Mayans
A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics, architecture, and a 365 day a year calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries C.E..
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mass production
The manufacturing of products on a large scale, usually through the use of machines.
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Marshall Plan
Economic aid from the United States used to rebuild Europe after World War II. Named after United States Secretary of State George Marshall.
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market economy
An economy based on free trade and supply and demand.
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manorialism
Economic portion of feudalism where all aspects of life were centered on the lordﾒs manor including peasant villages, a church, farm land, a mill, and the lord's castle or manor house.
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Mali
One of the west African Trading Kingdoms. They were rich in gold and established a vast trading network across the Sahara desert. Greatest ruler was Mansa Musa, who converted to Islam and made a famous pilgrimage.
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Louis XVI
(1754-1793) King of France between 1774 and 1792. He was overthrown during the French Revolution and later beheaded.
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Long March
March the Mao Zedong and his Communist Party underwent to avoid being captured and killed by Chinaﾒs Nationalist Party.
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Lenin, Vladimir
(1870-1924) Russian revolutionary leader and political theorist. He was the first leader of the new communist government of Soviet Russia. Later, he was also the first leader of the Soviet Union, which was composed of most of the republics of the former Russian Empire.
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legislative
Relating to a system that makes laws.
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