The Post-Classical World, 500-1450
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| 8459128404 | Mecca | Arabian commercial center and center of Islam. | 0 | |
| 8459128407 | Muhammad | (570-632); prophet of Allah and founder of Islam. | 1 | |
| 8459128408 | Qur'an | The holy book of Islam | 2 | |
| 8459128410 | Five Pillars | the obligatory religious duties for all Muslims; confession of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan, zakat, and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 3 | |
| 8459128414 | Jihad | Islamic holy war | 4 | |
| 8459128422 | Dhows | Arab sailing vessels; equipped with lateen sails; used by Arab merchants | 5 | |
| 8459128424 | Crusades | invasions of western Christians into Muslim lands, especially Palestine; captured Jerusalem and established Christian kingdoms enduring until 1291 | 6 | |
| 8459128425 | Sufis | Islamic mystics; spread Islam to many Afro-Asian regions | 7 | |
| 8459128426 | Mongols | central Asian nomadic peoples; captured Baghdad in 1258 and killed the last Abbasid caliph | 8 | |
| 8459128427 | Chinggis Khan | (1162-1227); Original Mongol ruler. | 9 | |
| 8459128430 | Srivijaya | Trading empire based on the Malacca straits. | 10 | |
| 8459128431 | Malacca/Melaka | Flourishing trading city in Malaya. | 11 | |
| 8459128434 | Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler throughout the Muslim world | 12 | |
| 8459128440 | Icons | Images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians | 13 | |
| 8459128443 | Kiev | Commercial city in Ukraine established by the Rus. | 14 | |
| 8459128446 | Russian Orthodoxy | Russian form of Christianity brought from Byzantine Empire | 15 | |
| 8459128448 | Middle Ages | The period in western European history between the fall of Roman Empire and the 15th c | 16 | |
| 8459128450 | Vikings | Seagoing Scandinavian raiders who disrupted coastal areas of Europe from the 8th to 11th c. | 17 | |
| 8459128452 | Serfs | peasant agricultural laborers within the feudal system | 18 | |
| 8459128459 | Feudalism | Personal relationship during the Middle Ages by which greater lords provided land to lesser lords in return for military service | 19 | |
| 8459128472 | Black Death | Bubonic plague that struck Europe in the 14th c. | 20 | |
| 8459128478 | Grand Canal | Great canal system in China; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 21 | |
| 8459128479 | Junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 22 | |
| 8459128480 | 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 | 23 | |
| 8459128481 | 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. | 24 | |
| 8459128485 | Samurai | Mounted troops of Japan; loyal to local lords, not the emperor. | 25 | |
| 8459128489 | Shoguns | Military leaders of Japan. | 26 | |
| 8459128505 | Ottoman Empire | Turkish empire established in Asia Minor and eventually extending through the Middle East and the Balkans; conquered Constantinople in 1453 and ended Byzantine Empire | 27 | |
| 8459128507 | Ethnocentrism | Judging foreigners by the standards of one's own group; leads to problems in interpreting world history. | 28 | |
| 8459128513 | Silk Road Trade system |  | 29 | |
| 8459128518 | Diasporic communities | Merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas. | 30 | |
| 8459128519 | Trans Saharan trade | Route dominated by Muslims in 13th century after rise of Islamic caliphates. |  | 31 |
| 8459128523 | Indian Ocean Maritime Trade |  | 32 | |
| 8459128524 | Cities that rose during this time due to increased trade | Novgorod, Constantinople, Timbuktu | 33 | |
| 8459128525 | Timbuktu | trade center of Mali, cosmopolitan city that saw the blending of many different cultures and people | 34 | |
| 8459128526 | New forms of monetization | Checks, Bills of Exchange | 35 | |
| 8459128527 | Bantu Migrations |  | 36 | |
| 8459128529 | Marco Polo | traveler/merchant from Europe who spend 17 years at court of Kublai Khan | 37 |
