The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 8286035371 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 0 | |
| 8286035372 | Chinggis Khan | (1162-1227); Mongol ruler; defeated the Turkish Persian kingdoms | 1 | |
| 8286035373 | Mamluks | Rulers of Egypt; descended from Turkish slaves | 2 | |
| 8286035374 | Shrivijaya | trading empire based on the Malacca straits; its Buddhist government resisted Muslim missionaries; when it fell, southeastern Asia was opened to Islam | 3 | |
| 8286035375 | Malacca | flourishing trading city in Malaya; established a trading empire after the fall of Shrivijaya | 4 | |
| 8286035376 | Kiev | commercial city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians in 9th c; became the center for a kingdom that flourished until 12th c | 5 | |
| 8286035377 | Tatars | Mongols who conquered Russian cities during the 13th c; left Russian church and aristocracy intact | 6 | |
| 8286035378 | Period of the Six Dynasties | era of continuous warfare (220-589) among the many kingdoms that followed the fall of the Han | 7 | |
| 8286035379 | Jinshi | title given students who passed the most difficult examinations; became eligible for high office | 8 | |
| 8286035380 | Mahayana (Pure Land) Buddhism | emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among the masses in East Asia | 9 | |
| 8286035381 | Wuzong | Tang emperor (841-847); persecuted Buddhist monasteries and reduced influence of Buddhism in favor of Confucianism | 10 | |
| 8286035382 | Southern Song | smaller surviving dynasty (1127-1279); presided over one of the greatest cultural reigns in world history. Fell to the Mongols in 1276 and eventually taken over in 1279. | 11 | |
| 8286035383 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 12 | |
| 8286035384 | Junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 13 | |
| 8286035385 | Flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture; reduced danger of robbery; an early form of currency | 14 | |
| 8286035386 | Footbinding | male imposed practice to mutilate women's feet in order to reduce size; produced pain and restricted movement; helped to confine women to the household; seen a beautiful to the elite. | 15 | |
| 8286035387 | Taika reforms | attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army | 16 | |
| 8286035388 | Fujiwara | mid-9th c Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 17 | |
| 8286035389 | Bushi | regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies | 18 | |
| 8286035390 | Samurai | mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 19 | |
| 8286035391 | Seppuku | ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor | 20 | |
| 8286035392 | Gempei wars | Waged for 5 years from 1180-1185, on the island of Honshu between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in the destruction of Taira and also resulted in the feudal age | 21 | |
| 8286035393 | Bakufu | military government established by the Minamoto following Gempei wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai | 22 | |
| 8286035394 | Shoguns | military leaders of the bakufu | 23 | |
| 8286035395 | Daimyos | warlord rulers of small states following Onin war and disruption of Ashikaga shogunate; holding consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states | 24 | |
| 8286035396 | Sinification | extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 25 | |
| 8286035397 | Trung Sisters | leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 CE; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society | 26 | |
| 8286035398 | Khmers and Chams | Indianized Vietnamese peoples defeated by northern government at Hanoi | 27 | |
| 8286035399 | Shamanistic religion | Mongol beliefs focused on nature spirits | 28 | |
| 8286035400 | Batu | grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruler of Golden Horde; invaded Russian in 1236 | 29 | |
| 8286035401 | Golden Horde | one of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol Empire after death of Chinggis Khan; conquered and ruled Russua during the 13th and 14th c | 30 | |
| 8286035402 | Ilkhan khanate | one of four regional subdivisions of the Mongol empire after the death of Chinggis Khan; eventually included much of Abbasid empire | 31 | |
| 8286035403 | Hulegu | grandson of Chinggis Khan and rule of Ilkhan khanate; captured and destroyed Abbasid Baghdad | 32 | |
| 8286035404 | Kubilai Khan | grandson of Chinggis Khan; conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 | 33 | |
| 8286035405 | White Lotus Society | secret religious society dedicated to overthrow of Yuan dynasty | 34 | |
| 8286035406 | Ming Dynasty | replaced Mongal Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted large trade expeditions to southern Asia and Africa; later concentrated on internal development within China | 35 | |
| 8286035407 | Ethnocentrism | judging foreigners by the standards of one's own group; leads to problems in interpreting world history | 36 | |
| 8286035409 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 37 | |
| 8286035410 | Inca and Rome both had | extensive road systems | 38 | |
| 8286035411 | Important continuity in social structure of states and empires 600-1450 | land holding aristocracies, patriarchies, peasant systems still in place | 39 | |
| 8286035412 | Champa Rice | tributary gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase | 40 | |
| 8286035413 | Diasporic communities | merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas | 41 | |
| 8286035414 | Tang Dynasty | followed Sui, established tributary states in Vietnam and Korea, influence Japan, Established strong Buddhist and Confucian presence | 42 | |
| 8286035415 | Indian Ocean Maritime Trade |  | 43 | |
| 8286035416 | Cities that rose during this time due to increased trade | Novgorod, Constantinople, Timbuktu, Calicut, Baghdad, Huangzhou | 44 | |
| 8286035417 | New forms of monetization | Checks, Bills of Exchange | 45 | |
| 8286035418 | footbinding | began during Tang/Song era, demonstrates objectification and oppression of women, abolished during Yuan and brought back during Ming |  | 46 |
| 8286035419 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 47 | |
| 8286035420 | Xuanzang | Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler who brought Buddhist texts back to China during the Tang Dynasty | 48 | |
| 8286035421 | Neo-confucianism | Response to buddhist popularity- blended some elements of Buddhism with traditional Confucian thought | 49 | |
| 8286035422 | Quipu | counting system of Inca | 50 | |
| 8286035423 | Curacas | Incan nobility | 51 | |
| 8286035424 | ayllus | communities in the Andes | 52 | |
| 8286035425 | Tribute system | way to control peripheral states- used by Tang, Aztec and Mongols | 53 | |
| 8286035426 | Montezuma | last leader of Aztec | 54 | |
| 8286035427 | Pachacuit | Last leader of Incan | 55 | |
| 8286035428 | Inca | means "leader" | 56 | |
| 8286035429 | Macchu Picchu | built in the Andes mountains, sacred city of the Inca | 57 | |
| 8286035430 | Tenochtitlan | capital city of Aztec, built on island in Lake Texcoco | 58 | |
| 8286035431 | Chinampas | innovation to increase arable land of the Aztecs | 59 | |
| 8286035432 | Cortez | Invaded Aztec lands and defeated this American empire | 60 | |
| 8286035433 | terracing | innovation to increase land that could be farmed on hillsides in Asia | 61 | |
| 8286035434 | Khutulun | Mongol princess/warrior | 62 | |
| 8286035435 | kowtow | to bow completely to the floor, sign of subjugation and respect shown to the Chinese emperor | 63 | |
| 8286035436 | mita system | required public service of the Incan empire | 64 | |
| 8286035437 | slash and burn farming | traditional subsistence farming method used in the Americas, inefficient | 65 | |
| 8286035438 | Diamond Sutra | Buddhist text | 66 | |
| 8286035439 | Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki- first novel that revealed palace life in Japan | 67 | |
| 8286035440 | kamikaze | divine winds that kept Mongols from invading Japan | 68 | |
| 8286035441 | maize | primary grain crop of the Americas | 69 | |
| 8286035442 | compass, astrolabe, caravans, junks | innovations that aided inter regional trade | 70 | |
| 8286035443 | Li Bai (Li Bo) | Tang poet who wrote about living a carefree life | 71 | |
| 8286035444 | increased inter regional trade | led to the growth of cities | 72 |
