Political
Europe and Japan developed what kind of political system?
Feudal
Which country worked hard to spread Christianity north?
Italy
What were the organizations of merchants and craftspeople in European cities?
Guilds
During the Song dynasty women were subject to a practice called what?
Foot Binding
When trading in Indian ocean, trade conducted in stages because this forced mariners to stay in ports for months awaiting for favorable winds
monsoons
One of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun?
Daimyo
In 1054 the Pope and Patriarch excommunicated each other and the church split into what two churches?
Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church
Il-khan tried to save itself from economic ruin by introducing what?
paper money
Scholar bureaucrats' limited Military experience
Scholar Bureacrats' limited Military experience
What country had the greatest navigational technology during this time period?
China
What was a cause for the fall of the Chinese dynasties?
Peasant Revolts
Where is the written evidence of the life of Muhammad found?
Qu'ran
trans-Saharan trade
trans-Saharan Trade
Who were the early inhabitants of Japan and where did they come from?
Nomadic People from Northeastern Asia
How did the Black Death spread?
Through Eurasian trade routes
What group of people established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia.
Mongols
What term refers to “the house of Islam?”
Dar al-Islam
Trade cities enjoyed tremendous wealth as a result of their status as major trading ports; citizens usually did not have to what?
pay taxes
The first of Japan's decentralized military governments?
Kamakura Shogunate
During trading in the Indian ocean, East African city-states traded these 3 minerals
gold,ivory,iron
Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate, though started an intellectual revival?
Charlemagne
Who solidified Christianity as a foundation of the empire when Clovis convertedWho solidified Christianity as a foundation of the empire when Clovis converted?
The Franks
What was a main reason for Mongol rule in Persia and China to decline shortly after the death of Kublai Khan?
financial issues
What is the waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers that was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire?
Grand Canal
During trading in the Indian ocean, China provided these 2 things.
silk vand procelain