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5608113801Trans -Saharan TradeTrade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne0
5608113802IslamMonotheistic religion created in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed1
5608113803CaliphateA regional state unified by Islam2
5608113804CrusadesA series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule. Led to cultural diffusion.3
5608113805Dar-al-Islamterritory of Islam4
5608113806Byzantine EmpireEastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia5
5608113807SinificationChinese-ification of Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia6
5608113808Mongolsnomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy7
5608113809Black DeathPlague that killed 1/3 of European population8
5608113810MayaMesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society9
5608113811Coerced laborslavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude10
5608113812FeudalismAgricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai)11
5608113814Silkhighly-priced luxury commodity mainly exported from China12
5608113815Chinese Inventionsgunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe13
5608113816Tang Dynasty(618-907 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was much like the Han, who used Confucianism. This dynasty had the equal-field system, a bureaucracy based on merit, and a Confucian education system.14
5608113817Song Dynasty(960 - 1279 AD); started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass, navy, traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton), first to have paper money, explosive gun powder15
5608113819Indian Ocean tradetrade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants16
5608113820Ming DynastySucceeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China.17
5608113821Grand Canalan inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China18
5608113822Pax MongolicaMongol peace from mid-1200's through mid-1300's imposed stability and law and order across Eurasia. Guaranteed safe passage for trade caravans, travelers, and missionaries from one end of empire to other.19
5608113823VikingsA nomadic group that conquered ex: Normans20
5608113824SyncretismA blending of two or more religious traditions21
5608113825Marco PoloItalian explorer and author who made numerous trips to China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys, responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe and China during this time period.22
5608113826Ibn Battuta(1304-1369) Morrocan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. His writings gave a glimpse into the world of that time period.23
5608113827Mansa MusaEmperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.24
5608113829SecularNon-religious25
5608113830MissionaryA person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others26
5608113832Charlemagne768-843; reunited western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire.27
5608113833Justinian6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constatinople and Hagia Sophia; codified Roman law28
5608113834hajjA pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims29
5608113836jihadA holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal30
5608113837Umayyad CaliphateFirst hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus, they ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.31
5608113838Abbasid Caliphate(750-1258 CE) The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering. Had a bureaucracy that any Muslim could be a part of32
5608113839BaghdadAbbasid capital33
5608113840Heian Era794 to 1185 AD, a period in Japan were there was a power struggle between those who favored a strong central emperor and those who wanted nobles to rule, during this time there was "disguised rule", (794-1185) ruled by the Fujiwara family34
5608113841Sudanic StatesSonghay Ghana and Mali. Often led by patriarch or council of elders from a family or lineage35
5608113842ChinampasAztec floating gardens36

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