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9656446691Trans -Saharan TradeTrade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne0
9656446692IslamMonotheistic religion revealed in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed1
9656446693Dar-al-Islamterritory of Islam2
9656446694Byzantine EmpireEastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia3
9656446695Sinificationthe spread of Chinese culture4
9656446696Mongolsnomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy5
9656446697Black DeathPlague that killed 1/3 of European population6
9656446698MayaMesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society7
9656446699Coerced laborslavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude8
9656446700FeudalismAgricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai)9
9656446701Silkhighly-priced luxury commodity mainly exported from China10
9656446702Chinese Inventionsgunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe11
9656446703Tang 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.12
9656446704Song 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 powder13
9656446705Central AsiaA region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan14
9656446706Indian Ocean tradetrade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants15
9656446707Grand Canalan inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China16
9656446708Pax 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.17
9656446709VikingsA nomadic group that conquered ex: Normans18
9656446710SyncretismA blending of two or more religious traditions19
9656446711Marco 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.20
9656446712Ibn 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.21
9656446713SecularNon-religious22
9656446714Justinian6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constatinople; codified Roman law23
9656446715Umayyad 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.24
9656446716Abbasid 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 of25
9656446717ChinampasAztec floating gardens26

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