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| 5407657359 | Anatolia | The Asian part of modern day Turkey (Asia Minor) | 0 | |
| 5407666400 | Banners | established by the Qing empire, the eight Banners were administrative divisions in which all Manchu families were placed; evolved into a military organization | 1 | |
| 5407682641 | boyars | a member of a Russian aristocratic rank below the ruling princes until its abolition by Peter the Great | 2 | |
| 5407700371 | caliph/caliphate | the secular leader of the Islamic community; the area under the influence and control of the caliph | 3 | |
| 5407710748 | commercial/commerce | the buying ans selling of goods, especially on a large scale, as between cities or nation. | 4 | |
| 5407750692 | daimyo | prominent Japanese families who provided allegiance to the shotgun in exchange for protection | 5 | |
| 5407762251 | devshirme | in the Ottoman Empire, a system of training talented children to be administrators or members of the sultan's court and army | 6 | |
| 5408460088 | dyarchy | a system under Qing in which all administrative positions were shared equally by Chinese and Manchus | 7 | |
| 5408471441 | dynasty | a sequence of rulers from the same family | 8 | |
| 5408477386 | egalitarian | believing in the equality of all people; social equality | 9 | |
| 5408486906 | elite | a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status | 10 | |
| 5408499712 | eta | in feudal Japan, a class of hereditary slaves who did degrading occupations | 11 | |
| 5408513895 | eunuchs | a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a place | 12 | |
| 5408527287 | filial piety | a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors (especially to the eldest male of household) | 13 | |
| 5408537604 | grand vizier | the chief executive in the Ottoman Empire, under the sultan | 14 | |
| 5408551335 | hegemony | leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over other | 15 | |
| 5408556956 | imam | in Islamic religious leader | 16 | |
| 5408563257 | Janissary | an elite core of 8,000 troops personally loyal to the sultan in the Ottoman Empire | 17 | |
| 5408571198 | jizya | the poll tax paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire | 18 | |
| 5408577688 | Kabuki | a form of Japanese theater developed in the 17th century | 19 | |
| 5408593164 | kowtow | to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc.,especially in former Chinese custom | 20 | |
| 5408607091 | maritime | connected with the sea (i.e. maritime trade) | 21 | |
| 5408613666 | pashas | an administrative official of the Ottoman Empire, responsible for collecting taxes and maintaining order in the provinces | 22 | |
| 5408632870 | purdah | the Indian term for the practice among Muslims and some Hindus of isolating women and preventing them from associating with men outside the home | 23 | |
| 5408664336 | queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head | 24 | |
| 5408669245 | shah | used as a title for the hereditary monarch of Iran | 25 | |
| 5408675478 | Shi'ite/Shit'a | a member of one of two religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammud, as the legitimate successor of Muhammud , and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him | 26 | |
| 5408699274 | shogun/ shogunate | powerful Japanese leader, originally a military leader, who rules with the emperor only having title (a figurehead) | 27 | |
| 5408710920 | Sino | Latin word referring to China | 28 | |
| 5408716966 | sultan/sultanate | "holder of power";a title commonly used by Muslim rulers in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and elsewhere | 29 | |
| 5408727966 | Sunni/Sunnite | a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammud | 30 | |
| 5408739985 | textiles | a cloth, especially one made by weaving or knitting; a fabric | 31 | |
| 5408758908 | tributary system/ tribute | a rent, tax, or something valuable paid by a person, group, or state to a ruler | 32 | |
| 5408764880 | tsar (sometimes czar) | the title of the ruler of Russia before 1917 | 33 | |
| 5408772650 | western | relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the west as opposed to the eastern part; "the Western world "; "Western thought"; "westernization" | 34 | |
| 5408795501 | zamindars | Indian tax collectors, who were assigned land, from which they kept part of the revenue | 35 |
