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5500167047Trans -Saharan TradeTrade of goods through the Sahara dessert Goods: Salt, gold, animal hides, slaves Important points: Timbuktu, Goa,Djenne0
5500167048IslamMonotheistic religion created in the 7th century by Arabic merchant, Muhammed1
5500167049CaliphateA regional state unified by Islam2
5500167050CrusadesA series of Christian vs Muslim military campaigns for the "holy land"3
5500167051Dar-al-Islamterritory of Islam4
5500167052Byzantine EmpireEastern Roman empire extending to the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia5
5500167053SinificationChinese-ification of Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia6
5500167054Mongolsnomadic invaders that conquered Eurasia with force and diplomacy7
5500167055Black DeathPlague that killed 1/3 of European population8
5500167056MayaMesoAmerican civilization that had pyramids, large cities, a written system, and complex society9
5500167057Coerced laborslavery, serfdom, corvee (government-recquired labor on public works projects), and indentured servitude10
5500167058FeudalismAgricultural workers serving landowners or lords (knights and samurai)11
5500167059Zheng HeMing explorer that crossed the Indian Ocean12
5500167060Silkhighly-priced luxury commodity mainly exported from China13
5500167061Chinese Inventionsgunpowder, compass, paper, astrolabe14
5500167062Tang 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
5500167063Song 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
5500167064Central AsiaA region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan17
5500167065Indian Ocean tradetrade between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants18
5500167066Ming 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
5500167067Grand Canalan inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China20
5500167068Pax 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
5500167069VikingsA nomadic group that conquered ex: Normans22
5500167070SyncretismA blending of two or more religious traditions23
5500167071Marco 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
5500167072Ibn 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
5500167073Mansa MusaEmperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.26
5500167074The Renaissance(1350-1600) bagan in Italy. Rebirth of learning, science, art, music, literature, and culture. Rediscovery of Ancient Greece and Rome27
5500167075SecularNon-religious28
5500167076MissionaryA person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others29
5500167077Charles 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
5500167078Charlemagne768-843; reunited western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire.31
5500167079Justinian6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constatinople; codified Roman law32
5500167080hajjA pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims33
5500167081Zakatpart of 4th Pillar, charitable giving of 2.5% of your net worth to community treasury34
5500167082jihadA holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal35
5500167083Umayyad 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
5500167084Abbasid 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
5500167085BaghdadAbbasid Imperial capital38
5500167086Heian 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
5500167087ChinampasAztec floating gardens40

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