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Cultural diffusion
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The process of accepting borrowing and exchanging traits from one society to another
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Timbuktu
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A trade and cultural center of the Songhai Empire in the 1400
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Mansa masu
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Emperor of Mali from 1312 through 1337 he brought Islam and made famous the Mali Empire
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Christopher Columbus
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Arrives in the americas in 1492 he opened up the new world
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Columbian Exchange
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A widespread exchange of animals plants culture people disease and ideas between the New World and the old world
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Silk Road
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Ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea linking to China and Europe
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Eurasia
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A large landmass that includes the continent of Europe and Asia
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Serf
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In the Middle Ages a person who was bound to work on a nobles manor
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Plague
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A terrible disease that spreads quickly and kills many people
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Charlemagne
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King of the Franks from 768 to 814 and emperor of Rome from 800 to 814
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King John 1
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King of England from AD 1199 to 1216 in 1215 he signed the Magna Carta which gave more rights to the British Noble
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Martin Luther
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German monk and leader of the Protestant Reformation
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Feudalism
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Starting in Europe around at 800 it was a system for organizing and governing a society based on land and service
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Humanism
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An idea important to the Renaissance that focused on human values and what people can achieve in this world
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Magna Carta
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A legal document written by English Lords in 1215 that stated certain rights and limited the power of the king
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Reformation
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A movement beginning in Europe in the 1500 to bring reform to the Roman Catholic Church and leading to Protestantism
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Renaissance
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A period of great cultural and artistic change that began in Italy around 1350 and spread through Europe
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Johannes Gutenberg
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In 1448 he invented the printing press that used movable type
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Crusade
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Journeys and battles undertaken by European Christians to win control of the Holy Land from the Muslims
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Indulgence
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A pardon or forgiveness given by the Catholic Church to people who act against Christian teachings
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