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8473271905Trans -Saharan TradeTrade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne0
8473271906IslamMonotheistic religion created in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed1
8473271907CaliphateA regional state unified by Islam2
8473271908CrusadesA series of Christian vs Muslim military campaigns for the "holy land"3
8473271909Dar-al-Islamterritory of Islam4
8473271910Byzantine EmpireEastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia5
8473271911SinificationChinese-ification of Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia6
8473271912Mongolsnomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy7
8473271913Black DeathPlague that killed 1/3 of European population8
8473271914MayaMesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society9
8473271915Coerced laborslavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude10
8473271916FeudalismAgricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai)11
8473271918Silkhighly-priced luxury commodity mainly exported from China12
8473271919Chinese Inventionsgunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe13
8473271920Tang 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
8473271921Song 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
8473271922Central AsiaA region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan16
8473271923Indian Ocean tradetrade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants17
8473271925Grand Canalan inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China18
8473271926Pax 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
8473271927VikingsA nomadic group that conquered ex: Normans20
8473271928SyncretismA blending of two or more religious traditions21
8473271929Marco 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
8473271930Ibn 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
8473271931Mansa MusaEmperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.24
8473271934MissionaryA person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others25
8473271935Charles Martel"The Hammer" the Frankish commander for the battle of Tours. He defeated the Muslimsin the Battle of Tours, allowing Christianity to survive throughout the Dark Ages. He in a way started Feudalism by giving land to his knights that served for him.26
8473271936Charlemagne768-843; reunited western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire.27
8473271937Justinian6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constatinople; codified Roman law28
8473271938hajjA pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims29
8473271939Zakatpart of 4th Pillar, charitable giving of 2.5% of your net worth to community treasury30
8473271940jihadA holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal31
8473271941Umayyad CaliphateFirst hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus, the Umayyads ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.32
8473271942Abbasid 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 of33
8473271943BaghdadAbbasid capital34
8473271944Heian 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 family35
8473271945Sudanic StatesSonghay Ghana and Mali. often led by patriarch or council of elders from a family or lineage36
8473271946ChinampasAztec floating gardens37
8473294744tribute systema way to manage foreign relations where conquered territories would need to "pay" to the empire38
8473305873Yuan Dynastykhanate ruled by the successors of Möngke Khan after the division of the Mongol Empire.39
8473330367black deathrapidly spread due to international trade40
8473338529daimyomilitary leader that is the true leader of Japanese feudalism41

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