Set of vocabulary words #1
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| 134444163 | Aden | an important port of Yemen | 0 | |
| 134444164 | Hittites | A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, the hittites vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria (p.64) | 1 | |
| 134444165 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. (p. 373) | 2 | |
| 134444166 | iron curtain | an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy | 3 | |
| 134444167 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) | 4 | |
| 134444168 | Zoroastrianism | system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster | 5 | |
| 134444169 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 6 | |
| 134444170 | Zulu | a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa | 7 | |
| 134444171 | Plebeians | the poorer majority of the roman empire; the working class; couldnt be part of government; could vote but not hold office; couldnt be in army | 8 | |
| 134444172 | Safavid Empire | Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi, who declared Iran a Shi'ite state. (p. 531) | 9 | |
| 134444173 | Rashid al-Din | Adviser to the Il-khan ruler Ghazan, who converted to Islam on Rashid's advice. (p. 334) | 10 | |
| 134444174 | Qing Empire | Empire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times the Qing also controlled Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, and Tibet. The last Qing emperor was overthrown in 1911. (p. 556) | 11 | |
| 134444175 | proxy wars | During the Cold War, local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed, trained, and financed the combatants. (p. 855) | 12 | |
| 134444176 | Plato | One of Socrates' students; was considered by many to be the GREATEST philosopher of western civilization. Explained his ideas about government in a work entitled The Republic. In his ideal state, the people were divided into three different groups. | 13 | |
| 134444177 | Phoenicians | Important trading people who lived on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, started the greek alphabet | 14 | |
| 134444178 | Manchus | a member of a people native to Manchuria who ruled China during the Qing dynasty | 15 | |
| 134444179 | liberalism | an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard | 16 | |
| 134444180 | laissez faire | the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs | 17 | |
| 134444181 | James Watt | Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819) | 18 | |
| 134444182 | serf | (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | 19 |
