Byzantine Empire
What are two continents that empire covered?
Asia, Europe, Africa
What continent did the Mongol cover?
Asia
The weapons used by samurais
Swords
Chinese beliefs, philosophy, and teachings that stress social order based on duty, rank, and proper behavior.
Confucianism
A system in which land owned by a powerful person is divided up and given to others in exchange for work and a promise to fight for the landowner.
What is the name of the Capitol?
Constantinople
What is the name of the Mongol leader?
Genghis khan
An exchange of ideas, technology, and culture.
cultural diffusion
Name of the fine handwriting in China
Calligraphy
What are two countries next to Japan?
China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia
Sole leaders with complete authority
This group conquered many Russian cities, known for the color of their tents
Golden Horde
Man made waterways
Canals
This system required people to take exams to get government jobs
Civil service
Received land in exchange for a promise to support the shogun with their armies when needed
Daimyo
Roman laws, legal writings, and even a student handbook. Know as "body of civil law"
Justinian's Code
Expanded from Asia to the Middle East where goods, technology, ideas, and religion traveled
Silk Road
Place on the ocean where ships dock (parking lot for ships)
Habors
A time of peace, success, and wealth, which sparks art, ideas, literature, and innovation
Golden Age
The lowest class in Japanese Feudalism
Merchants
Church of Hagia Sophia
This period of stability allowed for an exchange of goods and ideas between the East and the West.
Pax Mongolia
A strait connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean
Bosporus
What evidence is there of social mobility?
Merchants educated their sons to enter in the ranks of the gentry.
A samurai who betrayed the code of bushido was expected to commit suicide
seppuku