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14545715317Song Dynasty(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.0
14545715318Buddhismthe teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth1
14545715319Filial PietyIn Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.2
14545715320Neo-ConfucianismThe Confucian response to Buddhism by taking Confucian and Buddhist beliefs and combining them into this. However, it is still very much Confucian in belief.3
14545715321Theravada BuddhismBuddhist sect that focuses on the wisdom of the Buddha4
14545715322Mahayana BuddhismAlso known as popular Buddhism, is allows people more ways to reach enlightenment and boddhisatvas can help you reach enlightenment.5
14545715323Tibetan Buddhisma Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism, a tradition of Buddhism that teaches that people can use special techniques to harness spiritual energy and can achieve nirvana in a single lifetime6
14545715324Champa RiceQuick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. Originally introduced into Champa from India, it was later sent to China as a tribute gift by the Champa state (as part of the tributary system.)7
14545715325Grand CanalThe 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire.8
14545715326IslamA religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims.9
14545715327JudaismA religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.10
14545715328ChristianityA monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.11
14545715329Abbasid Caliphate(750-1258 CE) The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering. Had a bureaucracy that any Mulim could be a part of.12
14545715330Seljuk EmpireMiddle East, 11th-12th centuries Turkic empire ruled by sultans in Persia and modern-day Iraq Established Turks as major ethnic group carrying Islam across Eurasia, along with Arabs and Persians Helped to spread the influence of Islam throughout the region13
14545715331Mamluk SultanateA political unit in Egypt. Did not set up a consistent, hereditary line of succession.Failed to adapt to new warfare and were eventually defeated by the Ottomans.14
14545715332Delhi SultanateThe first Islamic government established within India from 1206-1520. Controled a small area of northern India and was centered in Delhi.15
14545715333Sufismmystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, & simple life16
14545715334Dar al-Islama term used by Muslims to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely.17
14545715335House of Wisdoma center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s18
14545715336HinduismA religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms19
14545715337Bhakti MovementAn immensely popular development in Hinduism, advocating intense devotion toward a particular deity.20
14545715338MonasticismThe practice of living the life of a monk21
14545715339Vijayanagara EmpireSouthern Indian kingdom (1336-1565) that later fell to the Mughals.22
14545715340Srivijaya EmpireA maritime empire that controlled the Sunda strait the strait of Malacca between India and China. HS: control strengthened trade routes to China, India, and even Arabia23
14545715341Rajput Kingdomsset of kingdoms in India that arose after the fall of the Gupta dynasty ruled by land owning Kshatriyas (Warriors) wealthy due to trade and a good economy.24
14545715342Khmer EmpireAggressive empire in Cambodia and Laos that collapsed in the 1400's when Thailand conquered Cambodia25
14545715343Majapahit13th-16th C. central Java, rose in the wake of mongol invasions. biggest and most powerful SE Asian island state in history. control almost all of what is today indonesia. Golden age of Java culture.26
14545715344Sukhothaithe first Thai kingdom27
14545715345Sinhala DynastiesKingdom on the island of Sri Lanka28
14545715346MayaMesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.29
14545715347AztecsAlso known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.30
14545715348IncaLargest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.31
14545715349ChacoAn urban center established by Anasazi located in southern New Mexico. There, they built a walled city with dozens of three-story adobe houses with timbered roofs. Community religious functions were carried out in two large circular chambers called kivas.32
14545715350Mesa VerdeThe largest complex of Anasazi cliff-dwellings in the United States Southwest, built between about AD 1150 and AD 130033
14545715351Cahokiaan ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200.34
14545715352Great ZimbabweCity, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.35
14545715353EthiopiaA Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa under the dynasty of King Lalaibela; retained Christianity in the face of Muslim expansion elsewhere in Africa36
14545715354Hausa KingdomsWest African people who lived in several city-states of what is now northern Nigeria37
14545715355FeudalismA political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land38
14545715356manoral systemthe towns, lands, building and workers that made up the lord's estate39
14545715357SerfdomA type of labor commonly used in feudal systems in which the laborers work the land in return for protection but they are bound to the land and are not allowed to leave or to peruse their a new occupation. This was common in early Medeival Europe as well as in Russia until the mid 19th century.40

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