China
Chinese imperial dynasty that lasted from 960 to 1279 and is many times referred to as the time period of economic revolution in Chinese history
What is the Song Dynasty?
This translates to "Everywhere Islam Is"
These are artificial floating islands built in shallow lakes or freshwater swamps, primarily used by the Aztecs for agriculture. These rectangular plots of land, cultivated for crops like corn, beans, and squash, were a crucial component of Mesoamerican agriculture
What are Chinampas?
This gold and ivory exporting state in Southern Africa was known for it's extensive walls pre1450.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
This was the predominant religion in Europe from 1200 to 1450.
What is Christianity/Catholicism?
This rice allowed for multiple harvests per year. With more harvests came more food and, once it was
imported to China, a growing population
What is Champa Rice?
This magnificent library and university included Islamic manuscripts and books collected by writers, authors, copyists and others used to spread the religion of Islam. Located in modern day Baghdad.
What is the House of Wisdom?
Also known as the Mexica Empire, this was a powerful Mesoamerican civilization that flourished from the 14th to the 16th centuries, centered inTenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco.
Who are the Aztecs?
This Moroccan Islamic traveler (c1330) wrote an account of different practices within dar al-Islam. He is the "Marco Polo" of Dar al Islam.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This was a series of religious wars initiated by European Christians between 1095 and 1291, primarily aimed at recapturing the Holy Land from Muslim control and protecting the Byzantine Empire.
What are the Crusades?
philosophical teachings developed by Confucius that centers upon the ideas of filial piety, humaneness, and ritual.
What is Confucianism?
a Muslim sultanate based mostly in Delhi, India that
stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526). They ruled a mostly Hindu people.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
These indigenous peoples formed a vast empire in South America, primarily in the Andes mountain range, from around the 12th to the 16th century. They are known for their sophisticated agriculture, elaborate infrastructure, and centralized government.
Who are the Inca?
These are Islamic independent cities in East Africa
connect to India via the monsoon winds. These cities were the gateway or "Buccees" of Africa
What are the Swahili City States?
The the political, military, and social system in Medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries, based on the holding of lands in fief and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal in exchange for service or labor.
What is Feudalism?
primary Confucian value that emphasizes the virtue of honoring your elders
What is Filial Piety?
This was a dynasty that ruled the Islamic Empire from 750 to 1258 CE. They overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and established their rule in Baghdad, which became a center of intellectual and cultural flourishing.
What is the Abbassid Caliphate?
This refers to a mandatory labor system in the Incan Empire and later adopted by the Spanish in their American colonies. Essentially, it was a form of tribute paid by the Inca population in the form of labor rather than taxes.
What is the Mita System?
This was a powerful West African state, whose kings and merchants converted to Islam and were connected to Asia via the Trans-Saharan route exporting gold.
What is Mali/Songhai?
This is a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to
another and could not leave without that person's permission.
What is a Serf?
a system of government that is run by state officials who are appointed, not elected. This is the official government style of China.
What is a Bureaucracy?
This is what Muslims called Christians and Jews which means that they too only believe in one God?
This refers to a pre-modern state that maintains a subordinate relationship with a more powerful state, sending regular payments or gifts as a sign of submission and to maintain diplomatic and trading relationships.
This was a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa, known for its rich history, diverse culture, and significant role in African affairs. This state was a constant pocket of Christianity, despites its existence in Dar al Islam.
What is Ethiopia?
This was a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's lands within which he has the right to exercise
certain privileges. This was the economic system of Europe at the time.
What was the Manor System?