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131244684Age GradeAn age group into which children were placed in Bantu societies of early sub-Saharan Africa; children within the age grade were given responsibilities and privileges suitable for their age and in this manner were prepared for adult responsibilities0
131244685AustronesianA branch of languages originating in Oceania1
131244686Bantu-Speaking PeoplesName given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples whose migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa2
131244687Black DeathThe European name for the outbreak of bubonic plague that spread across Asia, Europe, and North Africa in the fourteenth century3
131244688CaravelA small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations4
131244689GriotsStorytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and historians5
131244690KamiJapanese nature spirits revered in the Shinto religion6
131244691KhanA Mongol ruler7
131244692Lateen SailA triangular sail attached to a short mast8
131244693Malay SailorsSoutheast Asian sailors who traveled the Indian Ocean; by 500 C.E., they had colonized Madagascar, introducing the cultivation of the banana9
131244694MaoriA member of a Polynesian group that settled New Zealand about 800 C.E.10
131244695MetropolitanOf or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns11
131244696Middle KingdomTerm applied to the rich agricultural lands of the Yangtze River valley under the Zhou dynasty12
131244697Ming DynastyThe ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty; the Ming dynasty was the last dynasty in China led by ethnic Hans.13
131244698Mongol Peace (Pax Mongolica)The period from about 1250 to 1350 in which the Mongols ensured the safety of Eurasian trade and travel14
131244699PerspectiveAn artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a three-dimensional appearance to works of art15
131244700RenaissanceThe revival of learning in Europe beginning about 1300 and continuing to about 160016
131244701Stateless SocietyA society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central goverment17
131244702Steppe DiplomacyThe skill of political survival and dominance in the world of steppe nomads; it involved the knowledge of tribal and clan structure and often used assassinations to accomplish its goals18
131244703SyncretismA blend of two or more cultures or cultural traditions19
131244704Yuan DynastyThe Mongol led dynasty of China from 1271 to 136820
131244705DhowArab sailing vessels with triangular or lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design21
131244706JinshiTitle granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office22
131244707MawaliNon-Arab converts to Islam23
131244708DhimmiLiterally "people of the book"; applied as inclusive term to Jews and Christians in Islamic territories; later extended to Zoroastrians and even Hindus & Buddhists24
131244709QuinoaA species of goosefoot grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds. Although it is technically not a grain it is treaded as such because of its baking characteristics25

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