Beliefs & Big Ideas
What belief system valued loyalty, education, and merit?
What is Confucianism?
Southeast African City that had a fortified wall made without Mortar
What is Great Zimbabwe ?
This fast-ripening crop, imported from Vietnam, greatly increased agricultural productivity.
What is Champa Rice?
Which Muslim empire ruled much of northern India starting in 1206?
Who is the Delhi Sultanate?
What was the dominant political system in medieval Europe?
What is feudalism?
This religion was dominant in Europe and helped to start the Crusades during the Middle Ages
What is Catholicism?
This West African city became a center of Islamic learning and trade under Mali’s rule.
What is Timbuktu?
This type of infrastructure spans 30k miles was expanded under the Song to improve transportation and trade
What is the Grand Canal?
This landlocked empire built Angkor Wat, blending Hinduism and later Buddhism?
What is the Khmer Empire?
What technological or environmental adaptation did the Inca use to farm in the Andes?
What is terrace farming?
This religion came to China via the Silk Roads from India and also promoted equality between all individuals
What is Buddhism?
This city in the Abbasid Caliphate was home to the House of Wisdom.
What is Baghdad?
This method allowed for easier reproduction of texts and spread of knowledge (ex. spread of Buddhism)
What is Woodblock Printing?
This Chinese dynasty ruled during 960–1279 and is known for its strong centralized government and cultural achievements.
Who is the Song dynasty?
Who was Mali’s most famous ruler, known for his immense wealth and pilgrimage to Mecca?
Who is Mansa Musa?
This religion started in the Middle East and spread throughout the world through trade routes and conquest
What is Islam?
This area is the birthplace of Islam and hosts Muslims from around the world when they perform the Hajj
What is Mecca?
What was the name of the major center of learning in Baghdad?
What is the House of Wisdom?
What empire built an extensive road system across the Andes Mountains?
What is the Inca Empire?
What type of network connected East Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia?
What is the Indian Ocean trade network?
This polytheistic belief system is known for its rigid Caste system
What is Hinduism?
This city was the capital of the Aztec Empire and was built on a lake
What is Tenochtitlán?
What system allowed the Aztecs to farm on shallow lakes?
What are chinampas?
What wealthy empire in West Africa rose through control of trans-Saharan trade?
What is the Mali Empire?
What term refers to the Islamic world under Muslim rule during this period?
What is Dar al-Islam?