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- Slavs
- People from the forests north of the Black Sea
- Boyars
- Landowning nobles of Russia
- Olga
- Kievan noble who converted to christianity. She governed Kiev from 945-955 until her son was old enough to rule.
- Vladimir
- Grandson of Princess Olga converted to Byzantine Christianity. Made all his subjects convert also. Held mass baptism. Closely linked Church and state in Russia.
- Yaroslav the Wise
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Vladimar's son. Married off daughters and sisters to the kings and princes of Western Europe. Marriages helped create trading alliances. Built first library in Kiev. Created a legal code that dealt with crimes against property.
Christianity prospered. - Alexander Nevsky
- Norgorod prince and military hero. Made a saint in Russian Orthodox church for his "Battle on the Ice" victory and for his long protection of the Russian church.
- Czar
- Russian version of Caesar. Ivan III was the first czar.
- Batu Khan
- Genghis' grandson who led nomads (Mongals)
- Khanate of the Golden Horde
- Kingdom of Mongols in Russian territory.
- Enhanced
- Improved
- mamelukes
- Turkish military slaves
- Seljuks
- Turkish people who migrated into the Abbasid Empire. Converted to Sunni branch of Islam.
- Vizier
- Persian prime minister
- Malik Shah
- Most famous Seljuk Sultan
- Liu Bang
- 1st emperor of the Han Dynasty. He established a centralized goverrnment in China. He lowered Taxes and did not follow liegalist theory
- Centralized Government
- A central authority controlling the running of the state
- Civil Service
- Government jobs that required civilizns to take tests in order to be hired.
- Monopoly
- This occurs when a group has total control over the production and distribution of certain goods.
- Empress Lu
- Widow of Liu Bang. She acted as regent after his death
- Xiognu
- A group of nomadic people who raided Chinese citizens for valuable items and hostages.
- Han Dynasty
- They ruled China for over 400 years. They were a great influence on China.
- Wudi
- Great grandson of Liu Bang. He held the throne londer than any other Han emperor
- Assimilation
- The process of making conquered peoples part of Chinese culture
- Wang Mang
- A confucian scholar who took the imperial title for himeslf and established the period known as the Later Han