Innovation
This discovery enabled China to produce greater amounts of cast iron goods and was given the nickname “black earth”
What is coal
This crop was fast ripening and was drought resistant
What is Champa rice
This religion came to China from its birthplace in India via the Silk Roads and its popularity became widespread during the Tang Dynasty
What is Buddhism
This trade was a result from the high demand in the Middle East for slaves and slave labor
What is the Indian Ocean slave trade
This is the practice of having more than one wife at the same time
What is Polygyny
This invention originally introduced in China led to the development and spread of weapons
What is gunpowder
An agricultural method where crops would be rotated through three fields
What is the three field system
Vietnam families preferred this type of family, containing just a wife, husband, and their children
What is nuclear families
A set of economic changes in which people in rural areas made more goods than they could sell
What is proto-industrialization
This was a high status social class in imperial china
What is a Scholar gentry
This innovation was developed by the Chinese in the 7th century and was used during the Song era to give information on how to farm efficiently
What is woodblock printing
This waterway was an efficient transportation system expanding over 30,000 miles
What is the Grand Canal
This person visited the court in Kublai Khan in Dadu and captivated Europeans when sharing the people he met along his journeys. As a result, curiosity about Asia skyrocketed, stimulating interest in cartography
Who is Marco Polo
These skilled craftworkers produced products dispersed in smelting facilities and manufactured porcelain and silk that reached consumers through expanding trade networks
Who are artisans
This was a mandatory labor distribution system popular in the Incan empire
What is the mit’a system
Traders tied to the Indian Ocean trade blended their languages to make this new language
What is Swahili
A five century cooling of the planet starting in about 1300
What is the little ice age
Scholars would travel as far as Baghdad to study in this renowned center of learning
What is the House of Wisdom
During this dynasty, the growth of social economy was promoted by paying people to work on labor projects such as roads and irrigation canals
What is the Song Dynasty
This rally began in the 12th century with Hindus emphasizing the importance of emotion in their spiritual life with them instead of putting focus on studying texts or performing rituals prioritized developing a strong attachment to a specific deity
What is the Bhakti movement
The Inca constructed this roadway system that stretched for about 25,000 miles and was used mainly by the government and military
What is the Carpa Nan
This is a tapering structure with steps going up the sides similar to Mesopotamian ziggurats
What are mayan pyramids
This person contributed to knowledge on astronomy, law, logic, ethics, mathematics, philosophy, and medicine
Who is Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
This system provided economic self-sufficiency and defence with everything that people living there required, limiting the need for trade or contact with outsiders
What is manorialism
This person is a Sufi poet that would show the contrast between muslims and sufis along with being known as one of the most prolific muslim writers before the 20th century
Who is 'A'ishah al-Ba'uniyyah