Developments in East Asia
This dynasty popularized the use of paper money, gun powder, printing, and silk.
What is the Song Dynasty?
A form of math developed using Indian numerical notation that sometimes uses letters.
What is Algebra?
This meteorological phenomena helped ships move throughout the Indian Ocean.
What are monsoon winds?
Tenochtitlan, the capital city of this civilization, was built on a swamp and consisted of numerous canals, dikes, causeways, bridges and floating islands and gardens.
Who are the Aztec?
A large desert in Northern Africa, frequently crossed by camels.
What is the Sahara Desert?
It's not Istanbul to the Turks yet, but it is the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
Drought resistant rice imported from Vietnam grown in terraces that caused population growth in China.
What is champa rice?
This "House" was located in Baghdad and translated many Greek and Roman texts, preserving them from being destroyed by the Byzantines.
What is the House of Wisdom?
The Khmer Empire was home to this temple monument dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, which is still standing in modern day Cambodia.
What is Angor Wat?
Located in Guatemala, the Temple of the Great Jaguar is an example of monumental architecture from this civilization.
Who are the Maya?
Said to be the wealthiest man in history, this African king converted to Islam and went on Hajj to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
The idea that the ruler was given permission to rule by God.
What is Divine Right?
In order to work for the government as a member of the bureaucracy, men in China had to pass this.
What are the civil service exams?
This religious sect, popular in the Delhi Sultanate, preached religious tolerance and a personal connection to the Divine through music, dance and chanting.
What is Sufism?
This empire was Hindu and thalassocratic (meaning sea based), and was based in present-day Java (Indonesia), acting as a chokehold on the Indian Ocean trade network.
What is Majapahit?
Located near the Andes, this civilization had an extensive bureaucracy that controlled 80 provinces, each with their own governor.
Who are the Inca?
This West African city along the Trans-Saharan trade routes became a center of Islamic learning.
What is Timbuktu?
A military & political system based on land ownership and personal loyalty where the King is at the top and serfs are at the bottom, working the land.
What is feudalism?
These two civilizations often paid tribute to Song China and benefited from China's advancements.
What are Japan and Korea?
An encyclopedia by Ibn Sina that described contagious diseases was translated into Latin and used in Europe until the 17th century.
What is the Canon of Medicine?
This empire was Buddhist and thalassocratic (meaning sea based), and was based in present-day Sumatra (Indonesia), acting as a chokehold on the Indian Ocean trade network.
What is Srivijaya?
This city was the largest Native American urban center north of Mexico, known for its mounds.
What is Cahokia?
These city states participated in the Indian Ocean trade networks as commercial centers, trading goods from the interior of Africa.
What are the Swahili City States?
This series of religious wars, led by the Roman Catholics, were fought against the Islamic world to prevent them from expanding into the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
This belief system promoted the ideas of filial piety and the practice of foot binding.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
A region in Europe that was once home to an Islamic caliphate.
What is Cordoba, Spain?
A Hindu movement that promoted worshipping a single deity and did not discriminate against women or people of lower castes.
What is the Bhakti Movement?
This Incan labor system required conquered peoples to perform labor as tribute and was later exploited by the Spanish.
What is mita?
This city state earned its wealth from the gold trade and cattle and was known for having large stone enclosures that did not use mortar.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
This branch of Christianity practices caesaropapism, meaning the emperor takes the role of caesar AND pope or head of church.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?