Social Species
Near 1450, these peoples, also the name of a popular butterfly, began to gain power and centralize states due to their military and establishment of bureaucracies in Europe.
What are Monarchs?
Korea, Japan, and Vietnam all bid ciao to their native culture, for they were this kind of state of China.
What are tributary states?
This crop, which the Chinese got from their Vietnamese neighbors, was rather “nice” and led to a vast increase in population.
What is Champa Rice?
This Chinese religion, heavily influenced by Daoism and Buddhism, led to a confused history class saying “Who’s Neo and why is he confused?” when it was introduced.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
The Hausa Kingdoms utilized this African trade route to increase their wealth and buy some “dessert.”
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade?
This group is often symbolized in America with the German Shepherd, and was typically in charge of the Islamic Empires.
What is the military?
A system of government, where if you do not know your doctrines, you ought to say “so long” to your dreams of having a bureaucratic position.
What is a meritocracy?
Many countries in Afro-Eurasia were “boastin’” their access to this major ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This major religion, which can be confused with the buds of a flower by students, originated in India, but later spread to China and its tributary states, during 1200-1450.
What is Buddhism?
These Chinese ships, which share a name with a common American food archetype, led to an increase in the profit of trade during 1200 to 1450.
What are Junks?
The lords under this system, which forced peasants to work the land for protection, were often symbolized by animals, including foxes and ravens.
What is Manorialism?
This empire was developed after Hindu troops sent to expand the Delhi Sultanate waved “adieu” to their previous leaders, and created their own empire.
What is the Vijayanagar Empire?
Song China created this landmark, which some would say gave China its own “brand” and facilitated trade flow.
What is the Grand Canal?
This temple was created by the Khmer Empire to represent all of Hindu, but the confused history students said “Wat?” when it was converted to Buddhism.
What is the Angkor Wat?
This economic development, which led to Song Chinese producing more goods than necessary, was the precursor to mass manufactured goods, including canned food.
What is Proto-Industrialization?
In this Coastal African group of nations, containing lions and elephants, merchants were considered to be of a high social rank.
What are the Swahili?
The conquest of this capital city, led to the Ottomans waving “Bye-Bye" to the Byzantines.
What is Constantinople?
The Chaco and Mesa Verde peoples “pondered” over their lack of access to this necessary resource, leading to the creation of technology to transport and store it.
What is water?
This Hindu movement, led some history students to confuse it with Buddhism, for it rejected Castes and emphasized equality.
What is the Bhakti Movement?
Some would say this African nation has great kebabs, for their economy was largely based on agriculture and gold.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
This version of Christianity, symbolized by fish, connected the many states of Western Europe during 1200 to 1450.
What is Roman Catholicism?
These warriors were originally sold from Turkey to the Abbasid Caliphate, but the caliphs soon said “sayonara” to their political power, for these warriors began to hold all of it.
Who are the Seljuks?
This waterway, which rhymes with the catchphrase of Sesame Street character Fuzzy Bear: “Wocka wocka”, was the main source of income for the Srivijaya Empire, who taxed ships passing through it.
What is the Strait of Malacca?
This version of Christianity originated in the Byzantine Empire, but caused quite a “Ruz” in the history class whenever it was adopted by the Kievan Ruz.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
Song China typically exported this good, whose first syllable sounds similar to a Ukrainian soup by the name of borscht.
What is Porcelain?