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14900429464MuhammadA prophet and the founder of Islam, the message he received was a warning of divine judgement and invitation to return to monotheism, there was resistance and he left from Mecca to Medina, converted most of population to Islam0
14900439263Zheng HeMariner in ancient China that went on 7 voyages beginning in 1405 CE, sent by Emperor Yongle during the Ming Dynasty in order to obtain recognition and gifts from other rulers and to increase trade.1
14900450597Islamic CaliphatesAn Islamic state under the leadership of a person considered a political-religious successor to Muhammad, there were four major caliphates,inaugurated the Islamic Golden Age in the Abbasid territory.2
14900457634Civil Service ExaminationA method of recruiting civil officials based on merit rather than family/political connections used in imperial China from 605-1905 CE, based on classic lit, philo, poli/social ideas that were of educational merit, caused the intense value of exams in premodern and modern China.3
14900483535Dar al-IslamHouse of Islam, built on the shared ideas of Islam following the death of Muhammad, including the five pillars, the Qur'an, and Arabic language, resulted in medical, math and science advancements.4
14900492090Holy Roman EmpireComplex of lands in Western and Central EU, three main theories were founded by important figures during the time on what the empire was, Papal Theory- empire was the secular arm of the church, Imperial Theory- emphasis on conquest and hegemony as source of emperor's power, directly responsible to God, Roman Theory- empire was a delegation of powers by Roman people. BIG QUESTION: Emperor's role in accordance to religion.5
14900500812Hanseatic LeagueA defensive and commercial confederation of merchant guilds/towns to protect interests in NW & Central EU, had exclusive trade routes, maintained own military, regulated tariffs to keep and maintain peace.6
14900508260Neo-ConfucianismThe fusion of Buddhist and Daoist concepts which produced a sophisticated Confucian metaphysics, Confucianism was becoming less and less used, two schools of thought: School of Principle and the School of heart/mind, principle was the essence of morality.7
14900520537tributary systemCountries acknowledge the supremacy of China and diplomatic relations with the exchange of gifts between foreign rulers and Chinese emperors, embassies used them to get into the trade system.8
14900525344nomadic pastoralismThe practice of rearing livestock by moving with the herd of animals from place to place in search of a new area to graze, used in early Neolithic times, hunter-gatherers changed their lifestyle by travelling with these animals when land was not well enough for arable farming.9
14900537866DaimyoPowerful feudal rulers that surrounded the emperor in court in Japan, control of large estates and military power.10
14900556101Serfs/SerfdomSerfs were the lowest class in medieval Europe and they got their subsistence by cultivating a plot owned by a landowner, decline in serfdom was caused by the Black Death, made up 75% of the population.11
14900627066Shia/ShiismPolitical faction that supported the fourth caliph, successor of Muhammad, formed into a religious movement that caused the splitting of the Sunnis and Shias, Shia believed that Ali should have been the prophets successor.12
14900644039Great SchismBreak of communion between the Eastern Orthodox church and Roman Catholic church, 1054.13
14900661504ChinampaAn agricultural system in the lakes of the Valley of Mexico by Mesoamerican societies, known as floating gardens, created to prevent flooding and droughts in Aztecs agricultural development.14
14900669213Bushido"Way of the warrior" code of honor developed under the samurai, reach highest respect in Japanese society, seven official virtues that affected development of morals within the society as a whole.15
14900675239UlamaCouncil of learned men holding government appointments in a Muslim state, they possess the quality of learning, had high authority within religious decisions of the Muslim authority.16
14900679780HajjThe pilgrimage of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that every adult must travel to at least once in their life, the fifth of the five pillars of Islam, passage developed by Muhammad.17
14900692104Mit'aA colonial system established by the Spanish government where Indian labor was assigned to perform periodically, eventually led to the Encomiendas system.18
14900700331Zhou DynastyGovernment was influenced by EU feudalism, ruling class was unified under kinship ties, development of Mandate of Heaven, goods circulated through gift and tribute.19
14900703955Han DynastyOpening of the Silk Road, Confucianism was the official state ideology under Emperor Wu, Chinese calligraphy developed into an art.20
14900715056Sui DynastyInvented block printing, built the Grand Canal under Emperor Yang.21

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