134712000 | Mamluks | Turkic military slaves which formed part of the army of Abbasid Caliphate | 0 | |
134712001 | Medieval | Pertaining to the middle ages of European History | 1 | |
134712002 | Mexica | The name given to the Aztec people by themselves | 2 | |
134712003 | Middle Ages | The period of European history traditionally given as 500-1500 | 3 | |
134712004 | Minaret | A tower attached to a mosque from which from which Muslims are called to worship | 4 | |
134712005 | Mississippians | A copper age mound-building Native American culture that flourished in the Midwestern, Eastern and Southeastern US | 5 | |
134712006 | Mita | A labor system used by Andean societies in which community members shared work owed to rulers | 6 | |
134712007 | Moldboard Plow | A form of plow consisting of a plowshare and hitch to live stock. | 7 | |
134712008 | Mound-builders | In North America archaeology, name given to those people who built mounds in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico | 8 | |
134712009 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that blended Confucianism with Buddhism and Daoism | 9 | |
134712010 | Parallel Descent | In Incan society, descent through both the mother and father | 10 | |
134712011 | Parliament | A representative assembly | 11 | |
134712012 | People of the Book | A term applied by Islamic governments to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in reference to the fact that all three religions had a holy book | 12 | |
134712013 | Quechua | Andean Society also known as the Inca | 13 | |
134712014 | Quipus | A system of knotted cords of different sizes and colors used by the Incas for record keeping | 14 | |
134712015 | Quran | The holy book of Islam | 15 | |
134712016 | Ramadan | The holy month of Islam which commemorates the appearance of the angle Gabriel to Muhammad | 16 | |
134712017 | Scholar-gentry | The Chinese class of well educated men from which many of the bureaucrats were chosen | 17 | |
134712018 | Seppuku | Formal term for the ritual suicide of the Samurai class only | 18 | |
134712019 | Serf | a peasant who is bound to the land he or she works | 19 | |
134712020 | Shariah | The body of Islam that governs Muslim Society | 20 | |
134712021 | Shinto | The traditional Japanese religion based on veneration of ancestors and spirit of nature | 21 | |
134712022 | Shi'ite | The branch of Islam that holds tot he belief that the leader of Islam must be a descendant of Muhammad's family | 22 | |
134712023 | Shogun | Japanese military leaders under bakufu | 23 | |
134712024 | Shogunate | The rule of the shoguns in Japan | 24 | |
134712025 | Sufis | Muslims who attempt to reach Allah through mysticism | 25 | |
134712026 | Sultan | An Islamic ruler | 26 | |
134712027 | Sunni | The branch of Islam that believes that the Muslim community should select its leaders | 27 | |
134712028 | Tea Ceremony | An ancient Shinto ritual still performed in the traditional Japanese capital of Kyoto | 28 | |
134712029 | Tribute | The payment of a tax in the form of goods and labor by subject peoples | 29 | |
134712030 | Toltecs | Ancient civilization of Mexico | 30 | |
134712031 | Umma | The community of all Muslim believers | 31 | |
134712032 | Vassal | In medieval Europe, a person who pledged military or other service to a lord in exchange for land | 32 | |
134712033 | Zakat | Religious tax, one of the five basic requirements of Islam. | 33 |
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