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| 96676103 | Abbasid Dynasty | succeeded Umayyads as caliphs, 750 | 0 | |
| 96676104 | Abu Bakr | Muhammad's father in law, first caliph 632-634 | 1 | |
| 96676105 | Al-Ghazali | Brilliant Islamic theologian, fused Greek and Qur'anic traditions | 2 | |
| 96676106 | Al-Mahdi | 3rd Abbasid caliph failed to resolve problem of succession | 3 | |
| 96676107 | Allah | supreme God in monotheistic Islam | 4 | |
| 96676108 | Almohadis | a puritanical reformist movement in northern Africa after the Almoravids | 5 | |
| 96676109 | Almoravids | a puritanical reformist movement in northern Africa, controlled gold trade across sahara and conquered Ghana | 6 | |
| 96676110 | Bedouin | Nomadic pastoralists of Arabian peninsula | 7 | |
| 96676111 | Belisarius | one of Justinian's most important military commanders while reconquering Europe in North Africa and Italy | 8 | |
| 96676112 | Benin | powerful city state that remained free of European influence | 9 | |
| 96676113 | Bhaktic cults | Hindu groups dedicated to gods and goddesses, stressed importance of emotional bonds, worshipped Shiva and Vishnu | 10 | |
| 96676114 | Black Death | plague that struck Europe in 14th century, killed 1/3 of the population | 11 | |
| 96676115 | Boyars | Russian aristocrats with less power than Western counterparts | 12 | |
| 96676116 | Buyids | regional splinter dynasty, captured Baghdad, ruled Abbasid Empire under name "sultan" | 13 | |
| 96676117 | Caliph | political and religious successor of Muhammad | 14 | |
| 96676118 | Calpulli | clans in Aztec society, controlled and distributed land among residential groups | 15 | |
| 96676119 | Carolingians | royal house of Franks after 8th century | 16 | |
| 96676120 | Charlemagne | Charles the Great, Carolingian monarch, established empire in France and Germany | 17 | |
| 96676121 | Charles Martel | grandfather of Charlemagne, ruler of the Franks 714-741 | 18 | |
| 96676122 | Chinampas | framed floating farmland in lakes used for agriculture by Aztecs | 19 | |
| 96676123 | Clovis | early Frankish king who converted them to Christianity | 20 | |
| 96676124 | Chinggis Khan | led quest for land in north China and into the Muslim world | 21 | |
| 96676125 | Copts | christian sects of egypt who supported Islamic rule | 22 | |
| 96676126 | Crusades | military adventures led by European Christians to free holy land of Muslim rule, captured Jerusalem once and introduced many Islamic ideas to Europe | 23 | |
| 96676127 | Cyril and Methodius | missionary from Byzantine Empire to convert Russia and Bulkans to Orthodox Christianity, responsible for cyrillic (slavic) writing | 24 | |
| 96676128 | Dhimmi | people of the book, including Hindus and Buddhists | 25 | |
| 96676129 | Dhows | Arab sailing vessels with triangular sails | 26 | |
| 96676130 | Feudalism | social organization with lords knights peasants and oaths of allegiance and loyalty in Europe and Zhou empire | 27 | |
| 96676131 | Great Zimbabwe | Bantu confederation of Shona speaking peoples between Zambezi and Limpopo rivers with stone buildings and centralized state | 28 | |
| 96676132 | Greek Fire | Byzantine weapon of chemicals that ignited when exposed to water used to drive away Arab fleets from Constantinople | 29 | |
| 96676133 | Gregory VII | pope who attempted to free church of interference from feudal lords | 30 | |
| 96676134 | Griots | oral historians in Mali Empire who were advisors and keepers to the king | 31 | |
| 96676135 | Guilds | Sworn associations of people in the same business or trade in a single city, guaranteed good workmanship | 32 | |
| 96676136 | Hadiths | traditions of the prophet Muhammad | 33 | |
| 96676137 | Hagia Sophia | new church built in constantinople during reign of Justinian | 34 | |
| 96676138 | Harun al-Rashid | caliph of Baghdad 786-809, one of the greatest Abbasids, almost a legendary hero in Arabian Nights | 35 | |
| 96676139 | Huacas | sacred spirits and powers in caves, mountains, rivers, typical of Andean societies | 36 | |
| 96676140 | Hausa | member of an indigenous people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger strongly influenced by Islam | 37 | |
| 96676141 | Huitzilopochthi | Aztec tribal patron God, central figure of human sacrifice and warfare, sun god | 38 | |
| 96676142 | Hulegu | ruler of Ilkhan Khanate, grandson of Chinggis Khan captured and destroyed Baghdad | 39 | |
| 96676143 | Hundred Years War | war between England and France in 14th and 15th centuries over English lands in France and feudal rights | 40 | |
| 96676144 | Ibn Batuta | Arabic traveler who described African societies and cultures | 41 | |
| 96676145 | Ifriqiya | Arabic term for eastern and north Africa | 42 | |
| 96676146 | Investiture | state appointment of bishops, stopped by Gregory VII and led to war with Henry IV | 43 | |
| 96676147 | Jizya | tax paid by all non Muslims in Islamic territory | 44 | |
| 96676148 | Juula | Malinke merchants that formed a small partnership to carry out trade throughout Mali Empire | 45 | |
| 96676149 | Kabir | Muslim mystic during 15th century, played down ritual differences between Hinduism and Islam | 46 | |
| 96676150 | Khadijah | First wife of Muhammad, who worked for her as a trader | 47 | |
| 96676151 | Kiev | Trade city in south Russia established by Scandinavian traders and eventually focal point of Russia | 48 | |
| 96676152 | Kongo | Kingdom based on agriculture with capital at Mlbanza Kongo | 49 | |
| 96676153 | Maghrib | Arabic word for western north Africa | 50 | |
| 96676154 | Magna Carta | great charter used by lords agains King John to confirm feudal rights over monarchial claims | 51 | |
| 96676155 | Mahmud of Ghazni | Thrid ruler of Turkish slave dynasty in Afghanistan, led invasions into India and gave Muslims a reputation of intolerance and aggression | 52 | |
| 96676156 | Malacca | Portugese factory or fortified trade town on Malayan peninsula in southern Asia | 53 | |
| 96676157 | Mamluks | Muslim slave warriors, established a dynasty in Egypt, defeated Mongols at Ain Jalut and halted advance | 54 | |
| 96676158 | Manorialism | system of economic and political relations between lords and peasants in a hierarchy of obligations that exchanged labor or rents for access to land | 55 | |
| 96676159 | Mansa Musa | first Muslim ruler of Mali empire, brought it to its height,Timbuktu established as trade center, made pilgrimage to Mecca and brought fame to Mali and tons of gold that devalued it in Egypt | 56 | |
| 96676160 | Mawali | non Arab converts to Muslim | 57 | |
| 96676161 | Mira Bai | Hindu writer of religious poetry and reflected openness of bhaktic cults to women | 58 | |
| 96676162 | Mita | labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion by all communities in Inca imperial control | 59 | |
| 96676163 | Mongols | central Asian nomads, captured Baghdad and killed last Abbasid caliph | 60 | |
| 96676164 | Mu'awiya | leader of the Umayyad clan and first Umayyad caliph following civil war with Ali | 61 | |
| 96676165 | Muhammad ibn Qasim | Arab general, conquered Sind in India and declared the region and the Indus River Valley to be part of the Umayyad Empire | 62 | |
| 96676166 | Muhammad of Ghur | military commander of Persian extraction who ruled a small mountain kingdom in Afghanistan that brought much of the Indus river valley, Sind, and northwest India under his control | 63 | |
| 96676167 | Nok | culture featuring highly developed art style in the forests of Nigeria | 64 | |
| 96676168 | Parliaments | bodies representing privileged groups and implemented feudal principle of rulers consulting with vassals | 65 | |
| 96676169 | Peter Abelard | French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian with an important affair | 66 | |
| 96676170 | Pochteca | special merchant class in Aztec society specializing in long distance trade | 67 | |
| 96676171 | Quipu | system of knotted strings used by Incas in place of writing and accounting | 68 | |
| 96676172 | Rurik | legendary Scandinavian regarded as founder of the first kingdom of Russia based in Kiev | 69 | |
| 96676173 | Sahel | extensive grassland at the southern edge of Sahara | 70 | |
| 96676174 | Saladin | Muslim leader in the last decades of the 12th century, reconquered most of the crusader posts for Islam | 71 | |
| 96676175 | Scholasticism | dominant medieval philosophical approach, used logic to solve theological problems | 72 | |
| 96676176 | Seljuk Turks | Nomadic invaders from central Asia via Persia, ruled in the name of Abbasid caliphs mid 11th century | 73 | |
| 96676177 | Serfs | peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system | 74 | |
| 96676178 | Sharia | Islamic law, defined the patrilineal nature of Islamic inheritance | 75 | |
| 96676179 | Split Inheritance | Inca practice of decent all titles and political power to one successor and wealth and land to another | 76 | |
| 96676180 | Stateless societies | African societies organized with kinship lacking political power and authority | 77 | |
| 96676181 | Sundiata | "lion prince" and a member of the Keita clan that created the Mali Empire | 78 | |
| 96676182 | Tambos | stations used by Incan military as inns and storehouses located along roads, held supplies and relay points for messengers | 79 | |
| 96676183 | Tatars | Mongols, captured Russian cities and largely destroyed Kievan state in 1236, left orthodoxy and aristocracy in tact | 80 | |
| 96676184 | Tenochtitlan | founded on marshy island in lake Texcoco, became center of Aztec power, joined with Tlacopan and Texcoco in 1434 to form a triple alliance that controlled most of central America | 81 | |
| 96676185 | Thomas Aquinas | Saint Thomas(the Angelic Doctor) Italian scholastic philosopher and major theologian of Catholic Church | 82 | |
| 96676186 | Timbuktu | port city of Mali, had library and university and 50,000 people | 83 | |
| 96676187 | Toltec Culture | succeeded Teotihuacan culture in Mexico, strongly militaristic including human sacrifice | 84 | |
| 96676188 | Ulama | orthodox religious scholars within Islam for a more conservative and restrictive theology, opposed non-Islamic ideas and scientific thinking | 85 | |
| 96676189 | Umayyad | clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca, later establish dynasty as rulers of Islam | 86 | |
| 96676190 | Umma | community of the faithful within Islam, created degree of political unity | 87 | |
| 96676191 | Urban II | called first crusade in 1095, appealed to Christians to free holy land from Muslims | 88 | |
| 96676192 | Vassals | members of the military elite who received land from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 89 | |
| 96676193 | Vikings | seagoing Scandinavian raiders who disrupted coastal areas of Western Europe | 90 | |
| 96676194 | Vladimir I | ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev, converted kingdom to christianity | 91 | |
| 96676195 | Wazir | chief administrative official under Abbasid caliphate, initially from Persian provinces | 92 | |
| 96676196 | William the Conqueror | invaded England from Normandy and extended tight feudal system to England with centralized monarchy | 93 | |
| 96676197 | Yoruba | city states developed in northern Nigeria 1200, Ile-Ife featured artistic style possibly related to earlier Nok culture, agricultural societies supported by peasantry and dominated by ruling family | 94 | |
| 96676198 | Zakat | tax for charity, obligatory for all Muslims | 95 |
