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Chapter 1

Term	Pronunciation
Yoruba	yoh-roo-bah
Oduduwa	oh-DOO-doo-wah
Beijing	bay-jeeng
Australopithecus africanus	aw-strah-loh-PITH-uh-kuhs ah-frih-KAH-nuhs
Australopithecine	aw-strah-loh-PITH-uh-seen
hominid	HOM-uh-nid
Pleistocene	PLY-stuh-seen
Olduvai	ol-DOO-vy
Homo habilis	HOH-moh HAB-uh-luhs
Homo erectus	HOH-moh ee-REK-tuhs
Homo sapiens	HOH-moh SAY-pee-enz
Paleolithic	pay-lee-oh-LITH-ik
Neolithic	nee-oh-LITH-ik
Vallon Pont-d’Arc	vah-LON pon-DAHRK
Tehuacán	teh-wah-KAHN
maize	mayz
quinoa	kee-NOH-uh
Zebu	ZEE-boo
Holocene	HAWL-oh-seen
lineage	LIN-ee-ij
matrilineal	mat-ruh-LIN-ee-uhl
patrilineal	pat-ruh-LIN-ee-uhl
Kikuyi	ki-KOO-yoo
matriarchy	MAY-tree-ahr-key
Jericho	JER-ih-koh
Delhi	DEL-ee
Krishna	KRISH-nuh
Arjuna	AHR-joo-nuh
Çatal Hüyük	cha-TAHL hoo-YOOK
legume	LEG-yoom

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Chapter 2

Term	Pronunciation
Enkidu	EN-kee-doo
Uruk	OO-rook
Tigris	TIE-gris
Euphrates	you-FRAY-teez
Huang He	hwang huh
Tiamat	TIE-ah-mat
Zagros	ZAG-ruhs
Semitic	suh-MIT-ik
Aramaic	ar-uh-MAY-ik
Phoenician	fi-NEE-shuhn
Akkadian	uh-KAY-dee-uhn
Kassite	KAS-ite
Elamite	EE-luh-mite
Jericho	JER-ih-koe
Çatal Hüyük	cha-TAHL hoo-YOOK
lugal	LOO-guhl
Sargon	SAHR-gone
Akkad	AH-kahd
cuneiform	kyoo-NEE-uh-form
Amorite	AM-uh-rite
Hammurabi	HAM-uh-rah-bee
lapis lazuli	LAP-is LAZ-uh-lee
carnelian	kahr-NEEL-yuhn
anthropomorphic	an-thruh-puh-MORE-fik
ziggurat	ZIG-uh-rat
Ebla	EH-bluh
Herodotus	he-ROD-uh-tuhs
Aswan	AS-wahn
Faiyum	fie-YOOM
Menes	MEH-neez
Re	ray
ma’at	muh-AHT
Djoser	JO-sur
Saqqara	suh-KAHR-uh
Khufu	KOO-foo
Khefren	KEF-ren
hieroglyphics	high-ruh-GLIF-iks
papyrus	puh-PIE-ruhs
Levant	luh-VANT
Punt	poont
Osiris	oh-SIGH-ris
Ptah	puh-TAH
Heliopolis	he-lee-OP-uh-lis
Amon	AH-muhn
shawabtis	shuh-WAB-tees
Sind	sinned
Thar	tahr
Pamir	pah-MEER
Himalaya	him-uh-LAY-uh
Hakra	HAK-ruh
Delhi	DEL-ee
Kathiawar	kah-tee-uh-WAHR
Mohenjo-Daro	moe-hen-joe-DAHR-oh
Dravidian	druh-VID-ee-uhn

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Chapter 3

Term	Pronunciation
Hatshepsut	hat-SHEP-soot
Punt	poont
myrrh	murr
Deir el-Bahri	DIRE uhl-BAH-ree
Himalayas	HIM-uh-LAY-uhz
Pamir	pah-MEER
Tian	tee-en
Takla Makan	TAH-kluh muh-KAHN
Gobi	GO-bee
Yangzi	yang-zuh
Xinjiang	shin-jyahng
loess	less
Shang	shahng
Henan	heh-nahn
Gansu	gahn-soo
Anyang	ahn-yahng
Zhou	joe
Wei	way
Luoyang	LWOE-yahng
Daoist	DOW-ist
Qin	chin
Kassite	KAS-ite
Mari	MAH-ree
Mitanni	mih-TAH-nee
Hittite	HIT-ite
Hattusha	haht-tush-SHAH
Ankara	ANG-kuh-ruh
Akkadian	uh-KAY-dee-uhn
Elamite	ee-luh-mite
Hyksos	HICK-soes
Kamose	KAH-mose
Ahmose	AH-mose
Tuthmosis	tuth-MOE-sis
Amenhotep	ah-muhn-HOE-tep
Aten	AHT-n
Amon	AH-muhn
Amarna	uh-MAHR-nuh
Nefertiti	nef-uhr-TEE-tee
Tutankhamun	toot-ahng-KAH-muhn
Ramesses	ram-ih-SEEZ
Alalakh	UH-luh-luhk
Ugarit	OO-guh-reet
Aswan	AS-wahn
Khartoum	kahr-TOOM
Napata	na-PAY-tuh
Gebel Barkal	JEB-uhl BAHR-kahl
Meroë	MER-oh-ee
shawabti	shuh-WAB-tee
Aksum	Ahk-soom
Minoan	mih-NO-uhn
Mycenaean	my-suh-NEE-uhn
Minotaur	MIN-uh-tor
Daedalus	DED-ih-luhs
Cnossus	NOSS-suhs
Phaistos	FIE-stuhs
Mallia	mahl-YAH
Agamemnon	ag-uh-MEM-non
Mycenae	my-SEE-nee
Theseus	THEE-see-uhs
Tiryns	TEER-inz
Pylos	PIE-lohs
Iolcus	YOL-kuhs
Cyclopes	sigh-KLOE-pees
Achilles	uh-KIL-eez
Ahhijawa	uh-key-YAW-wuh
Achaeans	uh-KEY-uhns
Ekwesh	ECK-wesh

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Chapter 4

Term	Pronunciation
Tyre	tire
Olmec	OHL-meck
Chavín	cha-BEAN
La Venta	LA BEN-tah
Tres Zapotes	TRACE zah-POE-tace
Chavín de Huántar	cha-BEAN day WAHN-tar
Celts	kelts
Lug	loog
Epona	eh-POH-nuh
Cernunnos	KURN-you-nuhs
Urartu	ur-RAHR-too
Kalhu	KAL-oo
Nineveh	NIN-uh-vuh
Tiglathpileser	TIG-lath-pih-LEE-zuhr
Ashurbanipal	ah-shur-BAH-nuh-pahl
Shephelah	sheh-FEH-luh
Gomorrah	guh-MORE-uh
Apiru	uh-PEE-roo
Astarte	uh-STAHR-tee
Nebuchadnezzar	NAB-oo-kuhd-nez-uhr
Deuteronomic	doo-tuhr-uh-NAHM-ik
Phoenician	fi-NEE-shunn
Phoinikes	FOY-nee-kes
Byblos	BIB-loss
Berytus	buh-RIE-tuhs
Sarepta	suh-REP-tuh
Melqart	MEL-kahrt
Byrsa	BURR-suh
Tanit	TAH-nit
tophet	TOE-fet
Xenophon	ZEN-uh-fuhn
Nabopolassar	NAB-oh-poe-lass-uhr

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Chapter 5

Term	Pronunciation
Herodotus	heh-ROD-uh tuhs
Darius	duh-RIE-uhs
Caucasus	KAW-kuh-suhs
Baluchistan	buh-loo-chi-STAN
Achaemenid	a-KEY-muh-nid
Cambyses	kam-BIE-sees
Scythian	SITH-ee-uhn
satrap	SAY-trap
Ahasuerus	uh-HAZZ-yoo-ear-uhs
Xerxes	ZERK-sees
Naqsh-i Rustam	NUHK-shee ROOS-tuhm
Ahuramazda	ah-HOOR-uh-MAZZ-duh
Zoroastrianism	zo-ro-ASS-tree-uh-niz-uhm
Angra Mainyu	ANG-ruh MINE-yoo
polis	POE-lis
Hellenes	HELL-leans
oligarchy	OLL-ih-gahr-key
anthropomorphic	an-thruh-puh-MORE-fik
Pythia	PITH-ee-uh
Archilochus	ahr-KIL-uh-kuhs
Xenophanes	zeh-NOFF-eh-nees
helot	HELL-ut
Thucydides	thoo-SID-ih-dees
Peloponnese	PELL-eh-puh-neze
Pisistratus	pie-SIS-truh-tuhs
Dionysia	die-uh-NIZ-ee-uh
Panathenaea	pan-ath-uh-NEE-uh
Pericles	PER-eh-kleez
Eretria	er-EH-tree-uh
Thermopylae	thuhr-MOP-uh-lee
Salamis	SAH-lah-miss
trireme	TRY-reem
Piraeus	pih-RAY-uhs
Aristophanes	ar-uh-STOFF-uh-neze
Thesmophoria	thes-moe-FOE-ree-uh
Antigone	ar-TIG-uh-nee
Lysistrata	lis-uh-STRAH-tuh
Gaugamela	GAW-guh-mee-luh
Seleucid	sih-LOO-sid
Ptolemaic	tawl-uh-MAY-ik
Antigonid	an-TIG-uh-nid
Ptolemies	TAWL-uh-meze
Achaean	uh-KEY-uhn

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Chapter 6

Term	Pronunciation
Bosporus	BAHS-puhr-uhs
Constantinople	cahn-stan-tih-NO-pul
Qin	chin
Wei	way
Chang’an	chahng-ahn
Luoyang	LWOE-yahng
Xinjiang	SHIN-jyahng
Xiongnu	SHE-OONG-noo
Sui	sway
Tang	tahng

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Chapter 7

Term	Pronunciation
Arjuna	AHR-joo-nuh
Krishna	KRISH-nuh
Vedas	VAY-duhs
Upanishads	oo-PAHN-ih-shahds
Mauryan	MORE-yuhn
Himalayas	him-uh-LAY-uhs
Thar	tahr
Deccan	de-KAN
Kshatriya	kshuh-TREE-yuh
Vaishya	VIESH-yuh
Shudra	SHOOD-ra
Jainism	JINE-iz-uhm
bodhisattva	boe-dih-SUT-vuh
Mahayana	mah-huh-YAH-nuh
Theravada	there-eh-VAH-duh
Maurya	MORE-yuh
Faxian	fah-shee-en
sati	suh-TEE
Malay	muh-LAY
Xuanzang	shoo-wen-zahng
maharaja	mah-huh-RAH-juh
Srivijava	sree-vih-JUH-yuh
Myanmar	myahn-MAH
Thailand	TIE-land
Laos	louse
Brunei	broo-NIE

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Chapter 8

Term	Pronunciation
Po Zhuyi	boh joo-yee
Sogdiana	sog-dee-A-nuh
Samarkand	SAM-mar-kand
Bukhara	boo-CAR-ruh
Chang’an	chahng-ahn
Tang	tahng
Zhang Jian	jahng jee-en
Ferghana	fer-GAH-nuh
Bactria	BAK-tree-uh
Mozambique	moe-zam-BEEK
Erythraean	eh-RITH-ree-an
Tuareg	TWAH-reg
Tunisia	too-NEE-zhee-uh
Sahel	SAH-hel
Sijilmasa	sih-jil-MAS-suh
Tahert	TAH-hert
Ghana	GAH-nuh
Soninke	soh-NIN-kay
Awdaghost	OW-duh-gost
Almoravid	al-moe-RAH-vid
Marrakesh	MAH-rah-kesh
Zaire	zah-EER
Mbuti	m-BOO-tee
Khoisan	KOI-sahn
Faxian	fah-shee-en
Xuanzang	shoo-wen-zahng

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Chapter 9

Term	Pronunciation
Ghadir al-Khumm	ga-DEER al-KUM
Shi’ite	SHE-ite
Sunni	SUN-nee
Sasanid	suh-SAH-nid
Palmyra	pal-MY-ruh
Shahan-shah	SHAH-han-SHAH
Quraysh	koo-RYYSH
Ka’ba	KAH-buh
Khadija	kah-DEE-juh
Allah	AH-luh
Abu Bakr	ab-boo BAK-uhr
hijra	HIJ-ruh
umma	UM-muh
A’isha	AH-ee-shah
khalifa	kah-LEE-fuh
Quran	kuh-RAHN
Uthman	ooth-MAHN
Mu’awiya	moo-AH-we-yuh
Umayyad	oo-MY-ad
Khurasan	kor-uh-SAHN
Abbasid	ah-BASS-id
Harun al-Rashid	hah-ROON al-rah-SHEED
mamluk	MAM-luke
Buyid	BOO-yid
Samanid	sah-MAN-id
Fatimid	FAT-uh-mid
Fustat	fuss-TAHT
Abd al-Rahman	AHB-d al-ruh-MAHN
Ibn Rushd	IB-uhn RUSHED
Averroës	uh-VERR-oh-eez
Ibn Tufayl	IB-uhn too-FILE
Ibn al-Arabi	IB-uhn ahl-AH-rah-bee
ulama	oo-leh-MAH
Ibn Tumart	IB-uhn TOO-mahrt
Almohad	AL-moe-had
Seljuk	sel-JOOK
Tughril	TUUG-ruhl
Manzikert	MANZ-ih-kuhrt
Saracen	SAR-uh-suhn
Nur al-Din ibn Zangi	NOOR-al-DEEN ib-uhn ZAN-gee
Ain Jalut	ine jah-LOOT
hadith	hah-DEETH
Qayrawan	kire-ah-WAHN
Ibn al-Haytham	IB-uhn al-HY-tham
madrasa	MAH-dras-uh

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Chapter 10

Term	Pronunciation
Charlemagne	SHAHR-leh-mane
Carolingian	kah-roe-LIN-gee-uhn
Varangians	va-RAN-gee-anz
Constantinople	cahn-stan-tih-NO-pul
Bordeaux	bore-DOE
hauberk	HAW-berk
Bayeux	bay-YUH
Dhuoda	do-OH-dah
patriarchate	PAY-tree-ar-kayt
schism	SKIZ-uhm
Monophysite	muh-NAH-fi-site
Arianism	AIR-ree-uh-niz-uhm
Nicaea	neye-SEE-uh
Hildebrand	HILL-de-brand
Bologna	boe-LOAN-yuh
Cluny	KLOO-nee
Romanesque	roe-man-ESK
pontifex maximus	PAHN-tih-fex MAX-ih-muhs
Alexius Comnenus	uh-LEX-see-uhs kom-NAY-nuhs
Hagia Sophia	AH-yah SOH-fee-uh
Cyrillic	sih-RIL-ik
Dnieper	d-NYEP-er
Kiev	KEE-yev
Novgorod	NOHV-goh-rod
Vladimir	VLAD-ih-mir
Brescia	BREH-shee-uh
Siena	see-EN-uh
Bruges	broozh
Ypres	EEP-r
Edessa	ih-DESS-suh

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Chapter 11

Term	Pronunciation
Ge Hong	guh hoong
Sui	sway
Tang	tahng
Song	soong
Wei	way
Chang'an	chahng-ahn
Yangzi	yahng-zeh
Li Shimin	lee shir-meen
Mahayana	Mah-HAH-YAH-nah
Guangzhou	gwahng-jo
Uigur	WEE-ger
An Lushan	ahn loo-shahn
Wu Zhao	woo jow
Yang Guifei	yahng gway-fay
Bo Zhuyi	baw joo-ee
Qinghai	CHING-hie
Sichuan	SUH-chwahn
Xinjiang	shin-jee-yahng
Nan Zhao	nan-jow
Liao	lee-OW
Kitan	kee-tan
Beijing	bay-jeeng
Tanggut	TAHNG-gut
Kaifeng	kie-fuhng
Hangzhou	hahng-jo
Silla	SILL-ah or SHILL-ah
Koryo	KAW-ree-oh
Taika	TIE-kah
Nara	NAH-rah
Fujiwara	foo-jee-WAH-rah
Kamakura	kah-mah-KOO-rah
Annam	ahn-nahm
Dai Viet	die vee-yet

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Chapter 12

Term	Pronunciation
Maya	MY-ah
Wac-Chanil-Ahau	wac-cha-NEEL-ah-HOW
Dos Pilas	dohs PEE-las
Naranjo	na-ROHN-hoe
Chavín	cha-VEEN
Teotihuacan	teh-o-tee-WAH-kahn
Quetzalcoatl	kate-zahl-CO-ah-tal
chinampas	chee-NAM-pahs
Toltec	TOLL-tek
Tula	TOO-la
Topilitzin	tow-PEELT-zeen
Mexica	meh-SHE-ca
Tenochititlan	teh-noch-TIT-lan
Moctezuma	mock-teh-ZU-ma
Huitzilopochtli	wheat-zeel-oh-POSHT-lee
Anasazi	ah-nah-SAH-zee
khipus	KEY-pooz
ayllu	aye-YOU
mit'a	MEET-ah
Moche	MO-che
Wari	WAH-ree
Chimú	chee-MOO
Tiwanaku	tee-wah-NA-coo

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Chapter 13

Term	Pronunciation
Temüjin	TEM-uh-jin
Toghoril	TOE-hoe-rill
Keraits	keh-rates
Genghis Khan	GENG-iz KAHN
Ögödei	ERG-uh-day
Batu	BAH-too
Volga	VOHL-gah
Güyük	gi-yik
Ain Jalut	ine jah-LOOT
Khwarazmshah	hwa-RAZZ-um-shah
Balkh	bahlk
Hülegü	HE-luh-gee
Marco Polo	mar-koe POE-loe
Kaffa	KAH-fah
Crimea	cry-MEE-ah
Il-khan	IL-con
Kipchak	KIP-chahk
Sarai	sah-RYE
halal	haa-LAAL
Tabriz	taw-BREEZE
Markuz	MARK-uhz
Rabban Sauma	rahb-bahn SAU-ma
Ghazan	haz-zan
Rashid al-Din	ra-SHEED ad-DEEN
Timur	tem-EER
Jagadai	jahg-ah-die
Juvaini	joo-VINE-nee
Ibn Khaldun	ee-bin hal-DOON
Nasir al-Din Tusi	nah-zer ad-DEEN toos
Alamut	ah-lah-moot
Seljuk	SEL-jook
Omar Khayyam	oh-mar KIE-yam
Maraga	mah-rah-gah
Uigur	WEE-ger
Khubilai	KOO-bih-lie
Ulugh Beg	oo-look bek
Fibonacci	fee-bo-NACH-chee
Ghiyas al-Din Jamshid al-Kashi	gee-YASS ad-DIN jam-sheed ak-KAHSH
Sufism	SOO-fiz-uhm
Riazan	ree-AH-zahn
Kiev	kee-yef
denga	DENG-ah
tamga	TAHM-gah
Nevskii	nih-EFF-skee
Ukraine	you-CRANE
Ivan	ee-VAHN
Teutonic	two-TOHN-ik
Lithuania	lith-oo-WAY-nee-ah
Mamluk	MAM-look
ibn Salim	ee-bin sah-leem

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Chapter 14

Term	Pronunciation
Ögödei	ERG-uh-day
Yelu Chucai	yay-loo CHOO-tsye
Song	soong
Khubilai	KOO-bih-lie
Yuan	yu-wenn
Tang	tahng
Temüjin	TEM-uh-jin
Beijing	bay-JING
Karakorum	kah-rah-KOR-um
lama	LAH-mah
khan-balikh	kahn-BAL-ik
Shangdu	shahng-DOO
Xanadu	ZAH-nah-doo
Huang Dao Po	hwahng DOW poh
Yunnan	YOON-nahn
Hülegü	HE-luh-gee
Zhu Yuanzhang	JOO yuwen JAHNG
Nanjing	nahn-JING
Yongle	yoong-LAW
Zheng He	JEHNG HUH
Brunei	broo-NIE
Luo Guanzhong	LAW GWAHB-JOONG
Jingdezhen	JING-deh-JUHN
Hwanghnyong-sa	hwahng-NEEYAHNG-sah
Tripitaka	tri-PIH-tah-kah
Koryo	KAW-ree-oh
Yi	YEE
han'gul	HAHN-goor
Hakata	HAH-kah-tah
Kyushu	KYOO-shoo
Kamakura	kah-mah-KOO-rah
kamikazi	KUM-i-kuh-zee
Ashikaga	ah-shee-KAH-gah

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Chapter 15

Term	Pronunciation
Abu Bakr	a-BOO BAK-uhr
Ibn Battuta	IB-uhn ba-TOO-tuh
Pygmy	PIG-mee
Tuareg	TWAH-reg
Fulani	foo-LAH-nee
Delhi	DEL-ee
Sri Lanka	sree LAHNG-kuh
Sinhalese	sin-huh-LEEZ
Angkor	ANG-kor
Ghana	GAH-nuh
Zambezi	zam-BEE-zee
Zimbabwe	zim-BAHB-way
bilad al-sudan	bih-LAD uhs-soo-DAN
Takrur	TAHK-roor
Sumanguru	soo-muhn-GOO-roo
Sundiata	soon-JAH-tuh
Malinke	muh-LING-kay
Mansa Kankan Musa	MAHN-suh KAHN-kahn MOO-suh
Mansa Suleiman	MAHN-suh SOO-lay-mahn
Timbuktu	tim-buk-TOO
Kanem-Bornu	KAH-nuhm-BOR-noo
Iltutmish	il-TOOT-mish
Raziya	rah-ZEE-uh
Ala-ud-din Khalji	uh-LAH-ud-DEEN KAL-jee
Gujarat	goo-juh-RAHT
Tughlug	toog-LOOK
Firuz Shah	fuh-ROOZ shah
Bahmani	bah MAHN-ee
Vijayanagar	vee-juh-yah-NAH-gar
dhow	dow
Swahili	swah-HEE-lee
Malacca	meh-LAK-eh
sawahil	suh-WAH-hil
Aden	AY-den
Zeila	ZEYE-luh
Calicut	KAL-ih-cut
Zamorin	ZAH-much-ruhn
Majapahit	mah-jah-PAH-hit
Palembang	pah-lem-BONG
Jain	jine
Ahmadabad	AH-muhd-ah-bahd
Lalibela	LAH-lee-BEL-uh
Urdu	ER-doo
Nalanda	nuh-LAN-duh
Bihar	bee-HAHR
sati	suh-TEE

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Chapter 16

Term	Pronunciation
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini	uh-NEE-uhs SIL-vee-uhs pee-kuh-lo-MEE-nee
Aquinas	uh-KWY-nuhs
Kaffa	KAH-fah
Genoese	JEN-oh-eez
Seine	sen
Hanseatic	han-see-AT-ik
Bruges	broozh
Ghent	gent [hard g as in get]
Ypres	EE-pruh
Champagne	sham-PAIN
Medici	MED-ih-chee
Fuggers	FOOG-uhrz
Aristotle	AR-ih-stah-tahl
Ibn Sina	IB-unh SEE-nah
Avicenna	av-uh-SEN-uh
Bologna	buh-LOHN-yuh
scholasticism	skoh-LAS-tih-sizm
Summa Theologica	SOOM-uh thee-uh-LOH-jih-kuh
Dante Alighieri	DAHN-tay ah-lee-GYEH-ree
Tuscany	TUS-kuh-nee
Franceso Petrarch	fran-CHES-koh PAY-trahrk
Giovanni Boccaccio	jo-VAH-nee boh-KAH-chee-oh
Erasmus	uh-RAZ-muhs
Johann Gutenberg	yoh-HAHN GOO-ten-burg
Giotto	JAW-toh
Jan van Eyck	yahn vahn-IKE
Leonardo da Vinci	lay-own-AHR-doh dah-VIN-chee
Michelangelo	my-kuhl-AN-juh-low
papacy	PAY-puh-see
Avignon	ah-vee-NYON
duchy	DUTCH-ee
Coeur	cur
Algarve	ahl-GAHRV
Ceuta	say-OO-tuh

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Chapter 17

Term	Pronunciation
Malay	May-LAY
Melanesia	mel-uh-NEE-zhuh
Marquesas	mar-KAY-suhs
Heyerdahl	HIGH-uhr-dahl
dhow	dow
Zheng He	jung huh
Calicut	KAL-ih-kut
Swahili	swah-HEE-lee
Madeira	muh-DEER-uh
Azores	A-zorz
Mansa Kankan Musa	MAHN-suh KAHN-kahn MOO-suh
Arawak	AR-uh-wahk
Ceuta	say-OO-tuh
Sagres	SAH-gresh
caravel	KAR-uh-vel
Sierra Leone	see-ER-uh lee-OWN
São Tomé	sow toh-MAY
Cabral	kah-BRAHL
Tordesillas	tor-duh-SEE-yuhs
Moluccas	muh-LOO-kuhz
Balboa	bal-BOH-uh
manikongo	mah-NEE-KONG-goh
Gujarat	goo-juh-RAHT
Malacca	muh-LAH-kuh
entrepôt	ON-truh-poh
Macao	muh-COW
Mughal	MOO-gahl
conquistador	kon-KEY-stuh-dor
Cortés	kor-TEZ
Quetzalcoatl	ket-zahl-COH-ah-tal
Tenochtitlan	teh-noch-TIT-lan
Moctezuma	mock-teh-ZOO-ma

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Chapter 18

Term	Pronunciation
tsar	zahr
Medici	MED-ih-chee
Habsburg	HABZ-berg
Jiménez	he-MEH-nes
Richelieu	ree-shuh-LYOO
Mazarin	MAZ-uh-rin, maz-uh-RAN
Colbert	kohl-BEAR
Nantes	nahnt
Bordeaux	bor-DOH
bourgeoisie	boor-zwah-ZEE
noblesse de robe	no-BLES deh ROHB
noblesse d'épée	no-BLES day-PAY
Galileo Galilei	gal-uh-LAY-oh gal-uh-LAY-ee

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Chapter 19

Term	Pronunciation
Potosí	poh-toh-SEE
encomienda	in-co-mee-EN-dah
mita	MEE-tah
hidalgos	ee-DAHL-goes
quilombos	key-LOM-bos
palenques	pah-LENK-kays
mestizo	mess-TEE-zoh
castas	CAZ-tahs
Quebec	kwuh-BEC
coureurs de boi