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| 267917419 | Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another | 0 | |
| 267917420 | The Silk Road | The route that traders used between Europe and China - brought Buddhism to China. | 1 | |
| 267917421 | Stirrup | Device for securing a horseman's feet, enabling him to wield weapons more effectively. First evidence of the use of stirrups was among the Kushan people of northern Afghanistan in approximately the first century C.E. | 2 | |
| 267917422 | Indian Ocean Maritime System | In pre-modern times, a network of seaports, trade routes, and maritime culture linking countries on the rim of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Indonesia. | 3 | |
| 267917423 | Cosmopolitan City | common to cities all over the world; sophisticated and worldly; widely distributed | 4 | |
| 267917424 | Bantu Groups | A member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of central and southern Africa | 5 | |
| 267917425 | Muhammad | leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975) Founder of Islam | 6 | |
| 267917426 | Mecca | the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace | 7 | |
| 267917427 | Hijra | The Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, marking the founding of Islam | 8 | |
| 267917428 | Quran | the holy book of Islam | 9 | |
| 267917429 | 5 Pillars of Islam | 1. belief in one God, Allah, and Muhammad his prophet2. daily prayer; pray 5 times a day facing Mecca- mosques- Jewish places for worship 3. alms (offering) for the poor 4. fasting (sunrise to sunset) during Ramadan (September-October) 5. hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your lifetime (and visit Kaaba) | 10 | |
| 267917430 | Umma | community of the faithful within Islam; creating political unity | 11 | |
| 267917431 | Caliphate | The Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad. | 12 | |
| 267917432 | Sunni/ Shi'ite Split | member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law | 13 | |
| 267917433 | Umayyad/ Abbasid Empire | The first dynasty of Arab caliphs (661-750). Its capital was Damascus | 14 | |
| 267917434 | Mamluks | Muslim slave warriors; established a dynasty in Egypt; defeated the Mongols at Ain Jalut in 1260 and halted Mongol advance | 15 | |
| 267917435 | Seljuk Turks | The threat of this new Muslims led to the call for a crusade. | 16 | |
| 267917436 | Hadith | (Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions | 17 | |
| 267917437 | The Byzantine Empire | Lasted 1000 years longer than the Western, capital was Constantinople, reached its peak under Justinian, empire reduced by Muslim empire | 18 | |
| 267917438 | Justinian | Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians | 19 | |
| 267917439 | Theodora | Justinian's wife; helped him run the empire | 20 | |
| 270592502 | Haigia Sophia | Church Vladimir of Kiev went to and decided to change the religion to that | 21 | |
| 270592503 | Medieval Europe | endured stresses that brought major changes in technology, skills, and social structures. | 22 | |
| 270592504 | Charlemagne | king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor | 23 | |
| 270592505 | Holy Roman Empire | the lands ruled by Charlemagne | 24 | |
| 270592506 | Feudalism | a political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service | 25 | |
| 270592507 | Manor | A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord. | 26 | |
| 270592508 | Vikings | Invaders of Europe that came from Scandinavia | 27 | |
| 270592509 | The Great Schism | two popes were chosen; divided europe; damaged church - people didn't knokw who to worship; ended with election of one new pope | 28 | |
| 270592510 | Orthodox Christianity | A branch of Christianity developed in the Byzantine Empire, after its split from the Roman Empire. It spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean and Russia. | 29 | |
| 270592511 | Roman Catholicism | the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. | 30 | |
| 270592512 | The Papacy | - Refers to either the Office of the Pope or the reign (time of rule) of the Pope. | 31 | |
| 270592513 | Investiture Controversy | struggle between popes and kings regarding control of offices or appointments | 32 | |
| 270592514 | Monasticism/ Monk | a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 33 | |
| 270592515 | Kievan russia | State established at Kiev in Ukraine ca. 879 by Scandinavian adventurers asserting authority over a mostly Slavic farming population. (p. 267) | 34 | |
| 270592516 | Vladimir 1 | one of the most important princes of kiev he expanded kievan rus territory and made byzantine christianity as the offical language | 35 | |
| 270592517 | Pope urban 2 | pope who called for the first crusade to reclaim jerusulam from the muslims | 36 | |
| 270592518 | Saladin | The leader of the Muslims in the third crusade and captured Jerusalem in 1187. | 37 | |
| 270592519 | Tang Empire | Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia | 38 | |
| 270592520 | Grand Canal | an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China | 39 | |
| 270592521 | Song Empire | in central and southern China while the Liao people controlled the north. distinguished for advances in technology, medicine, astronomy, and math | 40 | |
| 270592522 | Junk | A very large flatbottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel. (p. 288) | 41 | |
| 270592523 | Gunpowder | a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks | 42 | |
| 270592524 | Neo-Confucianism | term that describes the resurgence of confusianism and the influence of confucian scholars during the Tang dynasty | 43 | |
| 270592525 | movable type | individual characters made of wood or metal that can be arranged to create a job for printing and then used over again | 44 | |
| 270592526 | Flying Money | Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency | 45 | |
| 270592527 | Cultural Diffusion in korea/ Japan | Japan was slowly beginning trade negotiations with nearby China | 46 | |
| 270592528 | Fugiwara | Family who first gained controled Japan's central government. | 47 | |
| 270592529 | Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society | 48 | |
| 270592530 | Kamakura Shogunate | The first of Japan's decentralized military governments. | 49 | |
| 270592531 | Yoritomo | Japan's first shogun | 50 | |
| 270592532 | Shogun | the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai | 51 | |
| 270592533 | Daimyo | a japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai | 52 | |
| 270592534 | Samurai | a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy | 53 | |
| 270592535 | The Maya | a civilization that lived in the area we know as Central America and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula | 54 | |
| 270592536 | Chinapas | Woven baskets that they planted plants in and then would stick them in the lake and they would grow more land | 55 | |
| 270592537 | Aztec Empire | Formed in modern day Mexico City; a conquering empire that used its conquered people as sacrifice victims. | 56 | |
| 270592538 | Tenochtitlan | Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins. (p. 305) | 57 | |
| 270592539 | Warfare in Aztec Empire | The Aztec armed forces were typically composed of a large number of commoners who possessed only basic military training, and a smaller but still considerable number of professional warriors belonging to the nobility and who were organized into warrior societies and ranked according to their achievements | 58 | |
| 270592540 | Ball courts | characteristic of Mesoamerican culture, used for sport; societies across Americas adopted Mesoamerican ball courts after having contact | 59 | |
| 270592541 | Rice, beans, Squash | three sisters. they were grown and eaten for a main food source | 60 | |
| 270592542 | Inca Empire | capital at Cuzco; emerges in Andes Mountains | 61 | |
| 270592543 | Inca roads | over 12,000 miles of road built in the inca empire by skilled laborers | 62 | |
| 270592544 | Nomad | person who moves from place to place in search of food | 63 | |
| 270592545 | Ghengis Khan/ Khubilai | first mongolian to unify mongolia and expand it. responisble for envasions in Japanand last great khan | 64 | |
| 270592546 | Timur: 2-Khan Empire | created an army and established power in Central Asia, with capital at Samarkand | 65 | |
| 270592547 | Golden Horde | Mongols, 12 century threat to Russia. Very brutal. Came in from the East. They forced Russia to pay tribute. | 66 | |
| 270592548 | Moscow | a city of central European Russia | 67 | |
| 270592549 | Yuan Dynasty | Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song | 68 | |
| 270592550 | Ming Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from | 69 | |
| 270592551 | Neo-Confucianism | term that describesthe resurgence of confusianism and the influence of confucian scholars during the Tang dynasty | 70 | |
| 270592552 | Emperor Hongwu | founder of the ming dynasty led rebellion against the yuan dynasty demongolication campaign | 71 | |
| 270592553 | Beijing | capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China | 72 | |
| 270592554 | Zheng He | Chinese admiral during the Ming Dynasty, he led great voyages that spread China's fame throughout Asia | 73 | |
| 270592555 | Shogun | the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai | 74 | |
| 270592556 | Kamakazi | Japanese Air Pilots who conducted suicidal plane crashing into enemies. | 75 | |
| 270592557 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. | 76 | |
| 270592558 | Mali | a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa | 77 | |
| 270592559 | Mansa Musa | ruled Mali; spread interest in Mali as he journied to Mecca | 78 | |
| 270592560 | Delhi Sultanate | A Muslim leader of Ghur who defeated Hindu armies made Delhi, the third largest city of India, his capital. | 79 | |
| 270592561 | Indian Ocean trade (changes) | connected to Europe, Africa, and China.; worlds richest maritime trading network and an area of rapid Muslim expansion. | 80 | |
| 270592562 | Swahili Coast | East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.' | 81 | |
| 270592563 | Dhow | Ship of small to moderate size used in the western Indian Ocean, traditionally with a triangular sail and a sewn timber hull. | 82 | |
| 270592564 | Chinese Junk | ship developed during the Han dynasty | 83 | |
| 270592565 | Spread of Islam 1200-1500 | Muslim traders brought salt and other goods, such as horses, cloth, and swords, from the Mediterranean region to the rulers of Ghana who, in return, supplied gold and ivory. | 84 |
