East Asia
The 1100 mile waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. Its revival helped lead to the commercialization of Song China
The Grand Canal
TRUE or FALSE: The Abbasid Caliphate was extremely centralized, unified, and politically stable between 1200 and 1450
FALSE
Indian Ocean Trade Network
Chinampas
What are TWO natural resources that allowed Africa to prosper during the period 1200-1450
Gold, Salt, and Ivory
A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free and reobtain access to the Holy Land; Ultimately spread culture, tech, and increased trade but were not successful
Crusades
A Chinese philosophy that shows the way to ensure a stable government is a rigid hierarchy, filial piety, and an orderly society in the present world. Stresses a moral code of conduct
Confucianism
Large Islamic-based Library and learning center in Baghdad. Focus on the conversion of Greek and Roman classics and Indian learning into Arabic. Preserved knowledge
House of Wisdom
The first Islamic govt est. within India from 1206-1520. Controlled a small area of Northern India
Delhi Sultanate
Means "people of the sun." est. by Pachacuti. Agriculture-based economy with limited regional trading. Mita established dominance. Advanced farming and building technologies. Religion was highly influential
Inca
A long est. trade route that led to the transit of goods between W. African, the N. Arab, and European worlds. Goods included precious metals, such as gold, as well as enslaved
Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
A coerced agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on their lord's estate.
Serf
Champa Rice
An Islamic mystical tradition that desired a personal union with God--divine love through intuition rather than through rational deduction and the study of Shari'a
Sufism
This highly traded and delicious product allowed for the rise of many Southeast Asian states (such as the Srivijaya and Majapahit in Indonesia, and Khmer in Cambodia)
Spices
The massive roadway system was built by captive labor, enslaved, and Mita. 25,000 miles of roads that assisted the govt and military and later the Spanish. United the Inca empire
Carpa Nan
A relation or network between 2 or more people that is based on common ancestry or marriage. This system greatly influenced indigenous African political practices
Kin-based networks
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who lived on the land
Feudalism
A meritocratic practice that Chinese bureaucrats needed to pass to serve in state, based on Confucian concepts
Civil Service Exam
This is a Sufi master and poet. She is almost the only medieval female Islamic mystic to have recorded her own views in writing, and she probably composed more works in Arabic than any other woman prior to the twentieth century.
Aishah al-Ba'uniyyah
A popular development in Hinduism, advocated intense devotion toward a particular deity
Bhakti Movement
An economic system in Inca society where people paid taxes with labor
Mita System
A powerful state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast; flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E. Known for its cone-shaped towers, large palaces, large walls, and stone homes.
Great Zimbabwe
Economic system during the Middle Ages that revolved around self-sufficient farming estates where lords and peasants "shared" the land.
Manorialism
What is one thing that Japan, Korea, and Vietnam shared in common during the period 1200 to 1450?
All were culturally influenced by China
What are TWO groups who posed a challenge to the Abbasid Caliphate AND where did they come from?
2) Turks from Central Asia
3) Crusaders from Europe
4) Mongols from China
What are TWO similarities between the spread of Islam and Buddhism
1) Spread along trade routes, including the Indian Ocean Network
2) Changed as it spread
3) Challenged the cast system
4) allowed for more rights for women
What are TWO ways the Maya were different from the Inca and Mexica
1) Maya were in Central America while Mexica in Mexico and Inca in Peru
2) Mexica and Inca acquired power through conquest
3) Mayans collapsed due to environmental overuse
4) Mayans were a collection of city-states rather than empire
What historical group is most responsible for the spread of Islam in Africa
Muslim Merchants
A new group of middle class between the elite nobles and clergy and the mass of peasants. Included shopkeepers, merchants, artisans, craftspeople, and small landowners
Bourgeoisie