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38188259551)Rise of central Asian Empires Seljuks, Tughril Beg, Battle of Manzikert and steppe diplomacy- seljuks seved the abbassid armies, in the mid eleventh centry they over shadowed caliphs - in 1055 Saljuq leader tughril beg took hold of Baghdad. They went to Syria, Palestine and realm. - in 1071 saljuk has defeated the byzantine army at manzikert and took them captive this is called the battle of manzikirt. - They had Steppe Diplomacy in how they placed taxes on the byzantine chirchesand welcomed islamic converters. they set up political and scocial institutions.0
3818859933Explain rise and development of states of ghana and mali sundiata, mansa mansa, sold salt trade, islam and the harja- Ghana became the most important commercial site because it was the center of trade for gold. In result they received horses, slaves, cloth and salt. - in the tenth centrey Gahna kings converted to Islam, whitch lead to improved realations with the muslims and nomads who transported trade accrosse syria.They Kingdom expanded to the north. Gana eventually dissoved as a decline - Sundiata the lion prince (1230-1255) Built Mali. in 1235 they expanded into Gahna and they benefited from trade. - Munsa munsa ruled trade from 1312-1337, bestowed gifts on who hasted him in getting gold. - he sent students to study islam and establish religious schools. he tried making islam better known to Mali the harja happened after Muhammad migrated from mecca to medina1
3818912810why was Afrian Scociety unique in social construction kinship groups, age groups, creater god.- they had kinship groups which had extended family group, the males heads of household governed the villages and organised work for their own groups. they distributed harvests equally among all member. - they thall had age groups which all individuals with a communiTY born within the same time period of a few years. they preformed appropriate tasks for their age and n=bonded with each other . the developed scociaLties. they beleived the creator god substaine the world and influanced human affairs. they thought this god was a male god who created all of earth and the living things among it.2
3818936004explain rise and political cultural economic pracise of the mexia toltec, aztec, chinampa, tenuchititian, caliph, querzulcoattle, tuitzilopoctl.- Toltec caused central mexico under a unified rule and migrated there. they tapped water from the nearby river tula because there was very little rainfall, this water helped grow maize,beans, tomatoes,and cotton. they had a powerful army and built a regional empire. the mexica are people who migrated from the north west regions -t they were also called the Aztects because they built the Aztec Empirein the 15th centerY also known for capturing woman and seising already captive land. - they found Tenochtitlan in 1345 in the region of Lake Texicco. this was the capitAL. This lake developed Chinampa a mudlike dirt taken from the bottom of the river. it built plots of land. they tapped the waters during the dry season chinampas were very fertile and productive which lead to 7 harvastes a year. - mexica lavached ambitious campaigns to expand. - population consisted of commoners who lived in hamlets anivating china[es by community groups ln own as caliphs lived in communities and organised thier own affairs.the Mexica religious practice studies Quetzalcoatl also Known as the "father serpant" he supported the arts and crafts and agriculture.] - Huitzilopotchli was followed by the mexica warriors. their military being such a success people thought the god favored the mexica. this god appreciated human sacrifice they normally used prisoners of war as victims to keep the god happy.3
3818988653why were the inca unique cuzco, ayllus, quipu, mummification- in 1463 Pachacuti, the ruler of the Inca empire, settled in the village of cuzco. this served as the administrative and commercial site of inca. it was also known as " the novel of the village" there was a plaza that was filled with white sand. was also the capital. - they relied on quipu because there was no script. they used it to help keep track of their responsibilities it had small cords with a various amount of colors and sizes. each one representing something different. - cultivators were peasents of birth who were in communities known as ayllu they has families live together sharing food, clothes, land ,work animals and crops.they did this instead of paying taxes. -These people beleived in afterlife so they preformed a ritual of mummification. this is a ritual of the removE A of the organs from a dead body.they believed that if you preformed mummification it would return them to the gods of the after life.4
3819017641full of the yaun dynast and rise of the ming hang wu, yingle, zeng he- yuan dynasty struggled with financial and economic difficulties and eventually colasp in 1368 -in 1368 emperor Hong Wu established the Ming dynasty until 1644. they discouraged anything to do with the use om]f Mongols such as clothes and names.they started neo Confucianism and Confucianism. - Yongle is Hong Wus successor and he organised a preparation of encyclopedia that had all the significant chines history . this had a enormous expanse. - Zeng He lead the Yongles expeditions to impose control over the foreign trade with china in 1405-1433. he was a Muslim form south west chin. he wanted to attain his goals to diplomacy.5
3819037680compare ibn and marco poloIbn: best known of Muslim traveler (1304-1366) - had trouble finding governments positions - provided guidance to woman of Islam in societies - became a quad MP: _ - (1253-1324) best traveler pf Mongol time - traveled through mongol land -met Kublai Khan -Khan sent him on a diplomatic missions. - he was captured and a prisoner of war - he wrote stories that influenced readers.6

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