This is the term for the lifestyle that all humans practiced before the invention of farming.

The first of these teachings of Buddhism states that life is suffering.

Islam spread to Southeast Asia through Arab participation in this.

No practice better exemplifies the expected subservience of women in Song era China than this, which physically limited women’s mobility.

This grandson of Genghis Khan conquered Song China, establishing the Yuan Dynasty.

This is the term for nomads who domesticated herd animals and moved from place to place.

The central rules for the practicing of this religion are known as the Five Pillars.

This is the name of the trade network that connected sub-Saharan Africa with the Mediterranean Sea.

This Andean civilization was able to create a huge empire.

Mongol promotion of trade made the Silk Road safer to travel, but it had the unfortunate side-effect of spreading this.

The earliest civilizations often developed this type of region, given the access to water for irrigation and the ease of travel and trade.

Within the social structure promoted by Hinduism, this is the name for the idea that each person has a designated role, and a designated place in society.

This was the natural weather phenomenon whose mastery allowed merchants to participate in Indian Ocean trade.

The spread of Islam to West Africa is best illustrated by the pilgramige of this king of Mali, who brough fabulous amount of wealth with him.

This powerful figure rose to prominence in Central Asia in the late 1300s, defeating powerful states in the battle, such as the Ottomans as well as the Delhi Sultanate.

Controlling the flow of water was critical to development of this type of technology became important to early civilizations.

These are the names of the holy books of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

This is the term for the eastern coast of Africa, where African city-states traded with Arab merchants, and a new language emerged as a result.

This is the term for central and southern Mexico, as well as northern Central America, where civilizations such as the Maya and the Aztecs arose.

These are the names of the four khanates that formed following the death of Genghis Khan.

This king of Babylon is famous for having created a code of laws meant to be universally followed in his kingdom.

These two philosophies emerged from the chaos and destruction of the Warring States period in China.

All of the trade and exchange along the Silk Road led to cultural and religious blending as shown by the creation of this language, which was a mixture of Persian and Hindi, written in the Arabic alphabet.

Much knowledge of science and technology from the Islamic world was transferred to Europe as a result of this series of conflicts, which the Europeans generally did not win.

Following the Mongol conquest of Russia, many people began moving away from Kev and toward this newly powerful city.