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| 11827648371 | Age set | Among the Masai, a group of boys united by a common initiation ceremony, who then moved together through the various "age-grades," or ranks, of Masai life. | 0 | |
| 11827648372 | Black Death | Name later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague | 1 | |
| 11827648373 | Chinggis Khan | Title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols. | 2 | |
| 11827648374 | fictive kinship | Common form of tribal bonding in nomadic societies in which allies are designated and treated as blood relatives. | 3 | |
| 11827648375 | Ghazan Khan | Il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia who ruled from 1295 to 1304; he is noted for his efforts to repair the Mongol damage to Persia. | 4 | |
| 11827648376 | Hulegu Khan | Grandson of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia. | 5 | |
| 11827648377 | Karakorum | Capital of the Mongol Empire. | 6 | |
| 11827648378 | Khagan | Supreme ruler of a Turkic nomadic confederation. | 7 | |
| 11827648379 | Khanbalik | City of the khan- founded as new capital city for Mongols after their conquest of China; now city of Beijing. | 8 | |
| 11827648380 | Khubilai Khan | Grandson of Chinggis Khan ruled China from 1271-1294 | 9 | |
| 11827648381 | Kipchak Khanate | Name given to Russia by Mongols after conquered and incorporated it into Mongol Empire mid-thirteenth century; known to Russians as "Khanate of the Golden Horde." | 10 | |
| 11827648382 | Masai | Nomadic cattle-keeping people in Kenya and Tanzania. | 11 | |
| 11827648383 | Modun | Great ruler of Xiongnu Empire (r. 210-174 b.c.e.) created a centralized and hierarchical political system. | 12 | |
| 11827648384 | Mongol world war | describes half century of military campaigns, massive killing, and empire building - Chinggis Khan and successors in Eurasia (cf. 1209). | 13 | |
| 11827648385 | Pastoralism | People depended on herding of domesticated animals for their food. | 14 | |
| 11827648386 | Temujin | Mongol leader's birth name known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227). | 15 | |
| 11827648387 | Turks | from Central Asia - originally nomads, spread westward into Near East and India; created series of nomadic empires (552- 965 C.E.) dominant in Islamic heartland. founded states and empires | 16 | |
| 11827648388 | Xiongnu | Mongolian steppe lands north of China formed a large-scale nomadic empire in third and second centuries B.C.E. | 17 |
