Post-Summer Quiz
This is the concept which dominates major South and Southeast Asian religions that believes human souls exist in a cycle of death and rebirth, with the ultimate goal being the transcendence of said cycle and its suffering.
reincarnation
This was the name of the political, social, religious, and military entity that emerged from internal conflict and continued Arab expansion into North Africa, Spain, Central Asia, and South Asia from 661-750 CE.
Umayyad Caliphate
This was the name of the Mongol-ruled dynasty in China from 1271 – 1368.
Yuan Dynasty
Provide the two primary empires of the Indonesian archipelago during the period from 1200 CE – 1450 CE.
Srivijaya and Majapahit
Describe labor unions. Name an example
A group of towns, states, or companies that agree to engage in beneficial trade to protect the goods, power and trade of the members
HANSA
This was the name of the leader who unified China and began the Qin dynasty
Shihuangdi of Qin (also Qin Shi Huang)
This was the name of the political, social, religious, and military entity that revolted and won against the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 750-1258 CE from its capital in Baghdad, and continuing until the early 16th century.
Abbasid Caliphate
This was the ethnic group that formed settlements and dominated trade in the Indian Ocean region from the 8th to 16th centuries.
Muslim
This was the sub-Saharan African state that remained an independent Christian kingdom until the 20th century.
Solomonic
What are the three major post-classical migrations? Which one brings new crops to Africa?
Arab, Turkic, and Polynesian
This was the name of the solider class in Medieval and Early-Modern Japan.
samurai
This is the terms ascribed to followers/adherents of Islam.
Muslims
This was the ethnic group established communities along the trade routes of the North Africa, West Asia, and Europe.
Jewish
These were series of city-states and kingdoms in West Africa that benefited from trade between the city states of the empires of Ghana, Mali, and the later Songhai Dynasty.
Hausa Kingdoms
It was great that people were traveling and writing about it to inspire others but what was a downside?
The writers like Ibn and Marco showed a close minded attitude towards the places they visited that were different from them
Name a form money we discussed as trade increased.
Minted coins, bank houses, printed money, checks, bills of exchange, debit and credit
What is pastoralism and where was it taking place?
raising livestock to make money / Eurasian region
This was the name for the powerful regional military class in Medieval Japan.
shogun
Name a positive and negative development for women.
See notes - lots of options
Name one piece of new travel technology during the post-classical era.
True north compass, astrolabe, junks, saddles, horse collars, caravanserai