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Authority The right, power, or ability to give orders, make decisions, or demand obedience.
Caravan A band of people traveling together for safety, especially across a desert.
Commerce The exchange of goods or services for money.
Diaspora A scattering of people with a common culture.
Economy The system within a country or region of handling wealth and resources.
Empire Territory controlled by a central government with one supreme ruler.
Indigenous Having origin in a country or locality.
Maritime Related to the sea, ships, or navigation at sea.
Merchant A person who buys goods and sells them for a profit.
Monsoon Predictable winds that helped sailors travel across the Indian Ocean.
Navigate To direct the course of a vessel or find the way to a destination.
Network A connected system of roads, lines, canals, or similar routes.
Pastoral Of or relating to the country or country life.
Plague A disaster affecting a large population, especially a disease epidemic.
Society A community of people who live in the same area and are linked by laws and customs.
Subjugation The act of gaining mastery over something, especially by conquest.
Technology Inventions and methods of solving problems resulting from research.
Trade The act of buying and selling goods.
Urbanization The process whereby towns and cities grow and societies become more urban.
Caliphate A state ruled by a caliph who is both a political ruler and religious leader.
Feudalism A system where lords granted land to vassals in return for service.
Serf An agricultural laborer tied to the land and heavily taxed by a lord.
Hajj The pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims are expected to make at least once.
Crusades Medieval European Christian attempts to recover the Holy Land from Muslim control.
Caravanserai A large roadside inn where travelers and traders could rest and get supplies.
Guild An association of craftsmen or merchants formed to protect common interests.
Clergy People authorized to conduct religious services, such as priests or imams.
Mosque A Muslim place of worship.
Famine An extreme and widespread shortage of food.
Tribute Payment given by a subordinate power to a dominant power to show submission.
Famine An extreme and widespread shortage of food.
Tribute Payment given by a subordinate power to a dominant one to show submission.
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