System (Belief/Slavery/Taxation)
The Combination of Confucian and Buddhist beliefs after the large influence of Buddhism in China from India. However, it is still very much Confucian in belief.
Neo-Confucianism
Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 CE) that could be considered their "golden age" when China saw many important techonoligical inventions.
Song Dynasty
System of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia; known for spreading religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam as well as technological transfers and diseases like the Bubonic plague
Silk Road
Invented in China during the 9th century, this substance was became the dominant military technology used to expand European and Asian empires by the 15th century; spread from East to West via trade networks like the Silk Roads and help from the Mongol Empire
Gunpowder
Who wrote the 95 Theses and what's its purpose?
Martin Luther; against the Catholic church
What's the name of the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation?
Catholic Reformation
Muslim ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world; one of the richest people to have ever lived
Mansa Musa
Allowed caravans and their camels to rest in a protected environment, encouraging trade
Caravanserai
Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. It led to increased populations in Song Dynasty China.
Champa Rice
The period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire.
Pax Mongolica
Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency
Flying Money
What's the name of the Chinese dynasty under Mongol rule under Kublai Khan?
Yuan Dynasty
Seasonal wind in India, the winter monsoon brings hot, dry weather and the summer monsoon brings rain.
Monsoon Winds
An invention which gives camel riders more stability on the animal and its invention and basic idea traveled along the Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade Route. Invented somewhere between 500 and 100 BCE by Bedouin tribes.
Camel Saddle
What's the name of the Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to consolidate his rule and subdue the nobility?
Versailles
The system by which boys from Christian communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries (elite military units)
Devshirme
Japanese system of government under a shogun (military warlord), who exercised actual power while the Japanese emperor was reduced to a figurehead (someone with no political power)
Shogunate
(1254-1324) Italian explorer and author. He made numerous trips to China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys. He is responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe and China during this time period.
Marco Polo
What's the name of the large Islamic-based Library and learning center. It focus of conversion of Greek and Roman classics and Indian learning into Arabic.
The House of Wisdom
What's the other name for Black Death? The deadly disease that spread through Asia and Europe and killed more than a third of the population in some areas.
Bubonic Plague
Mughal empire's taxation system where decentralized lords collected tribute/taxes for the emperor
Zamindars
Which two ethnic was transformed from one to the other in the Abbasid Caliphate
Arab ---> Turks
Cities along the coast of East Africa that actively participated in Indian Ocean trade: showed syncretism in their language and religion, blending traditional central African beliefs with Islam and Arabic
Swahili city-states
Large flat-bottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel and participation in the tribute system. Could be used in Indian Ocean Trade Network.
Junk Ship
(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 Battuta