Premodern Japan
Between the Heian and Kamakura periods of early Japanese history, central political power passed from the emperor to this supreme military commander
Who was the shogun?
The Song emperors took power during a golden age of several centuries of progress in China after the downfall of this previous dynasty
Who were the Tang emperors?
This dynasty in China was formed by the Mongols after their conquest of the country
What is the Yuan dynasty?
The term "medieval" literally means this
What is "middle ages"?
The modern age begins when this explorer establishes a lasting connection between Old & New Worlds
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Believers in the Shinto faith in Japan worship these spirits at temples across the country
What are kami?
Women in the Song dynasty experienced a sharp decline in social status, most evident in this patriarchal practice of physical control over daughters
What is foot-binding?
This was the original name of Genghis Khan before he took that honorific title denoting his rulership over the whole universe
What is Temujin?
The rulers of this republic in Northern Italy managed to get a crusading army excommunicated by paying them to attack a Christian city
What is Venice?
This culture of city-states in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico was already experiencing decline before the arrival of the Spanish and smallpox
Who were the Maya?
These regional governors are vassals to the shogun, and lords over the many samurai in their region
Who are the daimyo?
What are Taoism or Buddhism?
The Mongol rulers over this western khanate converted to Islam after conquering many lands held by the Abbasid caliphs
What is the Ilkhanate?
What is perspective?
This empire built thousands of miles of roads and terraced farms through the steep Andes mountains without a writing system or metalworking
What is the Inca Empire?
A Japanese warrior who has lost his honor may be ordered to commit this form of ritual suicide in accordance with the bushido samurai code
What is seppuku?
This warlord managed to unify his people after the Song emperors had attempted to divide them with bribes and alliances over the previous century
Who was Genghis Khan?
The Mamluk Muslim rulers of this country were finally able to stop the Mongol expansion westward from Central Asia into the Middle East
What is Egypt?
This social class in medieval Europe benefitted most from the economic disruptions of the Black Death in the 1300s, when losses caused a labor shortage and increases in wages
Who were the peasants?
The Taino island culture of the Caribbean Sea played a ball game very similar to this version played by Mayans on the mainland
What is pok-a-tok?
He became Japan's first shogun in the Kamakura dynasty after defeating a rival clan and receiving authority from the emperor
Who is Minamoto no Yoritomo?
This founder of the Song dynasty reunified China after the Five Dynasties period in the tenth century CE
Who is Emperor Taizu?
The Golden Horde Khanate eventually falls to the rise of this Orthodox Christian nation in the 1400s?
What is Russia?
This Muslim military leader and ruler of Egypt recaptured Jerusalem and fought against the Christian kings of the Third Crusade
Who is Saladin?
This New World food crop was brought back to Europe and created population booms and became central to the diets of people in places like Ireland and Germany
What is the potato?