East Asia
Three countries we associate with East Asia
What are China, Korea, and Japan?
Some states in S & SE Asia specifically mentioned in Unit 1
What are the Delhi Sultanate, Srivijaya, Khmer, etc?
Two Islamic empires that made up Dar al-Islam (1200-1450)
What are the Mamluk, Seljuk, Ottoman, and Delhi Sultanate?
trade network that brought the African empires into the "Global Tapestry"
What is Trans-Saharan?
political system that gave land in return for service
What is feudalism?
The Song Dynasty was never able to truly overcome threats from these people (Mongols might be one example, but also the Jurchens)
What are outside invaders?
Branches of Hinduism that sought a more personal relationship with a deity
What are Bhakti and Sufism?
Much of the knowledge and learning in Dar al-Islam was derived from these classical civilizations
Who are the Greeks and the Romans?
his final "hajj" was across the Saharan Desert to visit the Empire of Mali (where he was shocked by what he saw)
Who is Ibn Battuta?
Most European monarchies until the late Middle Ages can be characterized this way politically
What is decentralized?
Highly ritualized traditional Chinese belief system that emerges due to syncretism 1200-1450
What is Neo-Confucianism?
Only two Mesoamerican civilizations mentioned in Unit I
What are the Incas and the Aztecs?
Muslim scholar Ibn Sina wrote a text dealing with this topic that was also used in European colleges
What is medicine?
his hajj helped bring Mali and West Africa into the Global Tapestry
Who is Mansa Musa?
economic side of feudalism
What is manorialism?
What is to explain why one dynasty falls and another rises?
Branch of Islam that sought a more personal relationship with Allah
What is Sufism?
Emanations of Grace by A'isha al-Ba'uniyya contains poetry inspired by this form of mystical Islam
What is Sufism?
The primary religious difference between Mali and Ethiopia
What is Mali was Islamic and Ethiopia was Christian?
Coerced labor tied to the land of a lord
What is serfdom?
Traded items that helped turn Song China into an economic powerhouse
What is silks, tea, paper, rice, porcelain, etc?
Both land - based empires and sea-based empires in Unit I were strengthened as a result of this (name and 2 examples)
What is long-distance trade, the Silk Roads and the Indian Ocean Trade Networks?
Besides numerals, one other mathematical achievement associated with Dar al-Islam
What is the development of algebra and trigonometry?
Southern African kingdom known for its large stone fortress and links with the Swahili city-states
What is Great Zimbabwe?
led to higher wage demands and lower class unrest throughout Europe in the mid to late 1300s
What is the Black Death?