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  1. 1. A West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591; led by Sunni Ali
  2. 3. The second largest continent with roughly 10% of the world's population
  3. 9. The belief that natural objects have spirits / the Circle of Life
  4. 12. Gold and salt were the main trade items, other items were cloth, copper, silver and slaves
  5. 13. Gap separating the Hindu Kush Mts. and the Himalayas. - Significance: The best land route between India and Pakistan
  6. 15. (1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.
  7. 16. Merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China stimulated interest in Asian trade.
  8. 19. Earth's largest desert, stretching across most of North Africa
  9. 21. The larger of the two main branches of Islam
  10. 22. Also known as Temujin; he united the Mongol tribes into an unstoppable fighting force; created largest single land empire in history.
  11. 27. The Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, founding of Islam
  12. 28. Large grassland that is home to many African people and animals
  13. 30. Khanate of the Middle East
  14. 32. Nomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam.
  15. 34. The head of a Bedouin / Arab tribe
  16. 36. Muslim dynasty that ruled much of present-day India from 1526 to 1857
  17. 37. Islamic state in northern India established by Mahmud's successors in 1206 C.E. that began to establish the presence of Islam on the Indian subcontinent.
  18. 38. (Timur Lenk) Ruler of a Mongol state based in Samarqand. Descendant of Genghis Khan. His empire became an area of great cultural growth
  19. 39. Early African Empire - traded Ivory - extensive coverage of the Red Sea and East coast, Horn of Africa, near Middle East - near Kush
  20. 40. Fought between Richard the Lion-Hearted and Saladin (ended in a truce)
  21. 41. A social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
  22. 43. A high area of land at the center of the Indian subcontinent between the Western & Eastern Ghat mountain ranges
  23. 44. First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast. gold and salt trade.
  24. 45. Ruled as great prince and first ruler of the independent state called Russia after defeating the Golden Horde
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  1. 2. A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade, farming, and mining.
  2. 4. Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire
  3. 5. Mongol khanate that was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam. Also known as the Kipchak Khanate.
  4. 6. Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.
  5. 7. Time of artistic and intellectual growth in Asia / Astronomy, Architecture and Math
  6. 8. The period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire.
  7. 10. Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Genghis Khan.
  8. 11. A major African language family. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa that spread their culture.
  9. 14. Indian writer /wrote The Adventures of the Ten Princes about men searching for love and power
  10. 17. A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Lands
  11. 18. People from Central Asia that united and ended up creating the largest single land empire in history.
  12. 20. Islamic law
  13. 23. Insects that caused sickness and hindered European exploration of Africa
  14. 24. A seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons, particularly in India
  15. 25. Area ruled by a Muslim caliph
  16. 26. The second largest branch within Islam
  17. 29. Muslim shrine in Jerusalem containing the rock from which Mohammad is believed to have risen to heaven; Jews believe Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac on the rock
  18. 31. Followers of the religion of Islam
  19. 33. A Bantu language with Arabic words, spoken along the East African coast
  20. 35. Chinese dynasty that replaced the Mongols Yuan Dynasty
  21. 39. An instrument developed by Muslim scholars to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars
  22. 42. The kingdom in West Africa that followed the Kingdom of Ghana; its wealth is also based on trans-Saharan trade; included a powerful leader named Mansa Musa