Post-Classical Africa
Who was the famously rich King of Mali?
Mansa Musa
Who is the founder of Islam
Muhammad
What group created the largest contiguous land empire in human history in the 1200s-1300s?
Mongols
What was one paper-based invention of Post-Classical China?
Paper currency
What is notable about Japan's natural resources
They have none of note
What 2 major items were traded in Post-Classical Africa?
Gold and Salt
What is a nickname for the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates?
Golden Age of Islam
What is one feature of the Mongols that allowed them to be successful militarily?
Skilled horsemanship, archery, stirrups
In the Post-Classical Period whose technology was superior, China or Europe?
China
How did Korea influence Japan?
It served as a cultural bridge
What religion did Mansa Musa help to spread?
Islam
During the Abbasid Caliphate, what was the most prestigious place where scholars met in the Islamic world?
House of Wisdom
What was a significant result of the Mongol Empire's control of most of Asia?
Increase in trade/travel
What do Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta have in common?
Both are world travelers, primary sources of information about cultural diffusion/trade and travel
What was the name of Japan's nature-based religion that developed as a result of their dependence on their environment (little natural resources, tsunamis, island location)
Shintoism
The Sahara Desert
How did Islam rapidly spread in the early 600s?
Conquest, trade, missionary work
Name 2 Mongol leaders
Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan
What decision was made in the 1400s by China that caused them to start falling behind the rest of the world?
Forced isolation
Japan can be described as a chain of islands. What is the geographic term for that?
Archipelago
What was the name of group of people that populated much of sub-Saharan Africa?
Bantu
Where was the primary Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Baghdad
What was a ruling philosophy that the Mongols and the Abbasid Caliphate had in common (It was an idea to keep people from rebelling)?
Toleration
Who was Zheng He?
Chinese admiral who sailed from China to Africa, showing the might of the Chinese navy.
How were the societies of Japan and Europe similar in this Post-Classical period?
Feudalism (any details with that)