| A | B |
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| Yurt | Tents used by nomadic Turkish and Mongol tribes |
| Khan | "Ruler", they ruled through the leaders of allies tribes. |
| Shamas | religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers, communicated with the gods and nature spirits. |
| Sultandle of Delhi | Sultans conveived plans to conquer southern India and extend Muslim rule there,but none was able to realize those ambitions |
| Seljuks | They served in Abbasid armies and lived in the Abbasid relam itself. By 1055 they overshadowed the Abbasid caliphs. |
| Temujin | Mongol conqueror who later took the name Chinggis Khan, "universal ruler" |
| Khubilai Khan | the most talented of the conguerors decendants. He unleashed attacks on his enemies and imporoved the welfare of his subjects. He promoted Busshism. |
| Golden Horde | Mongol tribe that controlled Russia from the 13th to 15th century |
| ilkhanate | Mongol state that ruled Persia after abolition of the Abbasif empire in the 13th century |
| Hulegu | Khubilai Khans brother that toppled the Abbasid empire and established the Mongol ilkhanate in Persia. |
| Yuan | Chinese dynasty that was founded by the Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan |
| Bubonic Plague | during the 1330s the plague erupted in southwest China. it killed more than half of the population. The fleas would bite you and transfer from person to person. |
| Tamerane | A Turkish conqueror who built a central Asian empire rivaling that the Chinggis Khan |
| Ming Yongle | Ming emperor who pushed for foreign exploration and promoted cultural achievements such as the Yongle Encyclopedia |
