11492073651 | After Gupta, when does India unify? | 16th century. decentralized politician landscape until then for 1000 years | 0 | |
11492076915 | Southern India | more stable, had two successful centralized governments in the period of disunity after the Gupta fell | 1 | |
11492083486 | Chola Kingdom | ruled 400 years, conquered Ceylon and parts of southeast Asia, dominated the sea with great navy, reached the South China Sea, drove out by Ceylon natives and reduced to a small kingdom | 2 | |
11492110809 | Vijayanagar Kingdom | overseas trade brought new technologies, languages of Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Sanskrit, while Carnatic music evolved into its current form. promoted Hinduism as a unifying factor, founded by two brothers who left the Delhi Sultanate, eventually overthrown by Muslim kings | 3 | |
11492133282 | Northern India | far less stable, invaded four times by Muslim armies through the northwest mountain passages | 4 | |
11492150020 | Umayyads | invaded northern Sind region, on fringe of Islam Empire, changed very little of daily lives, low Muslim influence on culture | 5 | |
11492158577 | Mahmud of Ghanzi | introduced Islam to India, conquered Punjab region, plundered temples and shrines, erected mosques on Hindu holy sites, unsuccessful attempt of Islamic conversion | 6 | |
11492173648 | Delhi Sultanate | reigned 300 years, poor implementation of government policies, turned to defense against the Mongols, imposed tax as an incentive to convert | 7 | |
11492187076 | Jizya | Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within the Delhi Sultanate Muslim empire, unsuccessful due to native resentment of foreign rulers | 8 | |
11492208080 | Indian Ocean Basin Trade | depended on the monsoon winds to carry the ships all over, goods would come from the Northern Africa to India to Asia, connected by Islam | 9 | |
11492218086 | Calicut, India | Portuguese merchants settled there, bought spices at low prices, and shipped them back to Europe | 10 | |
11492223643 | Indian goods | high quality fabric, woven carpets, pepper, tanned leather, stonework, high-carbon steel | 11 | |
11492228999 | Spice Islands | Europeans' name for the Moluccas, islands rich in cloves and nutmeg. modern Malaysia and Indonesia | 12 | |
11492234194 | Swahili Coast goods | slaves, gold, ivory | 13 | |
11492250093 | Chinese goods | silk and porcelain | 14 | |
11492253724 | Southwest Asian goods | horses, figs, and dates | 15 | |
11492259098 | monsoon winds | seasonal wind in India, the winter monsoon brings hot, dry weather and the summer monsoon brings rain, made merchants time voyages very particularly | 16 | |
11492265307 | intermarriage | how Islam was introduced to South Asia | 17 | |
11492270975 | Proselytizing | Islam actively sought converts in South Asia from Hindu | 18 | |
11492278904 | Islam's appeal to low-caste Hindus | equality of all believers | 19 | |
11492282289 | Buddhists | largest number of converts to Islam due to corruption within its own monasteries | 20 | |
11492288867 | Sufis | mystics, individual and emotional connection to God, most successful missionaries of Islam | 21 | |
11492295172 | Bhakti Movement | An immensely popular development in Hinduism, emphasized love and devotion to God, didn't discriminate against women or those of a lower status | 22 | |
11492305321 | Mira Bai | Celebrated Hindu writer of religious poetry, songs of devotion, part of the Bhakti movement | 23 | |
11492312560 | Guru Kabir | a blind weaver, who was one of the most famous Bhakti teachers, went so far to teach that Shiva, Vishnu, and Allah were all manifestations of single, universal deity. famous poet, look to youself to find religious truth, emotional connection to God | 24 | |
11492328663 | Jatis | a social group that does a particular job and that a person is born into, Muslim merchants made new ones when absorbed into Indian culture/society | 25 | |
11492341987 | Islam influence on Indian society | very little change to basic structure and gender norms | 26 | |
11492349416 | Islam and Indian Culture | Indian science and math translated into Arabic, scholars combined knowledge | 27 | |
11492353497 | Islam and Indian Architecture | Islamic geometric patterns with Hindu details | 28 | |
11492358432 | Qutab Minar | A gigantic leaning tower, the tallest structure in India, towering over a mosque on top of a Hindu temple | 29 | |
11492361669 | Urdu | language of Hindi grammar, Arabic and Farsi vocabulary, official language of Pakistan | 30 | |
11492374602 | Southeast Asia | Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, some of Vietnam. heavily influenced by South Asia and Indian Merchants | 31 | |
11492382788 | Funan | society in Southeast Asia, rules called "Raja", used Sanskrit, Hinduism accepted in larger culture, local deities and spirits, controlled thin shortcut between India and China, extracted fee from all traders who used it. Very wealthy. extensive irrigation system. Invaded by Chams and Khmers | 32 | |
11492404603 | Raja | King in Sanskrit | 33 | |
11492411522 | Khmer/Angkor | most successful kingdom to control Southeast Asia, near Mekong River, lasted over 500 years. | 34 | |
11492418911 | Angkor Thom | Capital of the Khmer/Angkor kingdom, built to house the king and display grandeur. Hindu and Buddhist art, surrounded by a large moat | 35 | |
11492430793 | Khmer innovations | extensive irrigation allowed multiple harvests a year, drainage system reduced impact of monsoon rains | 36 | |
11492442952 | Angkor Wat | huge Buddhist temple in Khmer kingdom, on UNESCO World Heritage List | 37 | |
11492452315 | Islam and SE merchants | merchants converted in hopes of having better trading relations | 38 | |
11492459225 | Melaka | The first major center of Islam in Southeast Asia, built navy, imposed fees on ships passing through the Strait of Melaka, which was between Chinese and Indian ports | 39 | |
11492471131 | Sultanate of Melaka | ended when Portuguese invaded in 1511 | 40 | |
11492476857 | Portuguese in Melaka | generated wealth but caused conflicts that caused traders to diversify their routes and ports used so the strait was not as wealth-generating | 41 |
AP World South Asia and Southeast Asia Flashcards
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