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Ka’aba
A black stone or meteorite that became the most revered shrine in Arabia before the introduction of Islam; situated in Mecca, it later was incorporated in the Islamic faith
Syncretism
A blend of two or more cultures or cultural traditions
Austronesian
A branch of languages originating in Oceania
Hadith
A collection of the sayings and deeds of Mohammed
Magna Carta
A document written in England in 1215 that granted certain rights to nobles; later these rights came to be extended to all classes
Harem
A household of wives and concubines in the Middle East, Africa, or Asia
Daimyo
A Japanese Feudal lord in charge of an army of samurai
Chivalry
A knight's code of honor in medieval Europe
Mita
A labor system used by Andean societies in which community member shared work owed to rulers and the \n religious community
Maori
A member of a Polynesian group that settled in New Zealand about 800 C.E.
Bakufu
A military government established in Japan after the Gempei Wars; the emperor became a fiugurehead while \n real power was concentrated in the military, including the samurai
Khan
A Mongol ruler
Astrolabe
A navigational instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars
Serf
A peasant who is bound to the land he or she works
Neo-Confucianism
A philosophy that blended Confucianism and Buddhist thought
Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide \n protection
Parliament
A representative assembly, most notably in England
Kowtow
A ritualistic bow practiced in the Chinese court
Caravel
A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations
Stateless society
A society that is based on the authority of kinship groups rather than on a central government
Quipus
A system of knotted cords of different sizes and colors used by the Incas for keeping records
Manorialism
A system of self-sufficient estates that arose in medieval Europe
Zakat
A tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of the poor: the third of the Pillars of Islam
People of the book
A term applied by Islamic governments to Muslims, Christians, and Jews in reference to the fact that all three \n religions had a holy book
Minaret
A tower attached to a mosque from which Muslims are called to worship
Lateen sails
A triangular sail attached to a short mast
Age grade
Age groups into which children were placed in Bantu Societies of early sub-Saharan Arica; Children within the \n age grade were given responsibilities and privileges suitable for their age and in this manner were prepared for \n adult responsibilities.
Abacus
An ancient Chinese counting device that used rods on which were mounted movable counters
Tea ceremony
An ancient Shinto ritual still performed in the traditional Japanese capital of Kyoto
Quechua
An Andean society also known as the Inca
Perspective
An artistic technique commonly used in Renaissance painting that gave a three-dimensional appearance to works of art
Sultan
An Islamic ruler
Gothic architecture
Architecture of twelfth-century Europe, featuring stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, tall spires, and \n pointed arches
Arabesque
Artwork first seen in Muslim lands. A type of curvilinear decoration in painting, metalwork, etc., with intricate \n intertwining leaf, flower, animal, or geometrical designs
Calpulli
Aztec clans that supplied labor and warriors to leaders
Toltecs
Central American society that was centered around the city of Tula
Ming dynasty
Chinese dynasty founded by Hongwu and known for its cultural brilliance
Yuan dynasty
Chinese dynasty that was founded by the Mongolian ruler Kublai Khan
Celadon
Chinese porcelain that has a pale, green, translucent glaze
Mississippians
First society people located in central North America
Five pillars
Five practices required of Muslim; faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage
Foot binding
In China, a method of breaking and binding women's feet; seen as a sign of beauty and social position, foot binding also confined women to the household.
Ayllus
In Incan society, a clan or community that worked together on projects required by the ruler
Parallel descent
In Incan society, descent through both the father and mother
Fief
In medieval Europe, a grant of land given in exchange for military, or other services
Benefice
In medieval Europe, a grant of land or other privilege to a vassal
Vassal
In medieval Europe, a person who pledged military or other service to a lord in exchange for a gift of land or other privilege
Jihad
Islamic holy war
Junks
Large Chinese sailing ships especially designed for long-distance travel during the Tang and Song Dynasties
Flying money
Letters of Credit issued in place of coins
Shogun
Military leader under the bakufu
Sufis
Muslims who attempt to reach Allah through mysticism
Bantu-speaking peoples
Name given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples whose migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa
Muslim
One who submits; a follower of Islam
Medieval
Pertaining to the Middle Ages of European history
Chinampas
Platforms of twisted vines and mud that served the Aztecs as floating gardens and extended their agricultural land
Chimor
Pre-Incan South American society that fell to Incas in the fifteenth century
Bushi
Regional military leaders in Japan who ruled small kingdoms from fortresses
Malay sailors
Southeast Asian sailors who traveled the Indian Ocean; by 500 C.E. they had colonized Madagascar, introducing the cultivation of the banana
Griots
Storytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and histories
Middle kingdom
Term applied to the rich agricultural lands of the Yangtze River valley under the Zhou dynasty
Kamikaze
The "divine wind" credited by the Japanese with preventing the Mongol invasion of Japan during the thirteenth century
Battle of Tours
The 732 battle that halted the advance of Muslim armies into Europe at a point in northern France
Investiture
The authority claimed by monarchs to appoint church officials
Shariah
The body of law that governs Muslim society
Sunni
The branch of Islam that believes that the Muslim community should select its leaders; the Sunnis are the largest branch of Islam
Shi'ite
The branch of Islam that holds that the leader of Islam must be a descendant of Muhammad's family
Caliph
The chief Muslim political and religious leader
Scholar-gentry
The Chinese class of well-educated men from whom many bureaucrats were chosen
Bushido
The code of honor of the samurai in Japan
Umma
The community of Muslim believers
Moldboard plow
The curved metal plate in a plow that turns over an earth from the furrow
Black death
The European name for the outbreak of the bubonic plague that spread across Asia, Europe, and North Africa in the Fourteenth century
Hijah
The flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina, the first year in the Muslim calendar
Allah
The god of Muslims; Arabic word for “god”
Metropolitan
The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Quran
The holy book of Islam
Ramadan
The holy month of Islam which commemorates the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Muhammad; fasting is required during this month
Dar al-Islam
The House of Islam; a term representing the political and religious unity of the various Islamic groups
Mosque
The house of worship of followers of Islam
Seppuku
The Japanese practice of ritual suicide
Samurai
The military class of feudal Japan
Anasazi
The name given to the pueblo dwelling natives in the South-west North American continent
Mexica
The name given to themselves by the Aztec people
Tribute
The payment of a tax in the form of goods and labor by subject peoples
Mongol peace
The period from about 1250 to 1350 in which the Mongols ensured the safety of Eurasian trade and travel
Middle Ages
The period of European history traditionally given as 500 to 1500
Hajj
The pilgrimage to the Ka'aba in Mecca required once of every Muslim who was not limited by health or financial restrictions
Excommunication
The practice of the Roman Catholic and other Christian churches of prohibiting participation in the sacraments to those who do not comply with the church teachings or practices
Renaissance
The revival of learning in Europe beginning about 1300 and continuing to about 1600
Shogunate
The rule of the shoguns
Inca
The ruler of the Quechua people of the west coast of South America; the term is also applied to the Quechua people as a whole
Steppe diplomacy
The skill of political survival and dominance in the world of steppe nomads; it involved the knowledge of tribal and clan structure and often used assassinations to accomplish its goals
Shinto
The traditional Japanese religion based on veneration of ancestors and spirits of nature
Moundbuilders
The various American tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and the southeastern U.S.
Mamluks
Turkic military slaves who formed part of the army of the Abbasid Caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries; they founded their own state in Egypt and Syria from the thirteenth to the early sixteenth centuries
Gempei wars
Wars in Japan that pitted the Samurai against the peasants
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