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6165350756Black DeathThe common name for a major outbreak of plague that spread across Asia, North Africa, and Europe in the mid-fourteenth century, carrying off vast numbers of persons.0
6165350757Bushido"the way of the warrior"; Japanese word for the Samurai life ; Samurai moral code was based on loyalty, chivalry, martial arts, and honor until the death1
6165350758CaliphateThe Islamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad.2
6165351245ChinampaRaised fields or floating gardens constructed by the Aztecs along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.3
6165351246ChivalryThe medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code4
6165351946Civil Service ExamIn Imperial China starting in the Han dynasty, it was an exam based on Confucian teachings that was used to select people for various government service jobs in the nationwide administrative bureaucracy.5
6165351947CrusadesA series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.6
6165352497Dar al-Islaman Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule7
6165352498EntrepotA trading post where merchandise can be imported and exported without paying import duties8
6165353519FeudalismA political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land9
6165353520FiefsAn estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service10
6165353521GentryA general term for a class of prosperous families, sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats.11
6165353522Grand CanalThe 1,100-mile waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.12
6165354404Griotstraditional oral historians, storytellers, singers, and musicians of West Africa13
6165354405HajjA pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims14
6165355027Hanseatic Leaguean organization of north-German cities and towns that organized and controlled trade throughout northern Europe from the 1200s through the 1400s15
6165355028Khan"absolute ruler" in the Mongol language16
6165355515Kow TowTo kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of a Chinese custom17
6165355516Little Ice AgeTemporary but significant cooling period between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries; accompanied by wide temperature fluctuations, droughts, and storms, causing famines and dislocation.18
6165356182ManorialismEconomic system during the Middle Ages that revolved around self-sufficient farming estates where lords and peasants shared the land.19
6165356183Mit'amandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire. It was effectively a form of tribute to the Inca government, in the form of labor20
6165356901NeoconfucianismPhilosophy that attempted to merge certain basic elements of Confucian and Buddhist thought21
6165356902Daimyo (nobility)A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai22
6165359706PapacyThe central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head.23
6165360486QuipuAn arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.24
6165360487SamuraiClass of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.25
6165360488Serfsmen or women who were the poorest members of society, peasants who worked the lord's land in exchange for protection26
6165360927ShariaBody of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life27
6165360928ShiaThis denomination of Muslims comprised 10-15% of the population and supported a dynasty (Mohammed's descendants) to be his successor.28
6165360929SouthernizationA series or process of developments (the idea of mathematics, spices, technologies, and cultivated products) that were first made in Southern Asia and then diffused to other places through trade and conquest29
6165361628SufiSect of Islam which were tolerant and non-violent, believed in no material goods, and allowed the expansion of the spice trade into Europe30
6165361629SunniThe branch of Islam that believes that the Muslim community should select its leaders; the Sunnis are the largest branch of Islam31
6165362236SwahiliA Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast32
6165362237Tax farmingwhen a government allows private individuals to collect taxes, taking whatever excess money they collect for themselves. used in Mongol, Song and other dynasties, typically a failing policy33
6165362238Terracesstep like ledges cut into mountains to make land suitable for farming34
6165363568Tribute collectionAn important element of Chinese foreign policy under which neighboring states paid for privilege of access to Chinese markets, received legitimation, and agreed not to harbor enemies of the Chinese empire35
6165363569UlamaMuslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies.36

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