AP World History Chapter 11 Flashcards

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