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5364541277What type of religion was Islam?Monotheistic religion like Judaism and Christianity0
5364543697Islam accepts what?Accepts Abraham, Moses and Jesus as prophets1
5364546536What does Islams category fall into?Joins Buddhism and Christianity as a universalizing religion (easily adapted to other cultures)2
5364547910What religion is easily adapted to other culturesIslam3
5364549595What three religions are considered to be universalizing religion?Buddhism, Christianity and islam4
5364551828Dar Al Islam meansHouse of Islam5
5364552941Dar AL Islam's territory of Islam includesthe Middle East, North Africa and Spain6
5364555665Indonesia isthe most populated Muslim country in the world today7
5364589798The religious schism that was caused by a dispute over the order of leadership succession wasSunni and Shi'a Though each of these choices represent religious schisms, the Muslim dispute between Sunni and Shi'a was over leadership succession.8
5364592347By the beginning of the 8th century, dar al-Islam had spread as far east asIndia By 711, The House of Islam had spread as far east as South Asia, present-day India.9
5364593751Of the Five Pillars of Islam, the one that has had the greatest impact on World History has beenthe Hajj Since the Hajj is a pilgrimage, this journey encouraged the interaction of cultures.10
5364597077Muhammad diesAbubakar was appointed Caileph(the religious and political head of islam)-theacracy11
5364600589Calieph named ali came in w confusion and created a split in islam of theSunni and Shia Sunni (umma "muslim community" will select someone as calieph-majority of muslims) and the Shia (believe the calieph should be chosen through hereditary lines and succession)12
5364612919after muhammad dies in 632islam spreads throughout uranean peninsula to abassid empire and spreads into india and Spain in 711, and southeast asia into Indonesia (MOST POPULATED MUSLIMS)13
5364616985from trade islam expands to many places but expands mainly to _______ through trade.Indonesia14
5364622546succession problem inUymayad Dynasty15
5364626323diffusion to southeast asia1. hinuism to southeast asia (ankor wat) 2. buddhism to southeast asia(ankor wat) 3. Islam to southeast asia16
5364630366most heavily populated muslim country in the worldsoutheast asia, indoneasia, thru trade17
5364637287Islam meanssubmissions (one who submits)18
5364638864Muhammad used______to tradecaravans19
5364642727Muhammed grew up in_______ known as a _________ world at the time1. mecca 2. polytheistic world20
5364646860610610 Muhammad receives the first revelation while meditating in the cave of Hira near Mecca. He hears a commanding voice addressing him and becomes the Messenger of God.21
5364655709islamic god namedAllah22
53646563316221. first date in islamic calendar 2. Muhammad was kicked out of Mecca but returns and conquers it 3. this creates the hijrah- Hijrah (Arabic: هِجْرَة‎‎) is the migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib, later renamed by him to Medina, in 622 CE.23
53646665195 pillars of faith1. Monotheistic (believe in one god, Allah) 2. pray 5x a day 3. Alms giving 4. Ramadan fasting 5. Haij to Mecca24
53646715871324Mansa Musa25
5364672816Mansa Musacame from mali, he crossed the Saharan desert, crosses gyro and throws gold while inflating their economy and goes to mecca. then from mecca with islamic learning into mali.26
5364680597Islam is the catalystfor movement27
5364682352Ibn Battutais a traveler traveled 73,000 miles from morocco motivated by the haij. he traveled thru Dal Ar Islam28
5364715946Universalizing Religion meanseasily adapted to other cultures and actively seeking other converts29
5364784100Islam was spread throughtook over Arabian peninsula to spread through north Africa into Europe, Spain, and india30
5364787867Christianity was spread throughspread through the Mediterranean and was accepted by theadoses and and the roman empire to the americans31
5364793509Buddhism was spreadalong the silk roads into china32
5364800045711islam spreads to india and spain islam spread into india, across north africa and into spain33
5364807345islam is associated with the Arabians, making it a ______ religionmerchant34
5364808797Umayyad Dynasty- (661-750 CE) known for territorial expansion- Darl Al Islam -arabic lanugae -caliphates were tolerate of other religions but taxed non muslims(Jizya)35
5369260646Islam expands and the capital isDamascus36
5369269229Jizyais a tax on non-Muslims used in Islamic empires37
5369273969Al-Andalus- 711 islamic spain38
5369279220In Al-Andalus- in 732 islam spread was stopped in islam during the battle of tours, by charles martel/charles or hammer Hagia Sophia converted to Mousque of Cordoba in spain during the reconquista reconquista muslims leave or get killed39
5369291206732 islam was stopped bycharles martel/charles or hammer40
5369299868during the reconquista- Hagia Sophia converted to Mousque of Cordoba in spain - muslims leave or get killed41
5369306498Islamic Spain-free education -library -mathematics -science -medicine -preservation of the greek works of Plato and Aristotle (knowledge)42
5369309853Mosque at Cordoba, Spaingreat example of diffusion of culture43
5369314156Islamic Spain is the Center of Islamic learning withfree education, medicine and preservation of Greek and Roman learning44
5369328634Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 CE)golden age of islam45
5369332166Capital moves to Baghdad2nd golden age of silk road-Trade flourishes on Silk Road, Credit used by merchants facilitates trade46
5369337729Golden age-better steel for swords -preservation of greek, roman and persian learning - arabic numerals(indians) concept of zero - algerba, geometry, trig - astrolabe (used for nag) used for exploration - astronomical observations - knowledge of the earth resolving the axsis around the sun - atonomy - Medical encycolpedias - cartographers - poetry (arabian nights) enriched culture arabesques47
5369340840mosques _______ patternsgeometric patterns48
5369370120sufis were responsible for spread ofislam throughout dar al islam, syncretic blend in africa49
5369372537islams treatments of women- everyone is equal under the quoran though they had exceptions : -Men can have 4 wives the harem ( domestic spaces reserved for women) womens testimony being only half that of a mans testimony veiling50
5369377225Accomplishments include:Arabic numerals, advancements in algebra, geometry and trigonometry, perfection of the astrolabe, astronomical observatories, optic surgery, medical encyclopedias, and literature like the Arabian Nights.51
5369382472ArabesquesMosques use of geometric patterns52
5369388108Byzantine Empire- fall of rome -roman empire is split by diocleatain Justinian married to theodorah, created53
5369391914-constantantinople is named byconstantine54
5369394136the west falls as they are attacked byhuns, vistogrophs, astrogrophs55
5369396979east(law and engineering)56
5369399441Justinianmarried to theodorah57
5369401572Western Europe◦ Decentralized ◦ Franks most powerful group to emerge ◦ Charlemagne attempts to bring back the Roman Empire in the 800's.58
5369405225Comparison of European and Japanese feudalism◦ Knight/Samurai ◦ Chivalry/Bushido ◦ Lords/Daimyo59
5369410531Women in Europe mainlymidwives and healers60
5369413991China Spread ofBuddhism from India to China, Korea and then to Japan61
5369418127Sui DynastyGrand Canal) brings end of war62
5369420958chin enededwaring states63
5369422799neo confucianismblend of buddhism- (indian) and confucianism- (chinese)64
5369425627Spread of buddhism:begins in india, spreads the silk road thru merchants to china. then spreads eastward to korea and japan. then spreads to southeast asia and spread thru central asia like Afghanistan. - India to China, Korea and then to Japan65
5369436728Chinese gained knowledge of champa rice that originated fromvietnam who had champa rice which INCREASED POPULATION(east asia)66
5369439568east asiamost populated and had largest cities67
5369442847Industrial revolution duringTang Dynasty (618-907 CE)68
5369447615Tang DynastyT(erritorial)ang Dynasty (618-907 CE)- goes into korea and mongolia69
5369454683China had thecivil service with educated bureaucracy and allowed the poor/lower classes to thrive and become higher in status70
53694568852nd golden agein abassid dynasty with tang and song with trade71
5369459917ships make chinesedominate player in ocean72
5369461838flying money- letters of credit/depositing money73
5369463582they had- gunpowder difuses to middle east and eruope - flying money - letters of credit/depositing money74
5369468061poetry- cultural aspects of tang75
5369473847The Tang dynasty overview- Expands Chinese territory ◦ Kowtow (froehead on the floor to the chinese emperor) shows Chinese dominance over places like Korea ◦ Second Golden Age of the Silk Road ◦ Letters of Credit (Flying money) ◦ Gunpowder developed ◦ Champa rice from Vietnam fuels population surge76
5369484117Song Dynasty - golden age continues.. they had ____ manufacturing◦ Iron manufacturing makes China manufacturing giant of the world at this time77
5369488890Song dynasty- porecelin and silk largest populations -developed the compass with age of exploration -abacus, printing78
5369499107What may allow someone to raise for family- civil service (males), foot binding ( females) peasants bind one of their daughters feet in hopes of them rising in status79
5369502522foot binding- song dynasty - for elites for woman (smaller foot-more attractive and less work)80
5369518248Song dynasty overview◦ Largest cities in the world ◦ Golden Age of innovation with the compass and printing ◦ Neo-Confucianism combines both Buddhism and Confucianism ◦ Foot binding shows patriarchal society81
5369526916Yuan DynastyMongol rule in China (civil service exam) (prejudice towards the Chinese )82
5369530458Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE)- zheng - showed superiority and dominance of chinese w junks (ships) and influenced the indian ocean with the giraffe to the indian court - Kicked out the Mongols and Chinese culture reemerges83
5369538555Japan- feudal state (decentralized) - Shinto- elements of buddhism and nature - Feudal Japan comparison to Feudal Europe comparison84
5369544785Shogunin japan, held all the power while the Emperor was a figurehead85
5369548887japan class systememperor (a figure head), shogun (holds the power), daimio, samurai, lesser samurai, peasants86
5369558507India-Delhi Sultanate (unification of india, introduction of islam to hinduism) tax on non muslims, Jizah - Islamic rule in Northern India - Hinduism remains a constant especially in Southern India and acts as a glue to decentralization87
5369560271Delhi Sultanate(unification of india, introduction of islam to hinduism)88
5369564228Jizahtax on non muslims89
5369571188Mongol Must Know Information:- Largest continuous land empire in world history - Facilitated the 3rd Golden Age of the Silk Road (Pax Mongolica- peace) - Religiously tolerant - Never took Japan, Egypt and India90
53695755541200s mongols leader-genghis kahn- had superial knowlege of horse (product of central asia)91
5369582838mongols-borrowers never administrated (persia administrated) - promoted trade - pony express, stabilized the roads and created a safe trade network - rode 90 miles in a day, though romans 25-30 miles a day - rutheless92
5369594822Mongol Khanates- Golden Horde- Russia mongols in russia created serfdom and developed differently than the rest of europe - Chagatai- Central Asia - Persian Ilkhanate -kill abassid caliphate in bagdad and mongols take over the area 800,000 people killed93
5369603867China- Yuan dynasty 1271-1368- Forbade the Chinese from marrying Mongols and learning the Mongol language94
5369608617Mongols failedto take japan w two attempts, mongols were powerful on land but not water.95
5369613071timur tamerlane- mean - killed 17/20 million people - saw the decline of the silk road - built capital in samurkahn, currently Uzbekistan96
5369618078What region of Asia was most impacted by the exploits of Tamerlane (Timur the Lame)?Persia- The Middle East was Tamerlane's empire during this time period.97
5369623015Due to the destructive nature of Tamerlane, what began to decline?the Silk Road The Stability of the Silk Road was seriously questioned by his barbaric practices.98
5369626384Which one of the following statements is an accurate generalization about the Mongolian impact on China during the Yuan Dynasty?the Mongols were forbidden to marry local Chinese Intermarriage between the Mongols and local Han was outlawed99
5369629491What region of Europe experienced the greatest impact of the Mongols?Russia The impact the Golden Horde had upon Russia was not arrested until the reign of Peter the Great in the early 18th century.100
5369631257Japan and Egypt were similar in their relationship with the Mongols in thatthey both successfully resisted Mongolian invasion The Mamluks in Egypt and the straits of Japan between Japan and China successfully prevented conquering by the Mongols.101
5369637331Two areas where Christianity remainedin Africa was Egypt and Ethiopia102
5369639600ethiopia, 1200sking labile built a church out of rock to symbolize the song foundation christianity has103
5369643163African major productsgold and salt104
5369645695East Africa- develops city states built on trade105
5369648358bantu migrations- (iron, farming, language) - - bring language in sub saharan africa and east africa mixed with arabic merchants (swahili)106
5369654572Swahili is a mixture of Bantu and Arabic language- Swahili city states thrived due to trade (gold, salt, ivory, slaves) - Kilwa, Mombasa, Sofala, Mozambique107
5369657542Trans Saharan trade- Camel saddle in the 300's CE and the motivation of gold accelerated trade108
5369661760Sub Saharan Africa and move east- Bantu migrations 2000 bce to 100ce - Iron technology, farming techniques, influence of language, family becomes more important - Stateless societies (kinship groups) - Diffusion of bananas from Malaysia increases population109
5369667298Ghana 800-1000ceIslam (introduced to muslim merchants) and Gold110
5369670367Mali 1300s- Sundiata - Mansa Musa ◦ Mosque at Jenne111
5369673385Mansa Musa-made his pilgrimage in 1324 to mecca by crossing the saharan desert an egypt while throwing gold and using slave, inflating economy of kyro. brought back islamic scholars. went to mecca, came back, and built mali-mousque of jenne. (pilgrimage)112
5369678841Songhai islamic empire in sub saharan empire- knocked out by moraccans w guns and muskets - Sonni Ali113
5369681240Americas- (not connected w rest of the world) - Llama: only large domesticated beast of burden - Maya114
5369684311- Maya- Warring city states - Tikal and Chichen Itza- knowledge of autonomy -hyroglyphs maya written language - sacraficed slaves - warring city states115
5369692190Aztec- (central mexico north of mayans) - mexica -conqured people, allowed them to govern, and collected tribut (like mongols)116
5369696621reason why aztecs get conquered- bc groups they conquered want to bring them down117
5369702114Capital Tenochtitlan- (dynamic capital w reason for innovation) -modeled after to teotiwakan on a lake w developed agricultural teqnique called chinampas, so on water u can have extended land to base agriculture on118
5369706752aztec society military- was highly prized woman who died during child birth were considered military warriors. -top of society, -religion poiltics and military all came into one,119
5369711724aztecs society- the aztecs were a bloody society w sacrifice and victims came formal who were conquered in war - built dynamic roads (similarly to romans) - Expansionistic, warriors prized - Chinampas showed agriculture advancement - Like Mongols, collected tribute from conquered groups120
5369721150Incas- (in peru and andes) - expansionistic (long empire) - built complex system of roads, great w bridges(engineering principal like romans), - terrorist farming(innovation like aztec china's), - polytheistic and sacrafice animals - Machu picchu incas in peru - mummified their leaders like Egyptians -they didn't have a written language - but had quipu121
5369732576Oceania- Polynesian migrations (600 CE) not connected to global world - Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii and New Zealand - agricultural based, fishing based, regional kingdoms, and had class systems - Regional kingdoms established122
5369737743Mayans- warring city states, written language, Tikal and Chichen Itza Aztecs123
5369739737Tenochitilanchinampas, expansionistic, borrowers124
5369742370Incas-Peru, expansionistic, complex roads, terrace farming, no written language but the Quipu125
5369747794Trade(america and oceana not involved) - Trans saharan trade: camel, camel sattle, gold, salt, ivory - The 3 Golden Ages of the silk roads: compass, gunpowder, paper, champa rice, silk, metallurgy rome and han -tang/song w middle east and abassid dynasty the pax monologic (mongols) - Indian OCEAN trade diffusion of ideas, mathematical concepts like zero, swahili language, latin sail, monsoons maritime travel126
5369785058The silk roads takes off bc- of stable government (protection, taxation, and perserving/building roads), - empires in rome and han and the pantheon was in the middle of that -merchants, ideas, religions(buddhism, christianity and islam), diseases (black death), goods (silk from east asia, spices from southeast asia, pepper and cotton from south asia, precious metals from europe) -silk road is a long network of and trade routes127
5369790220goods along silk roadsgoods (silk from east asia, spices from southeast asia, pepper and cotton from south asia, precious metals from europe)128
5369793238-silk roadis a long network of and trade routes129
5369796296change over time indian ocean:- arab merchants dominate at first - indias central location always made them a dominant player - chinese come to dominate with zheng he europeans (technology) - dominate indian ocean trade at the end of this time period130
5369803020Hansiatic leauge innorthern Europe making dutch and el]ngligh powerful131
5369805876medditerainian trade connects- africa to middle east to europe in excange of goods for technology and monetary systems - result in diffusion of goods lanuage and growth of cities132
5369815660diffusion is the result oftrade133
5369820303growth of cities tied to explosion in trade:-Swahili city states; mobasa, Sofala, Kilwa - Constantinople - Venice - Cairo - Chang'an134
5369829776Trade explodes in this time periodTrans Saharan, Silk Road and Indian Ocean135
5369834257Reasons for trade expansion:- Technological advancements (astrolabe, compass, lateen sail, camel saddle) - Monetary systems (credit)136
5369840939Results of trade:- Diffusion of goods (salt, spices, precious metals, silk), religions, language, technologies and disease - Growth of cities like Swahili city states (Kilwa), Constantinople, Venice, Cairo, Chang'an137
5369845077Comparisons:- Mongols with Aztecs(borrowers not administartors), - Mali(genghis kahn and Sundiata) Romans (Pax monologic w Pax romana facilitation of trade, gov endorses tarde), - Vikings (sea bases, land based) and Turks (nomadic, multi cultural and religiously tolerant) (turks unified w islam, mongols religiously tolerant) (turks land, mongols land) - Middle East with China (culture, technologies)138
5369854651live in- middle eastern(algerba, universities, astrolabe, chess from india, soap, medical/surgical industriments) - china (gunpowder, printing, paper currency, porcelain, compass, chinese junks, iron manufacturing) - Japanese and European feudalism139
5369865511Ibn Battutaearly 1300s (non western traveler, from moracco, made pilgrimage to mecca, traveled 73,00 miles all throughout islamic empires he was a kati (islamic judge) and enforced shiria (islamic law) and wrote a book called the rila)140
5369869925Marco Polo1200s (stayed w Kubalikahn kahn for 20 yrs, traveled along silk roads and wrote a book called traveles - inspires columbus and other europeans to explore the world)141
5369872606Xuanzang(in china and a traveler, scholar monk who was passionate of buddhism and traveled 17 yrs to india to find scared text of the buddha)142
5369885279Religion- Christianity(glue in western elope, decentralized but centralized thru the church) in decentralized western Europe - Hinduism in southern India - Confucian principles in China ( neo confucian ism and sivil service exam)143
5369889895Patriarchal societies- Sati, foot binding(song dynasty), concubines, harems and veiling(middle east) - Africa most egalitarian144
5369893614Be familiar with maps and visuals of:- Byzantine empire, feudal western Europe (decentralized), - Mongol empire(persia, central asia, china), - Dar Al Islam (north africa, into spain,across middle east , into india) - spread of the Black Death145
5369905296spread of buddhism, hinduism south east asia, christianity and islam intosoutheast asia and indoneasia146
5369907937We can think of the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks as being multi-cultural in all of the following ways exceptboth learned the languages and adopted the cultural patterns of the civilizations they conquered The Mongols remained relatively aloof of the cultures they conquered. They forbade intermarriage between their cultures and they, as a group, neither learned the Chinese language nor permitted Chinese scholars from learning the Mongolian language, thus there was a definite distance between the conqueror and the conquered.147
5369910998In which city of the world in the year 1450 might you LEAST want to live if you wanted to take advantage of technological innovations?Paris- Asia was the most innovative region in the world during his timeframe: Khanbalique is near present-day Beijing, Chang'an is present-day Tsian (perhaps the first city in the world to have a population in excess of a million), and Baghdad is in present-day Iraq. Paris, by contrast had a population of less than 25,000 during most of this time period148
5369914765From the beginning to beyond the end of this timeframe, the correct chronology of the people who would control trade in the Indian Ocean would be-Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Europeans - During the 7th century the Muslims of Arabia controlled the region, followed by the Indian sailors, and then briefly by the Chinese. As this timeframe ended, the Europeans were beginning to demonstrate a dominance in the Indian Ocean.149
5369919620Which one of the following is most important to the perpetuation of healthy long- distance trade relations?stable governments It was stable governments that ensured protection and maintenance of the roads.150

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