Unit 3 Flashcards

250441901	5 Pillars	-no god but allah and muhammad is his prophet -daily prayer -fasting during ramadan -charity (alms) -pilgrimage to mecca	0
250441902	Abbasid	diverse nature of administration not bent on imperial expansion	1
250441903	Abu Bakr	1st ever caliph	2
250441904	Allah	monotheism beliefs (islam) he is the god in islamic religion	3
250441905	Alms	charity	4
250441906	Caliph	head of state, milotary commander, judge, and religious leader	5
250441907	Dar al Islam	islamic world	6
250441908	Hajj	pilgrimage to mecca	7
250441909	Jihad	"struggle"	8
250441910	Ka'ba	huge black rock "house of powerful diety"	9
250441911	Mecca	city dedicated directly to islam and allah	10
250441912	Medina	where islamic followers fled to after getting kicked out of mecca	11
250441913	Muhammad	monotheism - allah brings about the islamic religion	12
250441914	Koran	record of revelations received during muhammad's visions	13
250441915	Sharia	uniformity of islamic law	14
250441916	Shiite	believe ali passed over for abu bakr	15
250441917	Sufi	asceticism & mysticism missionaries	16
250441918	Sultan	powerful governor of province	17
250441919	Sunni	traditionalists: leaders should be drawn from able group of people	18
250441920	Umayyad	meccan merchant class tightly centralized	19
250441921	Umma	the communal society of followers of islamic religion	20
250441922	Conscription	enrollment of people, especially in military service	21
250441923	Draft Animals	animals who can do manual labor ex. pull plows	22
250441924	Equal-Field System	policy for redistributing land	23
250441925	Footbinding	increased male control in families even more patriarchal!	24
250441926	Grand Canal	promotes trade between north and south china...creates economic, cultural, and political unity	25
250441927	Heian Japan	weak japanese empire, no power behind the throne	26
250441928	Kowtow	kneel and bow before emperor	27
250441929	Mercenaries	soldiers	28
250441930	Nara Japan	early "medieval" japan. south in the country	29
250441931	Neo-Confucianism	confucianism with adapted buddhist themes	30
250441932	Porcelain	"chinawear"	31
250441933	Samurai	professional warriors	32
250441934	Shinto	religion: ancestors, nature spirits, dieties	33
250441935	Shogun	military governor who ruled in place of the emperor	34
250441936	Song Dynasty	administration, education, industry, arts military not emphasized	35
250441937	Sui Dynasty	regional kingdoms strong centralized gov't massive building projects	36
250441938	Tang Dynasty	strong confucian ruler law & order	37
250441939	Terrace Farming	farming used to cultivate sloped land in china	38
250441940	Tributary Relationships	chinese practice tributes as trade regulation and authority	39
250441941	Uighurs	nomadic mercenaries invited to help smother rebellion taking place in tang dynasty	40
250441942	Wu Zhao	female emperor	41
250441943	White Huns	nomadic tribe from central asia...invade india	42
250441944	King Harsha	brings temporary restoration to india after invasions and fall of the gupta	43
250441945	Emporia	place of commerce, trading center, marketplace	44
250441946	Axum	highlands of northern ethiopia adopts christianity	45
250441947	Byzantine Empire	eastern roman empire centered around constantinople	46
250441948	Caesaropapism	emoeror co-heads the church	47
250441949	Justinian	codified roman law	48
250441950	Hagia Sophia	huge, wonderful church built by justinian	49
250441951	Themes	provinces/themes controlled by a general (chosen by the emperor)	50
250441952	Germanic States	emerge after last of roman emperors are overthrown	51
250441953	Carolingians	the franks...basically	52
250441954	Charlemagne	"Charles the Great" reestablished centralized emperial rule	53
250441955	Vikings	north sea farers...merchants and migrants take over after franks	54
250441956	Bezant	gold currency of byzantine empire	55
250441957	Feudalism	hierarchal system of duties and obligations	56
250441958	Roman Catholic	headed by the pope centrslized church from rome	57
250441959	Eastern Orthodox	headed (sort of) by the patriarch emperor chooses patriarch caesaropapism	58
250441960	Schism	roman catholic & orthodox churches excommunicate one another	59
250441961	Pope Gregory I	reinforces Papal Primacy (ultimate authority for the Christian Church)	60