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Vocab
100
(smallest) Songhay, Mughal, Ottoman.
What are the 3 largest Arabic Empires from smallest to largest?
100
The religion practiced by the Ottomans.
What is Sunni Islam?
100
Zoroastrians, Jewish, Christians.
Who are the minorities in Safavid?
100
This is one of the technological innovations introduced in the Ming rebuilding period.
What is sailing?
100
The elite troops of the Ottoman.
Who are Janissaries?
200
This person has the title "caliph".
What is the ruler of the Ottoman Empire called?
200
Version of Islam practiced in Safavid,
What is Shia Islam?
200
Favorable attitude, Mongol's early nomadic way of life made them recognize the importance of trade.
Describe the attitude towards merchants.
200
Two centers of Islamic learning and commerce located in the Songhay Empire.
What is Timbuktu and Jenne.
200
The Ottoman tax on Christians for their sons.
What is the devshirme?
300
This kind of government was recreated in the Ming Empire.
What is centralized government?
300
Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism.
What 3 ways or religions flourished in the Ming Empire?
300
Low castes were able to convert to Islam and raise their social standing.
What social effect did the entry of Islam have in India?
300
The Songhay Empire gained reverence by taxing commerce on gold and salt along this trade route.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade route?
300
A tax that allowed people to freely participate their own religion as long as this was paid.
What is the jizya tax?
400
This event resulted in: Political reunification, capital movement to present day Beijing, banishment of civil service exams, and the rejection of bureaucratic scholars.
What are effects of the Mongol invasion of China?
400
Christianity: -Bible -Jesus= son of God Islam: -Quaran -Jesus= Prophet Same: -Monotheistic -Rules and guidelines -Afterlife
Compare and Contrast Christianity and Islam.
400
Mongolian women gained: -didn't adopt foot binding -retained rights to property and control of household -were able to move freely in town
What were differences between the rights of Mongolian women and Chinese women?
400
The Sand Roads were Muslim so the shared culture in religion and language made trade easier than between 2 eople of different cultures.
What benefits did Muslim traders have in West Africa?
400
The legal code of the Mongols.
What is Yasa?
500
Young military leader in Safavid who ruled from 1501 to 1524.
Who is Ismail?
500
1. There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of god. 2. Pray 5 times a day, facing Mecca. 3. Give generously to support the poor and needy of the community. 4. Month long fasting during Ramadan. 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca.
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
500
Abbasid: women wore veils and stayed home Quaran: Divorce allowed, 1/3 of dowry given to wife, and prohibited infanticide.
Compare and contrast rights given by the Abbasid and the Quaran.
500
Effects of the this empires entry along trade routes: -spread new foods, inventions, and technological and agricultural techniques -laid the foundation for more human interactions on a global scale (extended world network) -promoted trading in the Silk Roads by protecting caravans, establishing rest stations and fortifying outposts.
What are effects the Mongol influence in trade throughout the empire?
500
An empire-wide messenger and postal station system that was used to deliver mail and to facilitate the travel of officials and military men.
What is the Yam System?