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| 121691592 | Dynasty | A ruling family of kings | 0 | |
| 121691593 | Mean People | Category of people identified as ancient chinas lowest social group who performed unskilled labor | 1 | |
| 121691594 | Shi Huangdi | Chinas first emperor who gave that country its name. under his rule, confucianism was outlawed and the great wall was built. | 2 | |
| 121691595 | Mandate of Heaven | Confucian idea in which a good ruler was thought to have a divine right to rule. | 3 | |
| 121691596 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher who wrote an elaborate political philosophy that became the core of chinas cultural andpolitical thinking for centuries. based on relationships and personal virtue | 4 | |
| 121691598 | legalism | gained favor during the Zhou dynasty and was dominant during the Qin Dynasty which was rooted in the belief that laws should replace morality and a ruler must provide discipline to maintain order | 5 | |
| 121691599 | Ashoka | most famous maruyan emperor who converted to buddhism and brought the maryuan empire to its greatest territorial extent. | 6 | |
| 121691600 | reincarnation | in hinduism, it is belief in the rebirth of the soul in another bodily form | 7 | |
| 121691601 | Caste System | social relationship developed and is unique to india, five major divisions regulated social status and work roles. | 8 | |
| 121691603 | Nirvana | In Buddhism, it is the union of the soul with the universe. | 9 | |
| 121691605 | Siddhartha Gautama | Known as the "Enlightened one" | 10 | |
| 121691606 | Untouchables | Lowest caste in the hindu caste system, members were held to the most menial jobs but were not slaves | 11 | |
| 121691608 | Sophocles | Greek playwrite who wrote OEDIPIS REX | 12 | |
| 121691609 | Homer | Author of the ILIAD and ODYSSEY | 13 | |
| 121691610 | ILIAD and the ODYESSY | Epic greek poems dealing with the trojan war and its aftermath | 14 | |
| 121691611 | Republic | Government in which the people rule directly | 15 | |
| 121691612 | PAX ROMANA | Period of 200 years of peace which Rome enjoyed from 27 BC until 180 AD | 16 | |
| 121691614 | Twelve Tables | Roman Legal Code | 17 | |
| 121691615 | Sati | Indian ritual that required the immolation of the living widows of deceased men. | 18 | |
| 121691617 | Sultan | Word meaning "victorius" came to designate muslim rulers | 19 | |
| 121691618 | Harun al-Rashid | Most famous of the Abbasid caliphs who was renowed for his sumptuous and costly living. | 20 | |
| 121691620 | Icons | images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians | 21 | |
| 121691622 | Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine Empire | 22 | |
| 121691624 | Justinian | 6th century byzantine emperor who confided roman law | 23 | |
| 121691625 | Boyars | russian landholding aristocrats | 24 | |
| 121691626 | Constantine | Roman emperor who tried to reverse the decline of the roman empire; moved the capital from Rome to constantinople and allowed freedom of religion for christians. | 25 | |
| 121691627 | RECONQUISTA | Series of military campaigns from 8th to the 15th century aimed at driving the muslims out of spain. | 26 | |
| 121691628 | Great Western Schism | Dark period for the church during which the time there were two popes was finally ended at the council of constance | 27 | |
| 121691629 | Black Death | Plague that struck Europe in the 14th century and ended Europes population and affected its social structure. | 28 | |
| 121691630 | Parliament | Represantive body established by Edward I of england, institutionalized the principal that the king should consult with his lords and people. | 29 | |
| 121691631 | Babylonian Captivity of the Church | Dark period of the church during which the pope and the papal court resided in Avignon France and were under the influence of kings of france | 30 | |
| 121691632 | THE CANTERBURY TALES | Book written by Geoffery Chaucer in the vernacular in which a group of pilgrims were going on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket | 31 | |
| 121691633 | knight | term for a mounted warrior | 32 | |
| 121691634 | THE DIVINE COMEDY | Book written by Dante Alighieri, relates an imaginary journey through hell, puragatory and heaven; first book written int he vernacular | 33 | |
| 121691635 | Hundred Years War | Conflict between england and france over the crown of france (1337-1453) | 34 | |
| 121691636 | Hanseatic League | An organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a comercial alliance. | 35 | |
| 121691637 | Hernan Cortez | Conquistador responsible for the defeat and conquest of the Aztec Empire | 36 | |
| 121691638 | Pachacuti | Inca ruler whose military campaigns marked the creation of the inca empire | 37 | |
| 121691639 | Flying Money | Chinese instrument of credit that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture and reduced the danger of robbery; an early form of currence | 38 | |
| 121691640 | Ministry of public rites | agency that administered the examinations for state office during the Tang Dynasty | 39 | |
| 121691641 | Foot Binding | Male imposed practice to mutilate womens feet in order to reduce size, produced pain and restricted movement thus confine women to the household. | 40 | |
| 121691642 | Periods of the five dynasties | era of continuous warfare among the many kindgoms that followed the fall of the han dynasty. | 41 | |
| 121691643 | Junks | Chinese ships equiped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compases and bamboo fenders | 42 | |
| 121691644 | Li Yuan | Duke of tang;inister of Yangdi who took over the empire after the assassination of Yangdi and became the first tang emperor | 43 |
