Asia
Mongols often fought on
The Original Goal of the Crusades was the control this Holy City
What is Jerusalem
The Social Structure of Europe at this time was called?
Feudalism
Genghis Khan means
Great Khan
the grandson of Genghis Khan who conquered China
Kublai Khan
The warrior class in Europe, the group that the Pope wanted to go on crusades
knights
This Islamic Empire had individual territories called
Millets
What was the major way the Black Death was spread
Trade/ Merchants bringing ships of rats/ infected people to cities along trade routes
Muslims and Hindus constantly fought in this Islamic society
Mughal Empire
the unification of rivers to Bejing was done through the
Grand Canal
This was the promise given to fighters in the Crusades
If you die on crusade, you go straight to heaven
This Islamic Empire believed in Shiia Islam
Safavids
Why is the crusades called "History's Greatest Failure?"
It didn't accomplish at all what it set out to do, but was still important for world history, leading to a revival of trade and learning in Europe, re-establishing trade routes, and creating the situation for the Renaissance to occur
divided and detached from the average person
Marco Polo traveled throughout China on the
Silk Road
Most crusaders never returned home, either dying or stopping in
The name of this empire means mongol
Mughals
at one point, there was a dispute in the Catholic Church with 3 different popes. This was called
the Great Schism
The title given to the religious and political successor of Muhammad (the head of all of Islam)
Caliph
Genghis Khan unified all of Asia through warfare and
a unified set of laws
What Pope called for the 1st crusade?
Pope Urban II
Christian tax to make young boys into Janissaries
devshirme
to be considered a freeman, serfs must be gone from the manor for
1 year and 1 day
Open Air markets in cities, one of the hallmarks of the Islamic Empires, were called this
Bazaars