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AUDIO GLOSSARY
Glossary for the letter "C":
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|  | cacao  Mesoamerican food used now to make chocolate.
Cahokia  Mississippian urban civilization active from 900 to 1400 CE with large mounds in the shapes of animals like snakes.
caliphate of Cordoba  Muslim government based in the city of Cordoba on the Iberian peninsula.
campesinos  Subsistence farmers in Central or South America.
capoeira  Brazilian martial art developed by enslaved Africans in the 1500s.
Carolingian Empire  Territory controlled by Charlemagne and his sons.
cassava  Mesoamerican plant with roots rich in nutritious starch; also known as yucca, manioc, and tapioca.
Çatalhöyük  Early settlement in modern-day Turkey, circa 7000 BCE.
celadon  Chinese porcelain with a light green glaze.
Chang'an  Chinese capital city during the Han and Tang dynasties.
chattel slaves  Persons who are the property of another and provide slave labor from birth to death.
Chavin de Huantar  Early Andean city state from about 1000 to 100 BCE.
Chechens  People in Central Asia who are mostly Muslim and fought for independence from Russia after the breakup of the USSR.
Chi Wara  A legendary farming antelope who taught Bamana ancestors to farm and is honored with a ritual dance.
Chiang Kai-shek  General and leader of the Republic of China from 1925 - 1949 who then moved his government to the island of Taiwan; given name Jiang Jieshi, 1887 - 1975.
Chichén Itzá  Mayan palace archaeological site.
Chileans  People who live in Chile, a South American country on the Pacific coast.
Chinggis Khan  Mongol leader who created the Mongol empire, 1167 - 1227.
chinoiserie  Fashion for Chinese themes in western European decoration beginning in the late seventeenth century.
Choson dynasty  Korean dynasty, 1392 - 1910.
Choshu  One of the key domains in Japan which fought to restore imperial rule in Tokugawa Japan, leading to the Meiji Restoration.
cliometric  The use of econometric techniques to study history.
codex  Mesoamerican book that recorded information about astrology, religion, ritual, history, and law; very few pre-Hispanic codices survived the Spanish book burnings.
Constantine  Roman ruler who shifted the capital of the Empire to the east, converted to Christianity, and founded the Byzantine Empire.
Copan  Mayan palace archaeological site.
corvée  French word meaning labor service owed to the state.
Cuzco  Capital city of the Inka.
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