Art and Architecture
These tents can be quickly dismantled and loaded onto animals or carts, often use by pastoralists
What is a yurt?
This was the capitol of the Aztec Empire
What is Tenochtitlan?
This man was able to create a unified "nation" by demanding a high level of loyalty from his followers and promoted allies based on merit, rather than by the traditional method of advancement based on tribal ties and bloodlines.
Who is Temujin/Genghis Khan?
These grasslands are too dry for crops but support pasture animals and are common across much of the center of Eurasia.
What is the steppe?
The Inca used this device of knotted string to record things
What are Quipus?
This meso-american group carried stone for many miles for the construction of temples and for carving massive stone heads.
Who are the Olmecs?
The Inca used relay runners to speed messages to this capital city, from far reaches of the empire.
What is Cuzco?
This Venetian was the most famous European visitor to the Mongol lands and his descriptions of Chinese cities spread the notion of Asia as a land of riches.
Who is Marco Polo?
During this period of intense urbanization there was a dense population, a sophisticated economy, cities with over 50,000 inhabitants and capital cities with 1/2 a million people, paper money, use of the compass, iron smelting, printing, gunpowder and foot binding.
Who are the Song Dynasty?
This Meso-American civilization developed a sophisticated calendar system, an advanced numerical system, and totally engineered landscapes including water management projects.
Who were the Maya?
This portion of land given by a lord for a warrior/knight's loyalty might contain forests, churches and towns
What is a fief?
What are khanates?
In 1095 this man called for a great Christian holy war so that the knights who had been fighting one another could direct their energies against the Muslims.
Who is Pope Urban II?
These are the wars sponsored by the papacy during the late 11th-late 13th century.
What are the crusades?
This impressive nomadic groups is known for their skill on horseback including their portable recurve bows and thumb-rings for rapid firing for archers while riding.
Who are the Mongols?
In the city the Aztecs named Teotihuacan, this large structure was clearly dedicated to the gods, and indicates careful awareness of astronomical alignments
What is The Pyramid of the Sun?
This Inca site 8,000 feet above sea level was most likely used as a relaxing getaway for elites.
What is Macchu Picchu?
The Incan Empire was one of the largest states in the world when this man arrived in 1532.
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
One of the main purposes for the Aztecs frequent wars was to get prisoners to use for this.
What is Religious Sacrifice?
This process is boiling maize in a solution of water increased the nutritional value when making masa from maize and lime.
What is nixtamalization?
During this time there was a cultural flowering in Japan and women played an important role at all levels of society, but especially literary masterpieces.
What is the Heian Period?
These associations of artisans organized to regulate quality, quantity and price of goods produced in towns in the Middle Ages.
What are craft guilds?
The Tale of Genji was written by this person
Who is Lady Murasaki?
This is the term for a warrior who swears his loyalty to a more powerful individual and promises aid and military assistance
What is vassal?
The Inca used this system to move people to do work or labor for the state.
What was the mit'a?