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AP World History - Chapter 12

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"age-set"
Among the Masai, a group of boys united by a common initiation ceremony, who then moved together through the various "age-grades," or ranks, of Masai life.
Black Death
Name later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague.
Chinggis Khan
Title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols. (pron. CHENG-iz KAHN)
"fictive kinship"
Common form of tribal bonding in nomadic societies in which allies are designated and treated as blood relatives.
Ghazan Khan
Il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia who ruled from 1295 to 1304; he is noted for his efforts to repair the Mongol damage to Persia. (pron. HAZ-zan KAHN)
Hulegu Khan
Grandson of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia. (pron. hoo-LAY-goo KAHN)
Karakorum
Capital of the Mongol Empire. (pron. kah-rah-KOR-um)
khagan
Supreme ruler of a Turkic nomadic confederation. (pron. KAH-gahn)
Khanbalik
The "city of the khan," founded as a new capital city for the Mongols after their conquest of China; now the
city of Beijing. (pron. kahn-BAL-ik)
Khubilai Khan
Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294. (pron. KOO-bihlie KAHN)
Kipchak Khanate
Name given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century; known to Russians as the "Khanate of the Golden Horde." (pron. KIP-chak KAHN-ate)
Masai
Nomadic cattle-keeping people of what is now Kenya and Tanzania. (pron. mah-SIGH)
Modun
Great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r.210-174B.C.E.) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system.(pron. moe-DOON)
the Mongol world war
Term used to describe half a century of military campaigns, massive killing, and empire building pursued by Chinggis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209.
pastoralism
Way of life in which people depend on the herding of domesticated animals for their food.
Temujin
Birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227). (pron. TEM-uh-jin)
Turks
Turkic speakers from Central Asia, originally nomads, who spread westward into the Near East and into India; they created a series of nomadic empires between 552 and 965 C.E. but had a more lasting impact on world history when they became dominant in the Islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there.
Xiongnu
People of the Mongolian steppe lands north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E. (pron. SHE-OONG-noo)
Yuan dynasty
Mongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368; its name means "great beginnings." (pron. yu-wen)
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