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Collective name for the major land-based empires we studied (how they gained power)

Gunpowder Empires

100

Chinese Dynasty 960-1279

Song Dynasty

100

Middle ages agriculture system that allowed for planting in multiple places, and places, and places

Three-field system
100

Neo Confucianism was a ______ religion

syncretic

100

The Inca were subject to this, as opposed to a tribute system

mit'a system

200

The mongols were this type of homeless people

nomadic

200

Japanese Military Government 1603-1868

Tokugawa Shogunate

200

Trade routes spread this along with wealth

Black Death / Bubonic Plague

200

The Ottomans practiced _____ Islam, while the Safavids practiced ________ Islam

Sunni, Shi'a 

200

Muslim city-state in Indian Ocean that became wealthy by imposing fees on ships passing through its straits

Malacca (Melaka)

300

Another test?! In China, you'd land a respectable job with this one, however.

Civil Service Exam

300

Shah Ismail ruled this Persian state, later ruled by Shah Abbas I

Safavid Empire
300

Religion begun in India that spread to East and Southeast Asia

Buddhism

300

Luther objected to the sale of these

indulgences

300

The three major trade routes we studied

Silk Road, Trans-Saharan, Indian Ocean Trade Route

400
Ottoman sultans used this selection system to staff their military and government

devshirme

400

This ruler adapted the Uyghur alphabet in 1204

Genghis Khan

400

Renaissance belief that focused on individuals rather than god

Humanism

400

European belief in a higher power justifying their power

Divine Right of Kings

400

Mughal tax collecters

Zamindars

500
Noble land-owning class at top of Russian hierarchy

boyars

500

A massive stone wall surrounded this African capital city

Great Zimbabwe

500

Who turned out the lights?! Agricultural productivity dropped during this 500 year period. Brrrr.

Little Ice Age

500

Religion developing from Hinduism (and probably Sufism)

Sikhism

500

Invention that helped spread the ideas of the Protestant Reformation

Printing Press