Sea as prime pastureland for their horses | 5 | |
| 7966353425 | Yuan | -legendary founder of the Xia dynasty -they didn't maintain adequate reserves of the billion that backed up paper notes | 6 | |
| 7966379114 | Bubonic Plague | -During the 1330s plague erupted in southwestern China -Sometimes killed half or more of an exposed population, particularly during the furious initial years of the epidemic, and it seriously disrupted economies and societies throughout much of Eurasia | 7 | |
| 7966425123 | Tamerlane | -born in 1336 near Samarkand -was a charismatic leader and a courageous warrior, and he attacked a band of loyal followers | 8 | |
| 7966440579 | Seljuks | -the peasants of Anatolia often looked upon the Seljuks ad liberators rather than conquerors -led by the seljuks, Turkish peoples began migrating into Anatolia in large numbers in the 11th century | 9 | |
| 7966477120 | Sultanate | -they faced constant challenges from HIndu princes in neighboring lands -periodically defend their northern frontiers from new Turkish or Mongol invaders | 10 |
