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Global History (Africa, Tang and Song Dynasty, Mongols)

TermDefinition
Rainforest rains everyday, much disease, nomadic, hunter0gatherer traditional lifestyle
Savanna a flat, grassy plain, dry and rainy season, unpredictable weather, desertification
Sahel African region along the southern border of the Sahara
Desertification the process of turning fertile land into a desert
Great Rift Valley facilitated trade from North to South and separated contact from East to West
Animism the belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects
Bantu Migration major population migration of the Bantu group from West to South Africa
Ghana a west African kingdom that get rich from taxing and trade
Gold-Salt Trade sub-saharan africa lacked salt so they traded for it because it was essential
Trans-Saharan Trade linked North African and Mediterranean with West Africa, used camels through desert
Mansa Musa emperor of Mali Empire and extremely wealthy
Ibn Battuta museum scholar and traveler
Timbuktu city in Mali, trade center
Scholar Officials politicians and government officials, forming distinct social classes
Gentry class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy high social status
Foot Binding bending girls feet make them different shapes and sizes
Acupuncture traditional Chinese medicine, needless are inserted in the body
Steppe dry, grass covered plain
Pastoralists member of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals
Pax Mongolia period when Mongols experienced stability, law, and order
Khandate of Golden Horde group of settled Mongols who ruled across Europe
Yuan Dynasty set up by Mongols, bureaucracy, buddhism, religious tolerance
Marco Polo explorer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road
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