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| 2701236358 | Abbasids | a dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from 750-1258 CE > Muslim golden age; mongols end them> inciting havoc in the Muslim world. | 0 | |
| 2701239855 | Aborigine | a member of any of the native people of Australia | 1 | |
| 2701242400 | Absolute Ruler or Despot | a ruler who has total power > like Louis 14th (XIV) Of France who built Versailles | 2 | |
| 2701245829 | Accommodation | an acceptance of the ideas and customs of other cultures. | 3 | |
| 2701247039 | Acropolis | a fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city. | 4 | |
| 2701247672 | Aksum/Axum | an African kingdom, in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea, that reached the height of its power in 300s CE. (fourth century) | 5 | |
| 2701251593 | al- Andalus | a Muslim-ruled region in what is now Spain, established in the 700s CE (why Spain not in Holy Roman Empire). | 6 | |
| 2701259445 | Allah | word for God in Arabic that is used by Muslims | 7 | |
| 2701260392 | Allies | ww2 britain, ussr, and us and other supporting powers which opposed the axis powers. - ww1 - triple entente (mainly britain, france, russia, and later us and italy sooner than us) vs triple alliance (germany, austria-hungry, italy (which went to opponents side by 1915), and the ottoman empire). | 8 | |
| 2701278585 | Almohads | a group of Islamic reformers who overthrew the Almoravid Dynasty and established an empire in North America and southern Spain in the 1100s ce. | 9 | |
| 2701280697 | Almoravids | an Islamic religious brotherhood that established an empire in North Africa and southern Spain in 1000s ce. | 10 | |
| 2701283451 | Anabaptists | in the Protestant Reformation, a Protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be Christian and in separation of church and state. | 11 | |
| 2701286195 | Anasazi | an early Native American people who lived in the American Southwest | 12 | |
| 2701286896 | Anatolia | the Southwest Asian peninsula now occupied by the Asian part of Turkey> also called Asia Minor > where the Ottomans started!!! | 13 | |
| 2701288966 | Angkor Wat | a temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu that gradually became buddhist(Cambodia 1100s/ 1200s ce) | 14 | |
| 2701294062 | Anglican | relating to the Church of England > created by King Henry VIII as he did not agree with the power of the pope. | 15 | |
| 2701297356 | animism | the belief that spirits are presents in animals, plants, and other natural objects | 16 | |
| 2701300289 | annexation | the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. | 17 | |
| 2701301438 | annul | to cancel or put an end to | 18 | |
| 2701302016 | anti-Semitism | prejudice against Jews. | 19 | |
| 2701303124 | apartheid | a South African policy of complete legal separation of races, including the banning of all social contacts between blacks and whites. | 20 | |
| 2701305430 | apostle | one of the followers of Jesus who preached and spread his teachings | 21 | |
| 2701306768 | appeasment | the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war > like what Britain and France did for Hitler at the Munich Conference. | 22 | |
| 2701311563 | aqueduct | a pipeline or channel built to carry water to populated areas | 23 | |
| 2701312440 | aristocracy | a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 24 | |
| 2701313424 | armistice | an agreement to stop fighting | 25 | |
| 2701314111 | artifact | a human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or a piece of jewerly | 26 | |
| 2701315593 | Aryans | an Indo-European people who, by about 1500 bc, began to migrate into the Indian subcontinent > started Vedism> the basis for Hinduism. | 27 | |
| 2701319549 | assembly line | in a factory, an arrangement in which a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in its manufacture > Henry Ford > automobiles > 1920s | 28 | |
| 2701326177 | Assyria | a Southwest Asian (Mesopotamian type region) kingdom that controlled a large empire from about 850-612 bc. | 29 | |
| 2701328539 | Atlantic Charter (1941) | a declaration of principles issued in 1941 by Winston Churchill (british) and fredrick roosevelt (us) on how the allies would act upon victory in ww2> free all their colonies> happens, but gradually and not as immediately for all as promised. | 30 | |
| 2701332504 | Atlantic Slave Trade | the buying, transporting, and selling of Africans to work in the Americas (1500-1800) | 31 | |
| 2701337500 | autocracy | a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner (absolutist like). | 32 | |
| 2701339258 | Axis Powers | ww2: the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan who began to ally in 1936, but dont sign anything till about 1940. | 33 | |
| 2701341865 | ayllu | in Incan society, a small community or clan whose members worked together for the common good. | 34 |
