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134712000MamluksTurkic military slaves which formed part of the army of Abbasid Caliphate0
134712001MedievalPertaining to the middle ages of European History1
134712002MexicaThe name given to the Aztec people by themselves2
134712003Middle AgesThe period of European history traditionally given as 500-15003
134712004MinaretA tower attached to a mosque from which from which Muslims are called to worship4
134712005MississippiansA copper age mound-building Native American culture that flourished in the Midwestern, Eastern and Southeastern US5
134712006MitaA labor system used by Andean societies in which community members shared work owed to rulers6
134712007Moldboard PlowA form of plow consisting of a plowshare and hitch to live stock.7
134712008Mound-buildersIn North America archaeology, name given to those people who built mounds in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico8
134712009Neo-ConfucianismA philosophy that blended Confucianism with Buddhism and Daoism9
134712010Parallel DescentIn Incan society, descent through both the mother and father10
134712011ParliamentA representative assembly11
134712012People of the BookA term applied by Islamic governments to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in reference to the fact that all three religions had a holy book12
134712013QuechuaAndean Society also known as the Inca13
134712014QuipusA system of knotted cords of different sizes and colors used by the Incas for record keeping14
134712015QuranThe holy book of Islam15
134712016RamadanThe holy month of Islam which commemorates the appearance of the angle Gabriel to Muhammad16
134712017Scholar-gentryThe Chinese class of well educated men from which many of the bureaucrats were chosen17
134712018SeppukuFormal term for the ritual suicide of the Samurai class only18
134712019Serfa peasant who is bound to the land he or she works19
134712020ShariahThe body of Islam that governs Muslim Society20
134712021ShintoThe traditional Japanese religion based on veneration of ancestors and spirit of nature21
134712022Shi'iteThe branch of Islam that holds tot he belief that the leader of Islam must be a descendant of Muhammad's family22
134712023ShogunJapanese military leaders under bakufu23
134712024ShogunateThe rule of the shoguns in Japan24
134712025SufisMuslims who attempt to reach Allah through mysticism25
134712026SultanAn Islamic ruler26
134712027SunniThe branch of Islam that believes that the Muslim community should select its leaders27
134712028Tea CeremonyAn ancient Shinto ritual still performed in the traditional Japanese capital of Kyoto28
134712029TributeThe payment of a tax in the form of goods and labor by subject peoples29
134712030ToltecsAncient civilization of Mexico30
134712031UmmaThe community of all Muslim believers31
134712032VassalIn medieval Europe, a person who pledged military or other service to a lord in exchange for land32
134712033ZakatReligious tax, one of the five basic requirements of Islam.33

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