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| 98426440 | Foot Binding | painful process of wrapping chinese girls feet to make them very small | 0 | |
| 98426441 | Aztec Empire | a Native American civilization that possessed advanced mathematical, astronomical, and engineering technology; its capital, Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), was larger than any contemporary European city; conquered by Cortes in 1520 | 1 | |
| 98426442 | Inca Empire | Largest Empire ever built in South America; territory extended 2,500 miles from north to south and embraced almost all of modern Peru, most of Ecuador, much of Bolivia, and parts of Chile and Argentina; maintained effective control from the early 15th century until the coming of Europeans in the early 16th century. As the most powerful people of Andean America, the Inca dominated Andean society until the coming of Europeans; spoke Quechua language. | 2 | |
| 98426443 | Sufi | A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means | 3 | |
| 98426444 | Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam | 4 | |
| 98426445 | Bubonic Plague | A bacterial disease of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to rodents and humans; humans in late stages of the illness can spread the bacteria by coughing. High mortality rate and hard to contain. Disastrous. (280) | 5 | |
| 98426446 | Caliph | successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims | 6 | |
| 98426447 | Crusades | a series of military expeditions by Christian Europe to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims | 7 | |
| 98426448 | Dar al-Islam | areas where Muslims are in the majority | 8 | |
| 98426449 | Empress Wu | Only women emporer of china powerful and cruel along with talented and intellegent | 9 | |
| 98426450 | Feudalism | system in which poor people are legally bound to work for wealthy landowners | 10 | |
| 98426451 | Five Pillars of Islam | Confession of faith, pray 5 times daily, fast during Ramadan, Hajj, Zakat | 11 | |
| 98426452 | Genghis Kahn | A Mongol clan leader whose name was Temujin, and who sought to unify the Mongols under his rule by defeating his rivals one by one. | 12 | |
| 98426453 | Mayan Empire | a civ. living in a collection of city states existing in the Yucatan peninsula, united by trade but individually ruled by a king for each city state who was a holy figure. A theocratic monarchy. | 13 | |
| 98426454 | Pax Mongolica | Era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire | 14 | |
| 100191391 | Indian Ocean trade | Large amounts of rade happened in this body of water between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants. Particularly in the postclassical period 9600-1450) | 15 | |
| 100191392 | Monsoon System | The weather system that affected the sea trade routes in the Indian Ocean. Summer winds blew from the southwest. Winter winds blew from the northeast. | 16 | |
| 100191393 | Muhammad | the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) | 17 | |
| 100191394 | Neo-confucianism | term that describesthe resurgence of confusianism and the influence of confucian scholars during the Tang dynasty | 18 | |
| 100191395 | Quipu | an arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information. | 19 | |
| 100191396 | Sharia Law | The system of Islamic law, sometimes called Qu'ranic law. Unlike most Western systems of law that are based on legal precedence, Sharia is based on varying degrees of interpretation of the Qu'ran. | 20 | |
| 100191397 | Shintoism | a religion based in Japan, marked by worship of nature and reverence for ancestors | 21 | |
| 100191398 | Shogun | the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai | 22 | |
| 100191399 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea and Japan, less typical of Vietnam. | 23 | |
| 100191400 | Sufi | a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam | 24 | |
| 100191401 | Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam | 25 | |
| 100191402 | Trans-Sharan Trade | trade across the Sahara desert between Mediterranean countries and sub-Saharan Africa | 26 | |
| 100191403 | Ulama | Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238) | 27 | |
| 100191404 | Zheng He | An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa. (pp. 355, 422) | 28 | |
| 100191405 | Orthodox | in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things | 29 | |
| 100191406 | Patriarch | the male head of family or tribe | 30 | |
| 100191407 | Pilgrims | English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas | 31 | |
| 100191408 | Primogeniture | right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son | 32 | |
| 100191409 | Roman Catholic | The Christian religion of Europe that formed from Christianity's schism between the remains of the western and eastern Roman Empire . The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy | 33 | |
| 100191410 | Schism | division | 34 | |
| 100191411 | Serfs | rural laborers, or peasants, who were not allowed to move away from the land on which they worked; peasants | 35 | |
| 100191412 | Theocracy | government run by religious leaders; priests | 36 | |
| 100191413 | Trans-continental | extending across a continent | 37 | |
| 100191414 | Tribute System | A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies. (p. 307) | 38 | |
| 100191415 | Urbanization | the dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result | 39 | |
| 100191416 | Vassals | members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 40 | |
| 100191417 | Marco Polo | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) | 41 | |
| 100191418 | Songhay | Sucessor of Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao | 42 | |
| 100191419 | Aristocracy | the most powerful members of a society | 43 | |
| 100191420 | Bureaucracy | A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials | 44 | |
| 100191421 | Chivalry | courtesy towards women | 45 | |
| 100191422 | Civil Service | the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government | 46 | |
| 100191423 | Credit | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | 47 | |
| 100191424 | Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another | 48 | |
| 100191425 | Dowry | money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | 49 | |
| 100191426 | Decentralization | Degree to which decision-making authority is given to lower levels in an organization's hierarchy. | 50 | |
| 100191427 | Eastern Orthodox | this Christian religion broke away from the Roman church when it would not accept the authority of the Pope as the head of the church | 51 | |
| 100191428 | Fiefs | pieces of land, instead of money given to knights for their military service | 52 | |
| 100191429 | Garrisons | A place where a group of soldiers is stationed for defensive purposes | 53 | |
| 100191430 | Gothic | extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths | 54 | |
| 100191431 | Hajj | pilgrimage to Mecca | 55 | |
| 100191432 | Heresy | the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine | 56 | |
| 100191433 | Heretic | someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs | 57 | |
| 100191434 | Hijab | a headscarf worn by Muslim women | 58 | |
| 100191435 | Illegitimate | the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | 59 | |
| 100191436 | Infrastructure | the basic structure or features of a system or organization | 60 | |
| 100191437 | Inquisition | a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals) | 61 | |
| 100614302 | Islam | A monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in 7th century, means "submission to the will of Allah" | 62 | |
| 100614303 | Literate | a person who can read and write | 63 | |
| 100614304 | Matriarch | a female head of a family or tribe | 64 | |
| 100614305 | Matrilineal | based on a woman's family line | 65 | |
| 100614306 | Medievil | middle ages | 66 | |
| 100614307 | Meritocracy | the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth | 67 | |
| 100614308 | Middle Ages | the years between ancient and modern times | 68 | |
| 100614309 | Migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 69 | |
| 100614310 | Monetary System | trading money for a good | 70 | |
| 100614311 | Mosque | A Muslim house of worship | 71 | |
| 100614312 | Nation-State | A country | 72 | |
| 100614313 | Byzantium | a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 | 73 | |
| 100614314 | Franks | group of Germanic people who rose to prominence under the leadership of King Clovis | 74 | |
| 100614315 | Hanseatic League | a group of Northern German cities and towns that worked together to promote and protect trade | 75 | |
| 100614316 | Hundred Years War | Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families. | 76 | |
| 100614317 | Magna Carta | A legal document written by English lords in 1215 that stated certain rights and limited the power of the King | 77 | |
| 100614318 | Mansa Musa | greatest leader of Mali, expanded borders, maintained peace and order/religious freedom and tolerance, hajj to Mecca and converted to Islam, built Timbuktu | 78 | |
| 100614319 | Sacking of Constantinople | During the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204), in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Eastern Orthodox city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. This is seen as one of the final acts in the Great Schism between the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. | 79 | |
| 100614320 | Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and Europe | 80 | |
| 100614321 | Timbuktu | This city was located at the crossroads of major trade routes near Niger River | 81 | |
| 100614322 | Tenochitilan | capital city of the Aztecs | 82 | |
| 100614323 | William the Conqueror | duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England | 83 |
