East Asia
This belief system emphasized hierarchy and influenced China’s government.
What is Confucianism?
This religion spread across Afro-Eurasia through trade and conquest.
What is Islam?
This religion remained dominant in India and reinforced the caste system.
What is Hinduism?
This empire used a labor system called mit’a.
What is the Inca Empire?
This system exchanged land for military service
What is feudalism?
This was the MOST common way rulers justified power globally.
What is religion?
This system selected government officials based on knowledge of Confucian texts.
What is the civil service exam system?
These mystical Islamic missionaries helped spread Islam peacefully.
Who are Sufis?
This movement emphasized personal devotion and challenged caste restrictions.
What is the Bhakti Movement?
This African state controlled gold trade routes and built massive stone structures.
What is Great Zimbabwe
This institution unified Europe religiously and influenced politics
What is the Catholic Church?
These types of states had strong central control (China, Inca).
What are centralized states?
This dynasty was ruled by Mongols but kept Chinese administrative practices.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
This law system governed both personal and political life in Islamic societies.
What is Sharia law?
This empire brought Islamic rule to northern India.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
This empire collected tribute from conquered peoples in Mesoamerica.
What is the Aztec Empire?
This system tied peasants to land and agricultural labor.
What is serfdom (manorialism)?
These types of states had power divided among local leaders (Europe, Japan).
What are decentralized/fragmented states?
This concept allowed people to justify overthrowing a bad ruler.
What is Mandate of Heaven?
This group of people rose to power after the Abbasid decline.
Who are Turkic peoples?
This term describes the blending of religions and cultures.
What is syncretism?
This kingdom used Christianity to legitimize its rulers and claimed descent from Solomon.
What is Ethiopia?
This event killed about 30–50% of Europe’s population.
What is the Black Death?
Both the Inca and China used systems to track resources and labor. (Think about one office in charge of the whole area vs many rulers over smaller areas)
What are bureaucratic/administrative systems?
This period saw a commercial revolution with paper money and expanded trade.
What is the Song Dynasty?
This empire was ruled by elite slave soldiers in Egypt.
What is the Mamluk Sultanate?
This trading network connected Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean trade network?
This system of knotted cords was used by the Inca for record keeping.
What is quipu?
This document limited the power of the English king.
What is the Magna Carta?
This concept describes similar developments in different regions without contact.
What is parallel development?