APW Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards

97048939	Justinian	early Byzantine emperor, tried to reconquer western europe, greatly influenced by wife theodora	0
97048940	Hagia Sophia	cathedral built by Justinian. Converted into a mosque by ottoman empire	1
97048941	Greek fire	incendiary wepan used by Byzantine forces	2
97048942	theme system	reorganization of byzantine empire. Placed imperial provinces under control of a general	3
97048943	bezant	byzantine gold coin. Standardized currency of med basin	4
97048944	Hippodrome	stadium adjacent to imperial palace	5
97048945	Arianism	belief based on teachins of Arius "jesus was not devine"	6
97048946	iconoclasm	to destroy religious images and prohibit their use in houses of worship	7
97048947	schism	split of christian church	8
97048948	St. Cyril	greek missionary-> developed alphabet for slavic languages, alphabet still used in Russia	9
97048949	Muhammad	founder of islam. Lived in Mecca and medina	10
97048950	Quran	islamic holy book	11
97048951	Hijra	muhammad's move to medina, start of the islamic claendar	12
97048952	5 Pillars of Islam	Shahada-profession of faith, Zakat-tax on community, Prayer- 5 times a day, Ramadan-month of daylight fasting, Hajj-pilgrimage to Mecca	13
97048953	the Shari'a	islamic holy law	14
97048954	Caliph	islamic leaders after muhammad's death	15
97048955	Shia Sect	minority, believe in devine rite leadership	16
97048956	Sunni Islam	majority, believe in democratic leadership	17
97048957	Sufis	islamic mystics, placed emphasis on the real world applications of religion, not the rules	18
97048958	Ibn Rushd	called for muslims to follow aristotle in seeking a purely rational understanding of the world	19
97048959	Xuanzang	buddhist monk who went west to india to clarify Buddhist doctrines	20
97048960	Grand Canal	giant canal that connected N and S China	21
97048962	Tang Taizong	2nd Tang emperor adhered to confucian beliefs, brought wealth and stability to China	22
97048963	equal field system	Tang dynasty land redistribution	23
97048964	kowtow	bowing ritutal	24
97048965	Chang'an	capital of Sui, Tang, and Song dyns.	25
97048966	foot binding	females feet wrapped and compressed	26
97048967	Silla Dynasty	ruling family of Korea	27
97048969	The Tale of Genji	novel written by japanese WOMAN (Murasaki Shikibu) many refer to as the world's first novel	28
97048971	Bushido	"way of the warrior" samurai code	29
97048973	Mahmud of Ghanzni	leader of Turks in Afghanistan/ His raids hastened decline of Buddhism in India	30
97048974	Sultanate of Delhi	Islamic state created by mahmud's successors in N India	31
97048975	Chola	kingdom in S india, conquered Ceylon, greatest power in 11th century	32
97048976	Vijayanagar	hindu kingdom dominated S India from 1336-1565 became wealthy from involvement in indian ocean trade network	33
97048977	dhow	large indian, persian, and arab ships -> lateen sails	34
97048978	Bhakti movement	cult ->tried to transcend differences between Hinduism and Islam	35
97048979	Funan	first SE asian state reflecting indian cluture	36
97048980	Srivijaya Kingdom	dominated SE asian trade-base on island of sumatra-wealth due to taxes on trade between india and china	37
97048981	Angkor/Khmer Kingdom	dominated cambodia from 889-1431, built monuments and temples that reflected indian culture-> Angor Thom Angor Watt	38
97048982	Melaka	SE asian islamic state. Islam spread form this commercial center to many SE asian islands	39
97048983	Charlemagne	frankish monarch. Ruled empire that included much of modern day france and germany	40
97048984	missi dominici	traveling beaurocrats who helped Charlemagne administer gvt	41
97048985	Magyars	descendants of nomadic peoples, attacked western europe and settled in hungary	42
97048986	Vikings	raiders from the north, came from scandanavia	43
97048987	Otto I of Saxony	helped pope defeat lombardi forces in italy	44
97048988	feudalism	hierarchical system of lords and vasals that shared political power in medieval europe	45
97048989	serfs	poor farmers bound to the land	46
97048990	manors	self sufficient estates, served as basis of medeval europan economy	47
97048991	Pope Gregory I	organized defense of rome against Lombardi attackers. Maintained central authority of bishops and sent missionaries out to parts of europe without strong christianity	48
97048992	St. Benedict of Nursia	created regulations for behavior of monks. -------'s rule	49