Developments in China
Commercial Activities Exapnded during the Song Dynasty as a result of WHAT economic innovation
Paper Money or Use of Credit or Banking Houses
How does Islam primarily spread from 1200-1450?
Trade Routes
Name the two land based trade routes in Asia and Africa
While the silk road focused on luxury goods, the Indian ocean trade could focus more on ________ good, and Why?
Bulk goods, larger cargo spaces
What was the Political and Social constructs of Europe during the High Middle Ages?
Political=Manorialism
Socia=Feudalism
An example of Religious Syncretism in East Asia... Can also be seen as an example of Sinification
Zen Buddhism
What type of settlements were known for being established by Middle Eastern settlers in Southeast Asia and East Africa, that often led to the spread of Islam through trade and Sufi missionaries?
Diasporic Settlements
Why did land based trade routes require lighter, more expensive, luxury goods?
Long travels and limited cargo space require small, expensive goods to turn a profit
What are some tech innovations unique to maritime trade on the Indian ocean?
Knowledge of Monsoon Winds, Chinese Junk, Lateen Sail, Arabian Dhow
Aztec= Decentralized city states
Inca= Highly Centralized Bureaucracy
While International Trade centers upon the Silk Road and Indian ocean, Chinese Domestic trade expanded under the Song because of the expansion of this construction...
Grand Canal
The process of Islam spreading in urban areas among merchants and members of the elite classes, and then throughout the common folk is referred to as what kind of conversion?
Top-Down Conversion
Which religion will spread primarily through trade on the silk road?
Islam
Zheng He of the Ming dynasty is known for his massive treasure fleets that roamed around the Indian ocean finding WHAT for China?
Tributary States
How is the Aztec tributary state DIFFERENT from the tributary state of Song China?
Aztec tributary state was significantly more violent, and was established through military exploration
How can the Mongols moniker of "The Great Pollinators" of the Eastern Hemisphere be seen in Mongol rule over China (Yuan Dynasty)
The Mongols brought in foreign scholars to work the Bureaucracy or Expansion of Silk Road trade
Explain the importance of the shift from the Abbassid Caliphate to the Mamluk Sultunate
Arab to Turkic rule, the fragmentation fo the abbassid caliphate, continuation of greco-roman education
Explain how the Mali empire gained their wealth from the gold/salt trade?
Taxation of merchants trading in the Mali empire led to increased wealth and growth of cities such as timbuktu in the Mali empire
Which Southeast Asian Country today is the most Islamic Country in the World, thanks to Islamic Diasporic Communities in the 1300s
Indonesia
Explain how the Bubonic Plague contributed to the fall of Manorialism/Feudalism?
Peasant Revolts disrupted the Feudal heirarchy and an increase in trade from the Crusades led to urbanization, leading to a decline in manorial population
Explain how the Mandate of Heaven leads to the dynastic cycle
The Mandate of Heaven how leaders legitimized power by claiming the Chinese gods gave them authority to rule. However, if bad things occurred, the people would overthrow claiming they have list the mandate of heaven, these warring states periods would occur, and the victors would then gain the mandate of heaven. This cycle of mandates is the dynastic cycle.
Explain how Dar-al-Islam led to the rise of Europe in the Renaissance (Hint-Crusades)
The crusades opened up trade routes and reintroduced Greco-Roman education to Europe. This increase in trade led to an increase in commercial activity among European cities (urbanization), and the reintroduction of Greco-Roman education led to the "rebirth" of Europe.
A primary example of syncretism as a result of the Trans-Saharan Trade
Egalitarianism within Islamic Mali Empire
What is the example of religious syncretism in India as a result of the spread of Islam in S/SE Asia?
The Bhakti Movement, a movement in Hinduism that will focus on one hindu god.
What was the CAUSE of the Bubonic Plague for Europe
The introduction of international trade routes such as the silk road as a result of Silk Road trade