Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel and written down in Arabic.

A Korean dynasty established in 918 by King Taejo. This kingdom later gave name to the modern exonym for Korea.

Describes the stabilizing effects of the conquests of the Mongol Empire on the social, cultural and economic life of the inhabitants of the vast Mongol Empire

The inward dimension of Islam or the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam.

a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power ( kami ) in both animate and inanimate things.

Requires travel across the Sahara to reach sub-Saharan Africa from the North African coast, Europe, to the Levant.

A roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey.

Founder of the Mali Empire.

Bantu language widely used as a lingua franca in East Africa and having official status in several countries.

Muslim Ruler

A Movement in religious philosophy originated in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism.

Hereditary military dictator, of Japan from 1192 to 1867

A high medieval Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim empire.

Aksum was the name of a city and a kingdom which is in essentially what modern-day northern country in Africa