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6805359198bantua group of Niger-Congo languages spoken in central and southern Africa (including Swahili and Zulu)0
6805359199Bedouinsnomadic peoples of the Arabian peninsula (pre-Islam)1
6805359200the Black Deathalso known as the Bubonic Plague, this epidemic spread throughout Afro-Eurasia, facilitated by trade2
6805359201Buddhist Sectsprimary examples: Jain, Chan, pure-land, Zen,3
6805359202the Bushido Codethe code of honor and loyalty mandatory for all bushi and samurai in Japan4
6805359203Caliphatea form of Islamic government led by a caliph5
6805359204Chinampathe Aztec floating gardens6
6805359205Chivalrythe code of loyalty and honor mandatory for knights in western European feudalism7
6805359206Christendomthe Christian world as a whole8
6805359207Civil Service Exam Systemdeveloped under Han China, was the system for determining the appointments of administrators based on knowledge rather than familial ties.9
6805359208Conversionexchanging your religious beliefs for another10
6805359209Crusadesa series of religious wars led by Christians and Muslims in attempt to regain "the holy land" (Jerusalem)11
6805359210Daimyowarlord rulers of small states following civil war and disruption of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japanese feudalism12
6805359211Dar al-Islaman area of the world under the rule of Islam13
6805359212Diffusion of scientific and technological traditionsthe spread and commercialization of new technologies and innovations, facilitated by the trans-continental trade routes14
6805359213Entrepota port of city center of trade15
6805359214Feudalism/decentralized governmenta system of government in which small estates were privately run with certain positions in a hierarchy, present in both Western Europe and Japan16
6805359215Fiefsan estate of land in a feudal system17
6805359216Gentrypeople of good social position, typically the well educated scholars in China18
6805359217Grand Canal in Chinabuilt during the Sui dynasty, connected China and its waterways, facilitated trade19
6805359218Guildssworn associations of people in the same business in Western Europe20
6805359219Hajjthe Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca21
6805359220Hanseatic Leaguean organization of cities in northern Germany and southern Scandanavia, encouraged trade22
6805359221Holy Roman EmpireThe empire set up in western Europe following the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor in the year 800. It was created by the medieval papacy in an attempt to unite Christendom under one rule.23
6805359222Khan/Khanatesthe leader or form of leadership in the Mongol empire24
6805359223Little Ice Agea period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period25
6805359224Magna Cartacharter issued by King John of England, protected feudal lords' power26
6805359225Manorialisma system of economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers during the Middle Ages27
6805359226Mit'aMit'a was mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire28
6805359227monsoonsthe seasonal winds that blew across the Indian subcontinent, facilitated trade29
6805359228Neo-Confucianismrevived ancient Confucian scholar religion in the Song era of China30
6805359229nobilitythe group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a hereditary or honorary title31
6805359230Papacythe class/groups of the Roman Catholic popes32
6805359231quiputhe record keeping system of the Incas, a system of knotted strings33
6805359232samuraithe mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders34
6805359233serfdomthe state of being a serf or feudal laborer35
6805359234shariaIslamic canonical law based on the teachings of the Koran and the traditions of the Prophet36
6805359235Shiathe Islamic sect that supported Ali37
6805359236Sufithe Islamic mystics38
6805359237Sultanan Islamic leader in India in the Delhi Sultanate39
6805359238Sunnian Islamic sect the supported the Umayyad40
6805359239Swahilithe culture/language of south-eastern coast of Africa41
6805359240terrace farminga method of farming in which one cuts a groove along the side of a large slope to increase irrigation; used by the Incan empire42
6805359241tribute systemthe system in which a large empire controls a state, but leaves it be as long as the state pays a large sum of money and admits submission43
6805359242Ulamathe orthodox religious scholars of Islam44
6805359243Vassalsmembers of the military elite in western European feudalism45
6805359244Vikingsthe Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th-11th centuries.46

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