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More of something than as needed.
Surplus.
Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season
Champa rice.
Richest person ever
Mansa Musa
system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power
Absolute Monarchy
absolute legal ownership of another person
chattel slavery
Trans-Saharan trade, Indian Ocean trade, and Silk Road.
The three main important rade routes.
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 live on the land
Feudalism
seasonal wind in India
Monsoon winds
class of salaried warriors in feudal Japan
Samurai
an economic system where nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold/silver and by exporting more goods than they imported
Merchantlism
ruler to ruled, father to son, older brother to younger brother, husband to wife, friend to friend.
5 realtionships
The Turkic empire ruled by sultans in Persia and modern-day Iraq
Seljuk Empire
Europeans' name for the Moluccas
Spice Islands
last imperial dynasty of China
Qing
the devastating demographic impact of European-borne epidemic diseases
The Great Dying
One of the first monotheistic religions
Zoroastrianism
land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service
Fief
group of traveling merchants and animals
Caravan
tax paid by Christians and Jews
Jizya
Spanish estates in the Americas that were often plantations
hacienda
10,000-8,000 BC.
When did the Neolithic revolution occur?
8
How many major Crusades were there
alternative to metal coins
Paper Money
French theologian who developed the Christian theology
John Calvin
a term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent.
mulatto