The Global Tapestry
1200-1450
1200-1450
Religion which evolved in China between 770-840 combining rational thoughts with the more abstract ideas of Daoism and Buddhism.
What is Neo-Confucianism
Inns along trade routes where travelers could trade, rest, and replenish.
What are Caravanserai?
Large multi-ethnic states in Southwest, Central, and South Asia that relied on firearms to conquer and control territories.
What are Gunpowder Empires?
These three new types of ships features new innovations in ship design and allowed Europeans to begin seafaring exploration.
What are Caravels, Carracks, and Fluyts?
Under the Abbasid Empire, scholars traveled from far away to Baghdad to study at this renowned center of learning.
What is the House of Wisdom?
At age 21 this Muslim scholar from Morocco set out to see the Muslim world he had read about.
Who is Ibn-Battuta?
The Mughal Empire, under this man's leadership, became one of the richest and best governed states in the world.
Who was Akbar the Great?
In the early 1400's this European Monarch became the first to sponsor seafaring expeditions opening the door to European exploration.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Hindu Kingdom based on Sumatra, prospered by charging fees to ships traveling between India and China.
What is the Srivijaya Empire?
This Malian city accumulated great wealth and developed into a center of Muslim life in the region.
What is Timbuktu?
This empire, located in modern day Iran, did not have a real navy despite being located on the Arabian Sea.
What was the Safavid Empire?
This domesticated animal brought from the Europeans to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange may have been the most significant development in the Americas
What is the Horse?
This American civilization did not require a paid tribute but instead implemented the mit'a system (mandatory public service)
Who were the Incas?
In 1405 the Ming Emperor Yongle sent this Muslim Admiral on the first of seven great voyages which resulted in the transfer of knowledge, culture, technology, and commerce.
Who is Zheng-He?
The Devshirme was a practice implemented by this civilization in which Christian boys were made subjects of the empire
Who were the Ottoman's?
This term refers to the transformation to a trade based economy using gold and silver.
What is the Commercial Revolution?
Bantu word for dwellings; this word became the name of one of the most powerful of all the East African Kingdoms.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
These two trading cities emerged along the Silk Roads; one on the western edge of China and the other in present day Uzbekistan.
What is Kashgar and Samrkand?
Series of meetings by the Catholic Church between 1545 and 1563 to correct some of the worst abuses and reaffirm their faith.
What is the Council of Trent?
This Cossack Rebellion in the late 1700's caused Catherine the Great to increase her oppression of peasants in return for the support of nobles.
What is the Pugachev Rebellion?