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| 5813916831 | Triangular Trade | Commerce linking Africa, the New World colonies, and Europe; slaves carried to America for sugar and tobacco transported to Europe | 0 | |
| 5813920033 | Osei Tutu | Member of Oyoko clan of Akan peoples in Gold Coast region of Africa; responsibile for creating unified Asante Empire in 1701; utilized Western firearms | 1 | |
| 5813928164 | Asantehene | Title taken by ruler of Asante Empire; supreme civil and religious leader; authority symbolized by golden stool | 2 | |
| 5813930505 | Dahomey | Kingdom developed among Fon or Aja peoples in 17th century; center at Abomey 70 miles from coast; under King Agaja expanded to control coastline and part of Whydah by 1727; accepted Western firearms and goods in return for African slaves | 3 | |
| 5813935184 | Fulani | Pastoral people of western Sudan; adopted purifying Sufi variant of Islam; under Usuman Dan Fodio in 1804, launched revolt against Hausa kingdoms, established state centered on Sokoto | 4 | |
| 5813941064 | Mfecane | Wars of 19th century in southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka; revolutionized political organization in southern Africa | 5 | |
| 5813944262 | Great Trek | Movement of Boer settlers in Cape Colony of southern Africa to escape influence of British colonial government in 1834; led to settlement of regions north of Orange River and Natal | 6 | |
| 5813949553 | Middle Passage | Slave voyage from Africa to the Americas(16th-18th centuries); apparently a traumatic experience for black slaves, although it failed to strip Africans of their culture | 7 | |
| 5813954382 | Wilberforce | British statesman and reformer; leader of abolitionist movement in English parliament that led to end of English slave trade in 1807 | 8 | |
| 5813971502 | Boers | Dutch farmers who had crossed the Orange River in search of new lands | 9 | |
| 5813972730 | Diaspora | A scattered population whose origin lies within a smaller geographic locale | 10 | |
| 5813976493 | Safavids | Originally a Turkic nomadic group; family originated in Sufi mystic group; espoused Shi'ism; conquered territory and established kingdom in region equivalent to modern Iran; lasted until 1722 | 11 | |
| 5813981657 | Ottomans | Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during 1350s; conquered large part of Balkons; unified under Mehmed I; captured Constantinople in 1453; established empire from Balkons that included most of Arab world | 12 | |
| 5813992131 | Janissaries | Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies; forcibly conscripted as boys in conquered areas of Balkons, legally slaves; translated military service into political influence, particularly after 15th century | 13 | |
| 5814014758 | Vizier | Ottoman equivalent of the Abbasid wazir; head of the Ottoman bureaucracy; after 5th century often more powerful than sultan | 14 | |
| 5814018625 | Abbas the Great | Safavid ruler from 1587 to 1629; extended Safavid domain to greatest extent; created slave regiments based on captured Russians, who monopolized firearms within Safavid armies; incorporated western military technology | 15 | |
| 5814030241 | Imams | According to Shi'Ism, ruler who could trace descent from the successors of Ali | 16 | |
| 5814048664 | Mullahs | Local mosque officials and prayer leaders within the Safavid empire; agents of Safavid religious campaign to convert all of population to Shi'Ism | 17 | |
| 5814080345 | Isfahan | Safavid capital under Abbas the Great; planned city laid out according to Shah's plan; example of Safavid architecture | 18 | |
| 5814093432 | Babur | Founder of Mughal dynasty in India; descended from Turkic warriors; first led invasion of India in 1526 and died in 1530 | 19 | |
| 5814096070 | Akbar | Son and successor of Humayan; oversaw building of military and administrative systems that became typical of Mughal rule in India; pursued policy of cooperation with Hindu princes; attempted to create new religion to bind Muslim and Hindu populations of India | 20 | |
| 5814101319 | Taj Mahal | Most famous architectural achievement of Mughal India; originally built as a new mausoleum for the wife of Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal | 21 | |
| 5814105889 | Mughals | Established by Babur in India in 1526; the name is taken from the supposed Mongol descent of Babur, but there is little indication of any Mongol influence in the dynasty; became weak after rule of Aurangezeb in first decades of 18th century | 22 | |
| 5814111140 | Asian Sea Trading Network | Prior to the intervention of Europeans; consisted of three zones: Arab zones based on glass, carpets, and tapestries; India based on cotton textiles; China based on paper, porcelain, and silks | 23 | |
| 5814117507 | Hongwu | First Ming emperor in 1368; originally of peasant lineage; original name was Zhu Yuanzhang; drove out Mongol influence; restored position of scholar-gentry | 24 | |
| 5814123385 | Ieyasu | Vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoski; succeeded him as most powerful military figure in Japan; granted title of shogun in 1603 and established Tokugawa Shogunate; established political unity in Japan | 25 | |
| 5814127621 | Edo | Former name of Tokyo and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa Shogunate | 26 | |
| 5814129256 | Tokugawa Shogunate | The last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1603 and 1867 | 27 | |
| 5814132180 | Ming Dynasty | The restoration of ethnic Chinese rule and the reunification of the country | 28 | |
| 5814134158 | Admiral Zhenghe | A Hui court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China's early Ming Dynasty | 29 |
