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5911584814Nomadic life of Mongols and TurksSocial mobility- merit (for both); Religion- turks: sharmans (paganism) & mongols: Lamaist school of buddhism; military- turks: confederations under a khan (king), cavalries & mongols: cavalry, short bows, horseback0
5911584815Battle of ManzikertByzantine Empire vs Seljuk Turks; turks invade Anatolia; Turks conquer Constantinople and rename Istanbul1
5911584816Mahmud of GhanziInvades northern India; plunder to rule2
5911584817Chinnggis (Genghis) Khan"Universal ruler"; "surrender or die"; controls most of China under Mongolian rule3
5911584818Expanse of Khubilai Khan's empireEstablished Yuan Dynasty; tries to invade Japan but fails due to kamikaze4
5911584819China under Mongol RulePax-Mongolia (peace similar to Pax-Romania); strict separation from Chinese; safest time to travel5
5911584820Trade under MongolsLong-distance trade & resettlement policies6
5911584821Marco PoloItalian traveler that goes to China, is welcomed by Khubilai Khan, and when he returns 17 years later is thrown in jail, but stories become best selling7
5911584822Four Regional EmpiresMughai, Safavid, Ottoman8
5911584823Ilkhan GhazanAttempts to replace metal currency with paper money9
5911584824Tamarlane"Next genghis khan"; Timur the Lame; united nomads in Khanate of Chaghatai10
5911584825OsmanLeader who dominates part of Anatolia11
5911584826New Crops in AfricaBananas12
5911584827Kinship groupsStateless, segmented societies ruled by elders of families13
5911584828Kingdom of MaliPredominately Muslim; extends over Kingdom of Ghana14
5911584829Kingdom of GhanaAfrican gold trade, capital of Koumbi Saleh15
5911584830Sundiata"Rags to riches" story; took advantage of trans-Saharan trade16
5911584831Mansa MusaGrand nephew to Sundiata; performed hajj and showered people on the way with gold that effected economy for many years to come17
5911584832Swahili StatesKilwa is a major trading center18
5911584833Zimbabwe"Dwelling of the chief"; stone complex19
5911584834Trans-Saharan TradeCamels now a use of transportation20
5911584835Influence of Islam in Africaone male god; religious specialists called Diviners21
5911584836Age GradesPeer groups of single age cohor similar to a string of school (elementary school, etc.)22
5911584837Al bin MuhammadMounts revolt of 15,000 slaves23
5911584838Otto I & the PopeCrowned emperor; revived half of Charlemagne's empire24
5911584839Hugh CapetKing of France succeeds last Carolingian Emperor; slowly expands authority out of Paris; Capetian Dynasty25
5911584840William of Normandydefeated King Harold at Battle of Hasting; created census known as doomsday book; king of England26
5911584841Political Structure of Italycity-states; Papal state controlled by Pope; displace church control27
5919412908Muslim Iberiacontrol Iberian Peninsula until Christian conquest of Spanish Muslim territorties28
5919504821Agriculture in Feudal Societyincreasing development with less invasions; new crops include BEANS29
5919527939Urbanization in Middle AgesMediterranean trade; textile production of wool; towns demand charters30
5919561907Three EstatesPray-clergy; fight-knights; work-peasants31
5919566368ChilvaryCode of Conduct for Nobles32
5919868213TroubadoursClass of traveling poets, minstrels, entertainment33
5919868214GuildsPrice and quality control34
5919868215St. Thomas AquinasProponent of scholasticism35
5919904671St. Francis/ St. DominicCreates order of mendicants; vows of poverty36
5919904672Waldensians(Southern France, Northern Italy) doctrinal differences with Catholic Churches (sabbath, purgatory, religious relics)37
5919904673Pope Urban IILiberation of Jerusalem from Muslim control; council of Clermont38
5919904674Crusade IAttempt to take holy land; captures Jerusalem39
5919904675Crusade IVDestroys Constantinople40
5919904676Saladin (Salah al-Din)Recaptures Jerusalem41
5921735927Teotihucan"Toltecs"; settle at Tula; distant trade with Mayan Culture cause of downfall42
5921735928Mexica"Aztecs"; settle at Tenochtitlan; Itzcóatl, Motecuzoma create triple alliance43
5921735929Chinampa SystemDredged soil from lake bottom to create fertile plots of land (7 crops a year)44
5921735930Aztec Social HierarchyHigh stature for soldiers; aristocratic class45
5921735931Role of Women in MexicaPatriarchal stature; emphasis of child bearing46
5921735932CalpulliCommunal groups47
5921735933Gods of MexicaTezcatlipoca "smoking mirror" god of life and death; Quetzalcoatl "the feathered serpent" god of arts and agriculture; Huitzilopochtli, god of war and blood sacrifice48
5921735934Reasons for SacrificeBlood of victims sustained the sun and kept rain coming49
5921735935Iroquois NationsWoodlands east of the Mississippi River included Mohawk, Oneida, Onondage, Cayuga, and Seneca50
5921735936CahokiaLarge mound near St. Louis; center of trade51
5921735937QuipoMnemonic aid to keep track of things52
5921735938Incan MummiesSocial elites dominated by infallible king; worship of ancestors53
6000166509Ibn BattutaIslamic scholar who gave strict punishment according to Sharia54
6000166510Silk Roads and Sea Lanes (types of trades)Magnetic compass (china); Indian-ocean basin , trans-Saharan caravan55
6000166511Pope Innocent IVInvites Mongols to convert to Christianity; mongols offended and give them ultimatum56
6000166512Rabban SaumaNestorian Christian priest sent to Pope by mongols; proposes attack on Jerusalem57
6000166513Gunpowder1. Increase diets 2. Increase population 3. Increase economic development 4. Mariners could sail safely 5. Leads to spread of gunpowder58
6000166514Origins of the PlagueSpreads from southwest China by Mongols59
6000166515Bubonic plagueSpread by rats and fleas60
6000166516Pneumonic plagueSpread through air from person to person61
6000166517Impact of the PlagueInflamed lymph nodes; 60-70% mortality rate; Indian and Sub-Saharan unaffected; 25% of Europe died62
6000166518HongwuOrphan raised by Buddhist monks who establishes Ming Dyansty63
6000166519Rise of Powerful States in EuropeTaxing (Italy- bonds; France- salt & sales; England- hearth & head & plow) and building of large armies (French Louis XI)64
6000166520Fernando and IsabelMajor political & economic alliance through marriage that completes Reconquista and expands beyond Iberian Peninsula65
6000166521Renaissance"Rebirth" inspired by Classical Greece & Rome; Italy was center66
6000166522Cathedral of FlorenceDomed cathedrals that imitated Rome67
6000166523ErasmusPublishes critical Greek- Latin edition of New Testament68
6000166524HumanismMovement focused on worldly subjects and human potential69
6000166525Zheng He7 massive naval expeditions meant to impose imperial control and intimidate/impress foreigners70
6000166526Portugal Expansion(Three G's: God, Gold, Glory) Prince Henrique (Henry the Navigator) seizes strait of Gibraltar; Bartholomew Dias sails Cape of Good Hope; Columbus71

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