People
Founder of the Mongol Empire; created the largest empire to every exist; known for bloodshed and warfare
Genghis Khan
What is Feudalism?
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land
3rd dynasty of the Islamic Caliphate. They built their capital in Baghdad after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphate.
They promoted commerce, industry, arts, and science.
Abbasid Dynasty
(1346-1352) disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism.
Bubonic Plague
A set of kingdoms in India that arose after the fall of the Gupta dynasty, they were hundreds of kingdoms ruled by land-owning Kshatriyas. They were wealthy due to trade and a good economy. Hindu beliefs and this is where the practice of Sati began, as well as purdah.
Rajput Kingdoms
Violent, killed his own son and a lot of people. Centralized Russian monarchy and started feudalism in Russia. Ruled from 1533-1594, until Romanav Empire took over.
Ivan the Terrible IV
Define the Middle Ages
Also known as the medieval period, the time between the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD and the beginning of the Renaissance in the fourteenth century.
(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than on the military.
Song Dynasty
(1337 – 1453) Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families.
Hundred Years' War
An ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200.
Cahokia
(1304-1369) Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period.
Ibn Buttata
A code of behavior that governed the aspect of all knights behavior (Europe)
Code of Chivalry
(1368-1644) Succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China.
Ming Dynasty
An organization of priests in Spain that looked for and punished anyone suspected of secretly practicing their old religion instead of Roman Catholicism.
Spanish Inquisition
Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.
Tenochtitlan
(c. 1160-1216) one of the most powerful and influential popes in history; exerted wide influence over the Christian regimes of Europe, claiming supremacy. Called upon Christian forces to begin The Fourth Crusade (crusaders ended up sacking Constantinople)
Pope Innocent III
"The Way of the Warrior". Samurai Code of Conduct: Loyalty, Bravery, Honor. Those who broke the Code had to commit ritual suicide called Seppuku. (Japan)
Code of Bushido
Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders.
Dehli Sultanate
Mongols; captured Russian cities and largely destroyed Kievan state in 1236; left Russian Orthodoxy and aristocracy intact
Tatars
A kingdom that arose near the Niger River delta in the 1300s and became a major West African state in the 1400s.
Benin
A famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period. He became famous for his 17 year trip to India and back.
Xuanzang
Define the three-field system
A rotational system for agriculture in which one field grows grain, one grows legumes, and one lies fallow. It gradually replaced two-field system in medieval Europe.
(1279-1368 CE) The dynasty with Mongol rule in China; they were centralized with bureaucracy but the structure was different: Mongols on top->Persian bureaucrats->Chinese bureaucrats
Yuan Dynasty
Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
Marco Polo
Aggressive empire in Cambodia and Laos that collapsed in the 1400's when Thailand conquered Cambodia
Khmer Empire