377692512 | Trans-Sahara Trade | Gold, ivory, slaves, and spices-Sub Sahara; salt, cloth, metalware-Sahara; route between North Africa, Europe and to West Africa | 0 | |
377692513 | Indian Ocean Trade | Slaves, ivory, gold, and iron- Africa; Porcelain- China; Pottery- Burma; Cloth-India; route between East Africa and Asia | 1 | |
377692514 | Silk Routes | silks and porcelain- China; woolen and linen cloth, glass, horses, ivory; route between China, Asia to Middle East | 2 | |
377692515 | Contacts between major religions: Islam and Buddhism | Trade; peace | 3 | |
377692516 | Contacts between major religions; Islam and Christianity | crusades; war | 4 | |
377692517 | Impact of Mongol Empire | Largest land empire; spread cultures; improved trade in Asia and Eastern Europe; paper money, banking, credit; period of extended peace | 5 | |
377692518 | Importance of Mongols | 13th century influential; conquered China, India, Middle East, Russia | 6 | |
377692519 | Rise of Mongols | Origin in Central Asian steppes; pastoralists; organized in clans; skilled as horsemen | 7 | |
377692520 | Importance of Tang and Song Economic Revolutions | Paper money; Mass production of tea; porcelain; silk; Champa rice; Canton city is major trading city; exploration and trade(Zheng He) | 8 | |
377692521 | Economic Revolutions of the Tang and Song Dynasties | Increasing agricultural production, Increasing Population, Urbanization, Technological innovations, financial inventions | 9 | |
377692522 | Increasing Agricultural Production | Tang conquest of southern China and Vietnam lead to cultivation of rice; Agricultural techniques- heavy iron plow, water buffaloes, irrigation systems. | 10 | |
377692523 | Increasing population | Because of agricultural revolution, distribution of food improved,. | 11 | |
377692524 | Urbanization | Because Agricultural revolution cities grew and new ones were created. | 12 | |
377692525 | Technological Innovations | New techniques for making lighter, thinner porcelain-Chinaware; new methods to produce iron and steel- increased by 10; gunpowder, movable type printing, magnetic compass | 13 | |
377692526 | Financial Inventions | Paper money, letters of credit, checks | 14 | |
377692527 | Chinese influence on Japan | copied Tang government, architecture, buddhism | 15 | |
377692528 | Neoconfucianism | reconciled conflicts with buddhism and confucianis;familiar with buddhist beliefs- nature of the soul, individuals spiritual relationship; influenced philosophy in China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan | 16 | |
377692529 | Li | concept that defined a spiritual presence similar to the universal spirit of both hinduism and buddhism | 17 | |
377692530 | Restructuring of European economic, social, and political institutions | Church took control of society after fall of roman empire; pope ultimate religious authority; feudalism- main source of defense and government; kings and knights support crusades; | 18 | |
377692531 | Division of Christendom into eastern and western christian cultures | Church divided 1054 made Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic church | 19 | |
377692532 | Maya economy | Agricultural trade; craftwork in jade | 20 | |
377692533 | Maya Cultural Religious Architectural and gender roles | Mathematics; astronomy; medicine; pyramids; hieroglyphic writing; patriarchal | 21 | |
377692534 | Maya Political Structure; reason for collapse | city-states; causes: overuse of resources, warfare | 22 | |
378871299 | Aztec Economy | Mercernaries; war provided slaves | 23 | |
378871300 | Aztec Cultural Religious Architectural | Human sacrifice; Capital- Tenochtitlan | 24 | |
378871301 | Aztec Political Structure; Reason for Collapse; and Gender Roles | Emperor, rigid class system, tributary states, lack of immunity to AfroEurasian diseases; tributary states allied with spanish; Patriarchal | 25 | |
378871302 | Inca Economy | Agricultural inherited array of domesticated plants and animals, potatoes, quinoa, guinea pigs, trade tribute roads | 26 | |
378871303 | Inca Cultural Religious Architectural | Quipu for record keeping; textiles important for religious ceremonies | 27 | |
378871304 | Inca Political Structure; Reason for Collapse; Gender Roles | Dynastic emperor, rigid class system, lack of immunity to AfroEurasian diseases like smallpox; tributary states allied with spanish; Patriarchal | 28 | |
378871305 | Arabs: Areas Conquered | North Africa, Spain, West Africa, Central Asia, East Africa | 29 | |
378871306 | Arabs Impact | Unified political unit, spread or religion, religious toleration, preservation of Greek and Roman Culture | 30 | |
378871307 | Turks: Areas Conquered | Central Asia, Middle East, Asia Minor | 31 | |
378871308 | Turks Impact | Islam, Defeated Byzantine Empire, Takes Jerusalem-Crusades | 32 | |
378871309 | Mongols: Areas Conquered | Persia, China, Russia, Eastern Europe | 33 | |
378871310 | Slavs: Areas Conquered | Eastern and Central Europe | 34 | |
378871311 | Slavs Impact | Trading, Orthodox Christianity | 35 | |
378871312 | Aztecs: Areas Conquered | Central Mexico | 36 | |
378871313 | Aztecs Impact | Conquered large areas, Human sacrifices, Large trading network | 37 | |
378871314 | Vikings: Areas Conquered | Raped and pillaged along European water routes | 38 | |
378871315 | Vikings Impact | Led to Europeans seeking better protection methods, Some women taken as slaves to scandanavia | 39 | |
378871316 | Bantu Migrations | Agricultural people, traveled through Africa, spread lanquages, slave trade networks established | 40 | |
378871317 | Germanic and Slavs Migrations | Moved throughout Europe; caused political instability | 41 | |
378871318 | Consequences of Plague Pandemics in 14th cent. | killed many people, major changes in economic sytems, affects population centers, lawlessness | 42 | |
378871319 | Growth and Role of Cities | Many cities became prominent due to trade, centers of education, Cultural diffusion | 43 | |
378871320 | Japanese Feudalism: Main ruler and length of office | Mid-800s; Emperor as figurehead, shogun as real power 1100s and 1945; Emperor hereditart, shogun by force and intrigue | 44 | |
378871321 | Japanese Feudalism: Ranks and economic base | Emperor, Provincial aristocrat as lord, Vassal as lord, Samurai; small agricultural population | 45 | |
378871322 | European Feudalism: Main ruler and length of office | 800s; King, Queen, Emperor; Hereditary unless deposed | 46 | |
378871323 | European Feudalism: Ranks and Economic Base | Ruler, Vassal as lord, knight who had no vassal ruler under him; Large population engaged in agriculture, change over time as trade cities grew. | 47 | |
378871324 | Marco Polo | late 13th century; traveled in China and served Kublai Khan for 17 yrs, his stories made into a book. | 48 | |
378871325 | Ibn Battutu | 14th century; visited in Islamic Empire, traveled through mesopotamia and Persia, sailed down the Red Sea and East Coast of Africa to Kilwa. | 49 |
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