a small stone building in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca that contains a sacred black stone and is the goal of Islamic pilgrimage and the point toward which Muslims turn in praying.
What is Ka'ba
City on the Niger River. As part of the Mali empire, it became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning.
What is Timbuktu
The loyalty of a people to their common culture, traditions, ethnicity, geographic territory, and the idea of self-rule called this was one of the biggest results of the 100 years war
Nationalism
a system established by the Inca Empire in order to construct buildings or create roads throughout the empire
Mita System
The one unifying factor in Medieval Western Europe
What is Catholicism "The Church"
A payment by one ruler/nation to another in acknowledgement of submission, protection or respect/superiority
Since depictions of religious figures is forbidden in Islam most Mosques are instead decorated with an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines
What is Arabesque
This was a Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on a strait of the same name. Islam spread here mostly through means of trade
What is Malacca
The advancements of the three field system, moldboard plow, Wind Mills, and water mills led to this in Europe
What is population increase
movable Mongol houses
Yurt
Name of the dynasty that is often associated with China's "golden age" after they were pushed south by the Jin
What is the Southern Song
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The "Golden Age" of Islamic culture is considered to have taken place during this dynasty especially when they moved their capital here.
This large public works project that provided agricultural and economic benefits was begun by the Sui and each successive Dynasty worked/added to it.
What is the Grand Canal
Originally somewhat similar to Oases in the Sahara, these popped up along the Silk Roads and some of them eventually turned into massive trade cities such as Samarkand within a couple of centuries
What are caravanserai
Confucian scholarly gentry
This rice species originating in southeast Asia began being cultivated in large quantities in China during the Tang/Song era allowing for two harvests a year.
What is Champa Rice
Name the 5 pillars
1) Faith: “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of God.” 2) Prayer: Should be performed 5 times daily while facing in the direction of Mecca 3) Almsgiving: Supporting the poor and needy of the community 4) Fasting: Occurs during month of Ramadan; no food, drink, or sexual relations from dawn to sundown 5) The Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca
What 3 things were the most heavily traded items bringing wealth to the Western Sub-Saharan Caliphates?
Gold Salt and Slaves
Under the Tang this government agency oversaw Government officials chosen based on a revived Confucian-based examination system
What is Ministry of Rites
give three positive effects of the Black Death
Health........ Hospitals ......... End of feudalism......... Middle class.......... Hurt the power of the Church............
The Khanate in present day Western Russia was called this. What was the role of the various City-states of the Rus in regards to the Mongols there?
What is Golden Horde. They had to pay tribute.
Buddhism fused with Daoism and other influences to create this branch which is very popular in Japan
What is Zen Buddhism
The name of the Islamic empire that stretched over parts of the Indian sub-continent between 1206–1526
What is the Deli Sultanate
in Islam it refers to what Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. These are somewhat disputed among the Islamic world.
What are the Hadiths
Attempted to establish Buddhism as a state religion in China
Who is Empress Wu
Historical Twitter Time
@ Dar-al-Islam and @China I've been everywhere man, I've been everywhere man. #QadiPower
Ibn Battuta
What saved Japan from Mongol Invasion ....twice. (Need the specific name)
Kamikaze
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The name given to a set of Economic conditions where people in a rural area make more goods than they can sell. We see Home/community based production of this during the Golden Age of the Song, especially in Iron.
non- Arab converts to Islam
What is Muawli
Name of the Islamic Caliphate of former slave warriors in Egypt
Who are the Mamluks
Historical Twitter time
@TangEmpire We are losing our way of life and letting these barbarians ruin everything that we used to be. #EndBuddhism #ChinaFORtheChinese #MakeChinaGreatAgain #WuSucked
Emperor WuZong
These had the biggest impact on the Western Portion of the Indian Ocean Trade Network
What are the Monsoon Winds
erm which describes the stabilizing effects of the conquests of the Mongol Empire on the social, cultural and economic life of the inhabitants of the vast Eurasian territory that the Mongols conquered in the 13th and 14th centuries. The term is used to describe the eased communication and commerce the unified administration helped to create and the period of relative peace that followed the Mongols' vast conquests.
Pax Mongolica
Extensive adoption of Chinese Culture
The Byzantine defeat at the battle of Manzikert led to the first one of these
The Crusades
This is Probably the most famous piece of Muslim literature other than the Koran
1001 Arabian Nights
Under the Tang this government agency oversaw Government officials chosen based on a revived Confucian-based examination system
What is the Ministry of Rites
Historical Twitter Time
@Egypt We out here livin this #HajjLyfe. Be there soon. Bring the whole crew. Bout to make it rain gold. #MoMoneyNoProblems #inflationNation #WakandaForever
Mansa Musa
What is it called and what is it?
Paiza. Gave the carrier certain rights and privileges. Could demand horses. Get food and water along the Yam system. etc.
The rise of this was in large part a reaction to the growing popularity of Buddhism. It coincided with increased female subjugation such as foot=binding
Neo-Confucianism