World Final Flash cards 1st

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The Silk Roads

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A network of trade routes connecting the East and West, significant for cultural, commercial, and technological exchange.

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Patriarchal

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A social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property.

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Genghis Khan

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The founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death.

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Sunni

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The largest denomination of Islam, which believes that the community should select its own leadership.

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Shia

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The second-largest branch of Islam, which holds that Muhammad's family and certain individuals among his descendants, known as Imams, have special spiritual and political authority over the community.

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Muhammad

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The founder of Islam, regarded as the last prophet of God by Muslims.

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Paterfamilias

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The male head of a family or household in Roman law, with full legal authority over all family members.

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Byzantine

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Relating to the Eastern Roman Empire, its culture, and its complex administrative and political systems.

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Pax Romana

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A period of relative peace and stability across the Roman Empire lasting approximately 200 years.

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Plebeian

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A member of the general citizenry in ancient Rome as opposed to the privileged patrician class.