Chapter 22 Flashcards
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49398239 | Rabban Sauma | newstorian christine priest born in the mongol capital , whom the Mongols sent to the Pope to form an alliance against the Muslims. He was received well in Rome, but failed to gain support. A few years after this attempt, the Ilkhan converted to Islam, destroying any chance of alliance. | 0 | |
49398240 | John of Montecorvino | most active Roman catholic missionary in China, translated the new testament and the book of psalms into TUrkish language. | 1 | |
49398241 | Hongwu | emperor of China but came from a very poor family and spend most of his life as a begger. Because of his size he joined the military and made his way up to become an emperor or the Ming Dynasty | 2 | |
49398242 | Zheng He | A Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa. | 3 | |
49398243 | Prince Henry | campaigned to spread christianity and increase portuguese influence on the seas | 4 | |
49398244 | Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. (p. 428) | 5 | |
49398245 | Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route. (p. 428) | 6 | |
49398246 | Fernando and Isabella | Spain was united by the marriage of Fernando of Aragon and Isabel of Castile | 7 | |
49398247 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) | 8 | |
49398248 | Qadi | Islamic Judges | 9 | |
49398249 | Sufi | Islamic mystics who placed more emphasis on emotion and devotion than on strict adherence to rules | 10 | |
49398250 | Little Ice Age | for 500 years the world's temperature were coolerand agriculture development declined | 11 | |
49398251 | Black Death | a disease spead by trade and exploration and killed 10 million people in China, 25% of Euoprean population | 12 | |
49398252 | MIng Dynasty | Founded by Hongwu, and eliminated the Mongol rule | 13 | |
49398253 | Reconquista | crusade, ending in 1492, to drive the Islamic forces out of Spain | 14 | |
49398254 | Renissance | "rebirth" of Europe after the balck death | 15 | |
49398255 | Humanism | the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare | 16 |