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8023049282Baltic Sea0
8023049283Congo River1
8023049284Dnieper River2
8023049285Java Sea3
8023049286Lake Victoria4
8023049287Mekong River5
8023049288North Sea6
8023049289Sea of Japan7
8023049290Volga River8
8023049291Byzantine Empire9
8023049292Western Europe10
8023049293Mayan civilization delete11
8023049294Ghana Empire12
8023049295Mali Empire13
8023049296Songhai Empire14
8023049297Sui dynasty15
8023049298Tang dynasty16
8023049299Song dynasty17
8023049300Rashidun caliphate (Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs)18
8023049301Umayyad Empire19
8023049302Abbasid Empire20
8023049303Aztec Empire21
8023049304Inca Empire22
8023049306the americas23
8023049307africa24
8023049308europe25
8023049309ural mountains26
8023049310asia27
8023049311oceania28
8023049312north america29
8023049313latin america, caribbean, and mesoamerica30
8023049314mexico31
8023049315caribbean32
8023049316north africa33
8023049317west africa34
8023049318central africa35
8023049319southern africa36
8023049320east africa37
8023049321middle east38
8023049322central asia39
8023049323south asia40
8023049324east asia41
8023049325southeast asia42
8023049326NovgorodIdentify the City43
8023049327TimbuktuIdentify the City44
8023049328Swahili City-StatesIdentify the City45
8023049330CalicutIdentify the City46
8023049331BaghdadIdentify the City47
8023049332MelakaIdentify the City48
8023049333VeniceIdentify the City49
8023049334TenochtitlanIdentify the City50
8023049335CahokiaIdentify the City51
8023049338MesoamericaIdentify the Region52
8023049340Central Asian SteppeIdentify the Region53
8023049341PolynesiaIdentify the Region54
8023049342Sub-Saharan AfricaIdentify the Region55
8023049344Iberian PeninsulaIdentify the Region56
8023049345Grand CanalIdentify the Feature57
8023049346TangIdentify the Empire58
8023049347ByzantineIdentify the Empire59
8023049348CaliphateIdentify the Empire60
8023049349MongolIdentify the Empire61
8023049351MexicaIdentify the Empire62
8023049352IncaIdentify the Empire63
8023049353Aztec Empire established140064
8023049354Black Death in Europe1346-135065
8023049355Buddhism suppressed by Tang84566
8023049356Constantinople falls to Turks145367
80230493571st Crusade109568
8023049358Delhi Sultinate120669
8023049359Gunpowder invented100070
8023049360Ming expeditions1405-143371
8023049361Yuan dynasty1279-136872
8023049362Trans-Saharan trade300-50073
8023049363Song dynasty960-127974
8023049364Sui dynasty589-61875
8023049365Life of Muhammad570-63276
8023049366Inca established145077
8023049367Iconoclasm in Byzantine Empire726-84378
8023049368BedouinsSmall groups of nomadic people in Arabia79
8023049369Bushido"The way of the warrior"; Japanese word for the Samurai life ; Samurai moral code was based on loyalty, chivalry, martial arts, and honor until the death80
8023049372CrusadesA series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.81
8023049373Cyril and MethodiusByzantine missionary brothers who helped convert the Slavic peoples to Christianity, including the Croats, Serbs, and Bulgarians. They translated the Bible into the Slavic language82
8023049375"fictive kinship"condition in which people who are not biologically related behave as if they are relatives of a certain type83
8023049376"firestick farming"A manipulation of their environment by the Paleolithic peoples of Australia that involved controlled burns to clear underbrush.84
8023049380HadithsTraditions passed on about the sayings or actions of Muhammad and his immediate followers; hadiths rank second only to the Quran as a source of Islamic law.85
8023049381HajjA pilgrimage to Mecca, made as an objective of the religious life of a Muslim.86
8023049382HijraMuhammad's move to Medina. Start of the Islamic calendar (632 CE)87
8023049383HeianCapital city of Japan under the Yamato emperors, later called Kyoto; built in order to escape influence of Buddhist monks; patterned after ancient imperial centers of China; never fully populated88
8023049385Ibn 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.89
8023049386ImamsShi'a religious leaders who traced their descent to Ali's successors.90
8023049388Indian Ocean Trading NetworkArea where goods as far as from West Rome wre loaded into Chinese ships to be carried to East Asia. Included many luxury items, the links in this trading zone were critical to the expansion of Islam.91
8023049389JihadA holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal92
8023049390JizyaPoll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within a Muslim empire93
8023049391JurchenA nomadic people that established a state that included parts of northern China94
8023049392MonsoonsMajor winds in the Indian Ocean that blew into India for half the year, and blew away from India for the other half. Helped facilitate trade in the Indian Ocean.95
8023049393Neo-ConfucianismTerm 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 pragmatism96
8023049394Paleolithic persistenceThe continuance of gathering and hunting societies in substantial areas of the world despite millennia of agricultural advance97
8023049395PastoralismA type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.98
8023049397Sand RoadsThe system of roads that led across the Sahara desert in Africa. Used for trade through Africa.99
8023049398ShariaIslamic law; a combination of the Quran and the Hadith.100
8023049399Silk RoadsA system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods.101
8023049400Song Dynasty economice revolutionA major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty (960-1279ce) marked by rapid population growth, urbanization, economic specialization, the development of an immense network of internal waterways, and a great increase in industrial production and innovation. Lots of rice.102
8023049401SrivijayaA state based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, between the seventh and eleventh centuries C.E. It amassed wealth and power by a combination of selective adaptation of Indian technologies and concepts, and control of trade routes.103
8023049402SufisA mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life104
8023049403Third-wave civilizationsCivilizations that emerged between 500 and 1500 C.E. and were typified by intensifying trade networks.105
8023049404Tribute systemA 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 Chinese, Aztec, and Inca economies.106
8023049405Trung SistersLeaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule; revolt broke out in 39 c.e.; demonstrates importance of Vietnamese women in indigenous society.107
8023049406TurksA member of the Turkish-speaking ethnic group in Turkey, or, formerly, in the Ottoman Empire108
8023049409Indian Ocean Route109
8023049410Eurasian Trade Route110
8023049411Mediterranean Sea Trade Route111
8023049412Trans- Saharan Trade Route112
8023049413Silk Roads113
8023049414Novgorod (Russia)IMPORTS- spices, silk, steel, horses, jewels EXPORTS- furs, honey, wax, wool, linens, slaves114
8023049415Timbuktu (Africa)IMPORTS- textiles, horses EXPORTS- slat, gold, slaves115
8023049416Swahili City-States (Africa)IMPORTS- porcelain, jewelry, glass, textiles EXPORTS- ivory, exotic animals, gold, slaves, cotton, glass beads116
8023049417Hangzhou (China)IMPORTS- cotton, wool, ivory, gold, silver EXPORTS- silk, rice, spices, porcelain, tea, paper117
8023049418Calicut (India)IMPORTS- horses, glassware, porcelain, Satin EXPORTS- spices, jewels, gold, cotton, silk118
8023049419Baghdad (Arabia)IMPORTS- textiles, slaves, porcelain EXPORTS- textiles, leather, paper, books119
8023049420Melaka (Indonesia)IMPORTS- porcelain, paper, textiles, sugar, salt EXPORTS- rice, pepper, spices, tin, aromatic woods120
8023049421Venice (Italy)IMPORTS- spices, silk, jewels EXPORTS- metals, salt, wheat, wines, oils121
8023049422Bosporus, Dardenelles122
8023049423Hawaiian Islands123
8023049424Italian Peninsula124
8023049425Iberian Peninsula125
8023049426Java126
8023049427Madagascar127
8023049428Urals128
8023049429Afro-Eurasian Trade RoutesSilk Roads, etc.129
8023049430Catholic EuropeWestern Europe130
8023049431DeccanIndian Sultanates131
8023049432Muslim WorldMiddle East/Western Asia132
8023049433Orthodox EuropeEastern Europe133
8023049434SudanWest Africa134
8023049436Baghdad135
8023049438Cairo136
8023049440Constantinople137
8023049441Cordoba138
8023049442Guangzhou139
8023049443Hangzhou140
8023049444Heian141
8023049445Kilwa142
8023049447Mogadishu143
8023049448Novgorod144
8023049449Tenochtitlan145
8023049451Venice146
8023049454CaesaropapismA political theory in which the head of state, notably the Emperor, is also the supreme head of the church.147
8023049455CharlemagneCharlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was King of the Franks, the Caroligian Empire. He staged an imperial revivial in Western Europe.148
8023049458DhimmisA dhimmi refers to specific individuals living in Muslim lands, who were granted special status and safety in Islamic law in return for paying the capital tax.149
8023049461Foot BindingFoot binding was the custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth.150
8023049462Ghana, Mali, SonghayThree of the greatest western African trading states.151
8023049463GuildAssociations of artisans or merchants who control the practice of their craft in a particular town.152
8023049468IconoclasmThe rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical; practiced by the Byzantine Empire.153
8023049470Imams deleteA title of various Muslim leaders, especially of one succeeding Muhammad as leader of Shiite Islam.154
8023049471IndulgenceA grant by the pope of remission of the temporal punishment in purgatory still due for sins after absolution. The unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners was a widespread abuse during the later Middle Ages.155
8023049480Pure Land BuddhismA tradition of Buddhist teachings that are focused on Amitābha Buddha, which was popular after the rise of the Sui Dynasty.156
8023049491UlamaA body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology.157
8023049492UmmaThe whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.158
8023049493VikingsNorse seafarers, speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Scandinavian homelands across wide areas of northern, central and eastern Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.159
8023049496Islamic Caliphates160
8023049497Italian City States161
8023049498Japan162
8023049499Mongolian Empire163
8023049500Polynesia164
8023049501Swahili States165
8023049502Sui, Tang, Song Dynasties166
8023049503Toltecs167
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