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5163846690Trans -Saharan TradeTrade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne0
5163846691IslamMonotheistic religion created in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed1
5163846692CaliphateA regional state unified by Islam2
5163846693CrusadesA series of Christian vs Muslim military campaigns for the "holy land"3
5163846694Dar-al-Islamterritory of Islam4
5163846695Byzantine EmpireEastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia5
5163846696SinificationChinese-ification of Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia6
5163846697Mongolsnomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy7
5163846698Black DeathPlague that killed 1/3 of European population8
5163846699MayaMesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society9
5163846700Coerced laborslavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude10
5163846701FeudalismAgricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai)11
5163846702Zheng HeMing explorer that crossed the Indian Ocean12
5163846703Silkhighly-priced luxury commodity mainly exported from China13
5163846704Chinese Inventionsgunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe14
5163846705Tang 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.15
5163846706Song 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 powder16
5163846707Central AsiaA region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan17
5163846708Indian Ocean tradetrade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants18
5163846709Ming 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.19
5163846710Grand Canalan inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China20
5163846711Pax 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.21
5163846712VikingsA nomadic group that conquered ex: Normans22
5163846713SyncretismA blending of two or more religious traditions23
5163846714Marco 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.24
5163846715Ibn 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.25
5163846716Mansa MusaEmperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.26
5163846717The Renaissance(1350-1600) bagan in Italy. Rebirth of learning, science, art, music, literature, and culture. Rediscovery of Ancient Greece and Rome27
5163846718SecularNon-religious28
5163846719MissionaryA person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others29
5163846720Charles 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.30
5163846721Charlemagne768-843; reunited western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire.31
5163846722Justinian6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constatinople; codified Roman law32
5163846723hajjA pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims33
5163846724Zakatpart of 4th Pillar, charitable giving of 2.5% of your net worth to community treasury34
5163846725jihadA holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal35
5163846726Umayyad 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.36
5163846727Abbasid 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 of37
5163846728BaghdadAbbasid capital38
5163846729Heian 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 family39
5163846730Sudanic StatesSonghay Ghana and Mali. often led by patriarch or council of elders from a family or lineage40
5163846731ChinampasAztec floating gardens41

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