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| 383563851 | Mamluks | A member of a politically powerful Egyptian military class occupying the sultanate from 1250 to 1517. | 0 | |
| 383563852 | Feudalism | The medieval european political system where lords occupied the highest leadership (over manor houses and serfs). | 1 | |
| 383563853 | Manorialism | The lord of the manor exploited serfs and this caused tension in the realm. | 2 | |
| 383563854 | Mercenary | a person hired to fight for another country than their own. They became highly used because they provided extra military members. | 3 | |
| 383563855 | Diaspora | the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture). This occurred with the Jews and Africans. | 4 | |
| 383563856 | 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. | 5 | |
| 383563857 | Caliphate | the office of a caliph. The caliph was the spiritual leader of Islam. This became important after Muhammad's death when they couldn't decide on a caliph and there was a schism in Islam. | 6 | |
| 383563858 | Abbasid Caliphate | Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 234) | 7 | |
| 383563859 | Song Commercial Revolution | Yangzi basin gains population and power. Steel, printing, and other technologies improve. Cash and credit permeate the economy. More cities have large populations. Trade increases. | 8 | |
| 383563860 | Delhi Sultanate | The leader of the Delhi Islamic state that ranked among the most powerful in the Islamic world. | 9 | |
| 383563861 | Mali Empire | Formed in the 13th century by Sundiata (lion king). Mansa Musa made his famous pilgramage to Mecca and ruled durin the Mali's peak. | 10 | |
| 383563862 | Timbuktu | a city in central Mali near the Niger river. It was particularly well-known for gold trade. | 11 | |
| 383563863 | Aztec Empire | Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I. They ruled most of mesoamerica. | 12 | |
| 383563864 | Inca Empire | Largest empire ever built in South America. Its history was short-lived and its origins are unknown. | 13 | |
| 383563865 | Ming Empire | Empire based in China that Zhu Yuanzhang established after the overthrow of the Yuan Empire. The Ming emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He. (355) | 14 | |
| 383563866 | Islamic Spain | Society with its capital at Cordova. The official religion was Islam and there was a high amount of scientific activity that led to advancements. | 15 | |
| 383563867 | Hanseatic League | a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas. It facilitated interaction and innovation. | 16 | |
| 383563868 | Swahili City-States | "Coasters"; introduced agriculture, cattle herding, and iron metallurgy to the region; founded complex societies by small, local states; spoke Swahili (Bantu language). | 17 | |
| 383563869 | Portuguese Expansion | Atlantic Exploration (Henry the Navigator) took place. | 18 | |
| 383563870 | Ceuta | a Muslim city in North Africa Prince Henry conquered in 1415; the Portuguese found exotic stores filled with pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and the spices. In addition, they encountered large supplies of gold, silver, and jewels | 19 | |
| 383563871 | Magna Carta | the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 | 20 | |
| 383563872 | Universities | Degree-granting institutions of higher learning. Those that appeared in Latin West from about 1200 onward became the model of all modern universities. | 21 | |
| 383563873 | Gutenberg's Printing Press | Rebirth of Knowledge and allowed for literacy to be spread. | 22 | |
| 383563874 | Ottoman Turks | Captured Constantinople in 1453 and rename it Istanbul; as a result the Byzantine people flee to Italian City-States which becomes a catalyst for the expansion of language and art | 23 | |
| 383563875 | Tang Empire | Empire unifying China and part of Central Asia, founded 618 and ended 907. The Tang emperors presided over a magnificent court at their capital, Chang'an. | 24 | |
| 383563876 | Great Zimbabwe | City, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state. (p. 385) | 25 | |
| 383563877 | Serfs | A person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times | 26 | |
| 383563878 | Tale of Genji | A story of Prince Genji and his lovers, written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu at end of 11th century, was the world's first full novel. | 27 | |
| 383563879 | Sufis | A mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life | 28 | |
| 383563880 | Crusades | A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule. | 29 | |
| 383563881 | Black Death | The epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe | 30 | |
| 383563882 | Battle of Talas River | It ended the expansion of China's Tang dynasty into central Asia, and it opened the door for the spread of Islam among Turkish peoples | 31 | |
| 383563883 | Ibn Battuta | (1304-1369) Morrocan 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. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period. | 32 | |
| 383563884 | Marco Polo | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) | 33 | |
| 383563885 | Treasure Ships | A fleet of hundreds of ships set out to explore new lands under the ruling of Zhu di and Zheng heduring the Ming Dynasty. | 34 | |
| 383563886 | Vikings | A seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western from the eighth through the tenth century. | 35 | |
| 383563887 | Polynesian Migration | The Polynesians migrated eastward to Hawaii by boat to spread culture, bring a caste system, establish military and establish religion from the 600's-1300's. | 36 | |
| 383563888 | Spread of Islam | From 633 to 637, Muslims took Syria, Palestine and Mesopotamia. In 651, the Muslims conquered the Sassanids and Persia. By 718, Muslims controlled India and the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal). | 37 | |
| 383563889 | Mongol Empire | An empire founded in the 12th century by Genghis Khan, which reached its greatest territorial extent in the 13th century, encompassing the larger part of Asia and extending westward to the Dnieper River in eastern Europe. | 38 | |
| 383563890 | Effects of Mongol Rule | China was stripped of normal traditions and new ones were imposed on the people. Later they disposed of all Mongol influence. | 39 | |
| 383563891 | Guilds | Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests. Spread wealth and specialization. | 40 | |
| 383563892 | Islam and Women | Men were dominant but women could inherit land and own property. There was a limited number of wives a man could have, and Islam banned the killing of baby girls. | 41 | |
| 383563893 | Foot binding | This was a practice in chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household. Often done by the upper class | 42 | |
| 383563894 | Schism in Christianity | (1054) Event that precipitated the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches (led by the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius) and the Western Church (led by Pope Leo IX). | 43 | |
| 383563895 | Schism in Islam | (650s) The Shia and the Sunni split immediately following the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 632. | 44 | |
| 383563896 | Islam | The monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran. | 45 | |
| 383563897 | Neo-Confucianism | A term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatics. | 46 | |
| 383563898 | Griots | Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire. | 47 |
