A magnificent tomb built by the Indian ruler Shah Jahan in memory of his wife.
Taj Mahal
100
An Empire in Western Africa
Mali
100
A period in European history that lasted from about 500 to about 1500
Middle Ages
100
The intellectual and economic movement that began in the mid-1400s and lasted until the 1600s that saw a revived interest in art, social, scientific, and political thoughts of ancient Greece and Rome
Renaissance
200
An Ancient Greek stadium used for horse and chariot racing.
Hippodrome
200
Mongolian leader who united the nomadic tribes of northern Asia to form a united Mongolia.
Ghengis Khan
200
Any number of Languages with word similarities in Africa.
Bantu
200
A continent to the north of Africa, connected to Asia in western Russia.
Europe
200
The Religious movement in Europe that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic church, but led to the establishment of Protestantism.
Reformation
300
Laws of the ancient romans collected by the Byzantine scholars and organized into a code of laws for the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian.
Justinian Code
300
According to Hindu Rights, a God-King.
Deva-Raja
300
A professional storyteller from Africa.
Griot
300
An English charter (1215) that limited royal power
Magna Carta
300
To travel around the world
Circumnavigate
400
The Holy book of Islam.
Quran
400
A member of the Japanese Warrior class
Samurai
400
A culture and language that combines African and Arabic cultures and languages.
Swahili
400
A social, political, and economic system used in the middle ages
Feudalism
400
The transfer of goods and diseases from Europe to America and American items back to Europe
Colombian Exchange
500
An instrument used by navigators to determine latitude.
Astrolabe
500
A high-ranking military commander in Japan
Shogun
500
The Ethiopian dynasty that took over the Zagwe Dynasty and lasted from 1270 to 1974.
Solomonid Dynasty
500
An epidemic spread to humans by fleas from Rats
Bubonic Plague
500
A system in which a country uses it’s colonies to obtain raw material, makes products from raw materials, and then sells the goods back to the colonists.