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Musa ruler of the Mali Empire renowned for his immense wealth, cultural contributions, and significant impact he had on the spread of Islam in West Africa
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Black Death a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history
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an instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars
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Bubonic Plague Mongol conquests brought fleas that carried the bubonic plague to Asia and Europe
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Saddle saddles developed by South Arabians as the use of the camel spread
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Diffusion the spread of ideas, religions and products often resulting from trade
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Ships Arab ships with lateen sails; strongly influenced European ship design; facilitated trade in the Indian Ocean networks
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Khan name meaning “ruler of all” given to Temujin when he was elected khan of Mongolian Kingdom
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Money a system of credit developed in China that allowed a person to deposit money at one location and withdraw it at another
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Chinese sailing ship that developed during the Song Dynasty
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trading city located at the western edge of China where northern and southern routes of the Silk Roads crossed
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Sail triangular shaped sail that could catch wind from many different directions
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Compass navigation tool for determining direction that allowed ships to travel without following the coast
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Mongolica the period of Mongolian peace between the 13th and 14th centuries
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located in present-day Uzbekistan in the Zeravshan River valley, this city was a stopping point on the Silk Roads between China and the Mediterranean
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Kingdom an Islamic empire established in the 1400s after the decline of the Mali Empire in West Africa
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a very wealthy and world-renowned center for Islamic learning
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Horde Batu’s army that pushed westward through Russia and then into Europe
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the capital of the eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and later the Ottoman Empire
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Hulegu’s medieval Mongol state that ruled over Persia, Mesopotamia, and parts of the Caucasus and Anatolia, blending Mongol and Islamic cultures while serving as a regional power in the 13th to 14th centuries
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Russian city-state that collected additional tributes to build an anti-Mongol coalition that defeated the Golden Horde in 1380 at the Battle of Kulikovo
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Dynasty Chinese dynasty from 1368-1644 founded by Zhu Yuanzhang after the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty
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Kempe an English mystic who dedicated one of the earliest autobiographies in English. The book is significant because it’s a first-hand account of a middle-class medieval woman’s life
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Desert large desert in northern Africa with an arid climate that make farming nearly impossible
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Weapons portable towers and catapults
