Ch.18-22 vocab

Question 0

Golden Horde

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mongol tribe that controlled Russia from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries

Question 1

Bubonic Plague

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epidemic that swept Eurasia, causing devastating population loss description. Known as the black death in Europe after 1350 CE

Question 2

Ottoman Empire

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powerful Turkish Empire that lasted from the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 until 1918 and reached it’s peak during the reign of Süleyman the magnificent

Question 3

Timur-i Lang

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“Timur the Lame”, known in English as Tamerlane who conquered an empire ranging from the Black Sea to Samarkand

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Yuan

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Chinese dynasty that was founded by the Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan

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Ghana

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Kingdom in west Africa during the fifth through the 13th centuries who’s rulers eventually convert to Islam; it’s power and wealth was based on dominating trans Saharan trade

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Kingdom of Congo

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Kingdom dominating small states along the Congo River that maintained effective, centralized government and a royal currency until the 17th century

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Mali

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African kingdom founded in the 13th century by Sundiata; it reached it’s peak during the reign of Mansa Musa

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Stateless Society

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Terms relating to societies such as those of sub-Saharan Africa after the Bantu migrations that featured decentralize rule through the family and kinship groups instead of strong centralized hierarchies

Question 9

Swahili

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African city state society that dominate the coast from Mogadishu to kilwa and was active in trade

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Zimbabwe

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Former colony of southern Rhodesia that gained independence in 1980

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Fief

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A grand of land from a lord to a vassal

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Guilds

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Socially significant groups of craftspeople who regulated the production, sale, and qualify of manufactured goods

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Hanseatic Leaguep

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Association of trading cities in Northern Europe linked by major rivers to the Mediterranean

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Aztec Empire

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Central American Empire constructed by the Mexico and expanded greatly during the 15th century during the reigns of itzcoatl and motecuzoma

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Chinampas

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Style of agriculture used by Aztecs in which fertile muck from Lake bottoms was dredged and build up into small plots

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Inca empire

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Powerful South American empire that would reach its peak in the 15th century during the reigns of Pachacuti and topa inca

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Quipu

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Incan mnemonic aid compromised difference colored string and knots that served to record events in the absence of the written text

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Tenochtitlan

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Capital of the Aztec empire (mex city)

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Toltecs

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Central American society that was centered around the city of Tula

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Yucatan

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Peninsula in the Central America, home of maya

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Eunuchs

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Castrated male originally in charge of the harem who grew to play major role in government eunuchs was common in China an other societies

Question 22

Ibn battuta

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An Islamic scholar who served as quadi to the sultan of Delhi and offered counsel to Muslim rulers in west Africa

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Melaka

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Powerful Islamic state of the 15th century in southeast Asia

Question 24

Quadis

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Islamic judges