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67887826Alexander"Great" Persian ruler who briefly controlled northeaster India around 500 BCE0
67887827MauryanDynasty that ruled the first great Indian Empire1
67887828GuptaRulers who controlled India during a "golden age" from 320 C.E. to about 550 C.E.2
67887829Vishun, Brahma, ShivaThree gods of the Hindu trinity3
67887830"Arabic" numeralsEssential advancement in mathematics invented in India, concept of 04
67887831StupasSacred mounds said to contain remians of the Buddha5
67887832BrahminsGroup that opposed Buddhism in India6
67887833Eightfold PathThe road to enlightenment, according to the Buddha7
67887834Mahayana, TheravadaTwo major schools that Buddhism split into8
67887835BerbersOriginal inhabitants of North Africa, fiercely independent desert dwellers9
67887836BantuWest African farmers and herders who spread widely south and east between 500 BCE and 1500 CE10
67887837Mansa MusaGreat Mali ruler who gave away vast amounts of gold on his hajj to Mecca11
67887838Ibn BattutaNorth African traveler and historian who wrote in detail about his journeys throu Islamic Africa in the 1300s12
67887839TimbuktuFamous Mali trading city and center of Musli learning13
67887840GhanaEarliest kingdom of the wester Sudan, it flourished from the 700s to the mid-100s14
67887841MaliKingdom that controlled much of western Africa from the 1200s until about 150015
67887842SonghaiWest African empire that flourished in the 1400s and 1500s, overthrown by Moroccans in 159116
67887843MeroeCapital of the Ancient Nubian Kingdom of Kush, and an important African iron-making center17
67887844Civil Service ExamsMethod of choosing government officials which originated in China during the 6th century; helped to strengthen administrative rule of China18
67887845Liu BangHan Dynasty was founded by this person in 200 BCE that lasted for over 400 years19
67887846Confucian scholarsPeople killed by the thousands by China's "first emperor" who united China, he also banned many schools of thought & instituted Legalism during the Qin Dynasty20
67887847WudiHan warrior emperor who greatly expanded the empire21
67887848Shi HuangDiThe "First Emperor" who unified China during the Qin Dynasty, terra cotta army, Great Wall, Legalism22
67887849LaoziFounder of the pilosophy of Daoism23
67887850filial pietyAccording to Confucious, this was a son or daughter's most important duty24
67887851The AnalectsWritten collection of the sayings of Confucius25
67887852AssimilationPolicy toward conquered people promoted byt the Han and Roman Empires26
67887853Il-KhanatePolitical state established in Persia in the 13th century, considered a part of the Mongol Empire27
67887854TemujinGenghis Khan's birth name28
67887855Yuan DynastyName of the Mongol dynasty in China29
67887856AkbarChief builder of the Mughal empire, the founder's grandson, called "the great"30
67887857Timur the Lame/TamerlaneWarrior leader from Central Asia whose army destroyed Delhi in 139831
67887858Delhi SultanateCapital of the Islamic Sultanate that ruled much of northern India from 1206 to 152632
67887859BaburFounder of the Mughal Empire in 152633
67887860Abbas the GreatMost outstanding Safavid ruler34
67887861CrusadesWester attacks against the medieval Islamic Eljuk Empire in Palestine35
67887862Seljuk EmpireThe Mongols crushed the remnants of this Central Asian state in the 13th century36
67887863Isma'ilTeenage ruler who established the Safavid Empire37
67887864milletsNon-Muslim religious communities in the Ottoman Empire38
678878655The grade you'll earn tomorrow on your AP World History exam =D39

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