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__ ruled as sultana in Delhi wearing pants and no veil.

The _ is a semiarid belt of land south of the Sahara that separates the desert in the north from the savanna in the south.

This was one of the earliest guns, and it had to be propped up on pieces of wood to be fired because it was too heavy to hold easily.

The Mongol leader _, though lame, hoped to rebuild the empire that Chinggis Khan had controlled.

True or false? The relationship between mamluks and their masters was often distant and antagonistic.

From where did Mamluk forces come to help liberate Syria and Palestine from Mongol rule?

The Kingdom of _ along the Red Sea was an important trading power from the 300s through the 500s, though it eventually collapsed in part because of environmental issues.

__ was a young merchant and member of a Venetian trade caravan who ended up spending twenty-five years in Mongol lands.

The __ was a compromise between Muslims and Christians that left some areas of Jerusalem under Muslim control but a Christian king in control over the city.

_ founded the Germanic kingdom of the Franks and was ruthless and violent.