China
This fabulous waterway connected northern and southern China during the post-classical era, stimulating the growth of a market economy
What is the Grand Canal?
In addition to organizing society based on kin and gender roles, African societies created social groups and assigned tasks based on this form of organization, somewhat analogous to your classes calling themselves "H1"
What are age grades?
This Islamic dynasty was nominally ruled by the Seljuk Turks for two centuries before being taken over by the Mongols in 1258
What are the Abbasids?
India's location in the middle of Indian Ocean basin made it the ideal location for these expansive warehouses
What are emporia?
This term refers to any sort of combination of cultural or religious practices, most evident when Sufi missionaries allowed new converts to retain aspects of their traditional religions while still accepting Muhammad
What is syncretism?
This Chinese dynasty only ruled for 37 years but its revival of centralized rule had a lasting effect on later dynasties
What is the Sui Dynasty?
This great city-state is known for its massive stone walls and role in the trade routes between the interior of southern Africa and the east coast
What is Great Zimbabwe?
In the Hijrah, Muhammad was forced to move to this city, originally known as Yahtrib and later renamed this Arabic name, meaning "city of the prophet"
What is Medina?
This Islamic empire was established in north India in the 13th century, but the inhabitants of this empire did not embrace Islam to the same extent as conquered peoples under the Abbasids or Umayyads
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
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This was the first form of paper money used in China, more points for using the Chinese name
Flying Cash (300 pts)
Promissory Notes (300 points)
Jiaozi (500 points)
Many Sub-Saharan and West African rulers engaged in the salt and slave trade converted to this religion because they saw it as advantageous for forging overseas business connections but still retained many aspects of ATR in their religious traditions
What is Islam?
This branch of Islam believes that only members of Muhammad's family can be Caliph
What is Shia Islam?
This religion became more thoroughly entrenched in South India during the post classical period
What is Hinduism?
This Disney-Pixar character is known for his catchphrase "ka-chow!"
Who is Lightning McQueen?
This Chinese dynasty was initially hostile toward Buddhism, resulting in the closure of some monasteries, while a later female ruler of this dynasty embraced the religion
What is the Tang Dynasty?
This Arabic term means "coasters," referring to the people on the east coast of Africa who engaged in trade with Islamic merchants
What is Swahili?
The Iberian peninsula became this tolerant, diverse kingdom when it was ruled by an Umayyad prince after the rest of the Umayyad caliphate had fallen to the Abbasids
What is al-Andalus or Andalusia?
Funan and other southeast Asian kingdoms were heavily influenced by this south Indian kingdom
What is the Chola kingdom?
This south Indian language, spoken by one of your science teachers, is the 18th most widely spoken language in the world
What is Tamil?
This group of nomadic peoples in what is now western China was called upon to put down a rebellion during the Tang Dynasty
Who are the Uighurs?
The kings of this Amharic-speaking Christian country located in northeastern Africa claimed to be the descended from the Israelite kings David and Solomon
What is Ethiopia?
These are the five pillars of Islam (100 per pillar; 2x points for using Arabic)
What is Shahada (declaration of faith), Zakat (alms for the poor), Shawm (fasting), Salat (prayer), and Hajj
This cult of love and devotion in post-classical India sought to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam
What is the Bhakti movement?
This worldly term is especially applicable to the port cities of the maritime silk roads, as well as Abbasid Baghdad
What is cosmopolitanism?