AP World History 16 Flashcards

4265388932	Alexander Nevskii	prince of Novgorod; submitted to the invading Mongols in 1240	0
4265388933	Osman	most successful warrior and "founder" of Ottomans	1
4265388934	Ottoman Turks	Turkish group ruled by the Ottoman dynasty; formed an empire that lasted from about 1300 to 1922. The group that proved to be the greatest threat to the Byzantine Empire in the 15th century.	2
4265388935	Pax Mongolica	era of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire	3
4265388936	samurai	a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy	4
4265388937	shogun	the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai	5
4265388938	Silla Dynasty	the dynasty in Korea that rallied to prevent Chinese domination in the seventh century CE.	6
4265388939	Song Dynasty	the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy	7
4265388940	Sui Dynasty	the short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal, strengthened the government, and introduced Buddhism to China	8
4265388941	The Tale of Genji	written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any languange; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor's son; evidence for mannered style of the Japanese society.	9
4265388942	Tang Dynasty	dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria	10
4265388943	Temujin	birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227)	11
4265388944	Uighurs	Turkic empire of the steppes; flourished in eighth century CE	12
4265388945	Xi Xia Empire	kingdom of the Tangut people that was north of Song kingdom in mid-11th century that collected tribute that drained Song resources and burdened Chinese peasantry	13
4265388946	Yuan Dynasty	dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song (1279-1368)	14
4265388947	Africanity	perceived unity of the sub-Saharan cultures.	15
4265388948	communal cities	sameness, represent the culture around them, move native to the city, homogenous with a sense of purpose (ex. Agriculture), lots of these in Europe	16
4265388949	convergent cities	people from all over make up the cities, Indian Ocean area, combine under the goal of trade, seen in China and Islamic world	17
4265388950	Delhi Sultanate	centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders.	18
4265388951	Ghana	the first West African kingdom based on the gold and salt trade	19
4265388952	Great Zimbabwe	in southeastern Africa the Shona people established this city which grew into an empire built on the gold trade. By 1450, this city was mysteriously abandoned.	20
4265388953	griots	a west African storyteller	21
4265388954	Hausa	a group of people named after the language they spoke. They first emerged in what is today northern Nigeria between 1000 and 1200.	22
4265388955	Ibn Battuta	Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.	23
4265388956	Mali	empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.	24
4265388957	Marco Polo	Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)	25
4265388958	Songhai	a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591	26
4265388959	stateless society	a group of independent villages organized into clans and led by a local ruler or clan head without any central government	27
4265388960	Sundiata	the founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes	28
4265388961	Swahili Coast	East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.'	29
4265388962	postclassical Mesoamerica	era of Aztecs	30
4265388963	agriculture	the deliberate tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber	31
4265388964	agrarian	a society that depends on agriculture is...	32
4265388965	bands/clans	basic unit of social organization among foragers; includes fewer than 100 people in a nomadic, small, mobile, kin-based groups with little differential power.	33
4265388966	barbarian	a person belonging to a tribe or group that is considered uncivilized	34
4265388967	bureaucracy	a government organized by department	35
4265388968	civilization	a society with reliable food surplus, specialized occupations, social class distinctions, cities, complex governments, trade, and an organized writing system	36
4265388969	city-states	large towns that conquered the surrounding countryside; often competed with each other	37
4265388970	classical	the period from approximately 600 BCE to 600 CE	38
4265388971	domestication	the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food	39
4265388972	economy	the way civilizations manage money and resources for the production of goods and services	40
4265388973	egalitarian	a society in which all people are relatively equal	41
4265388974	emperor	the ruler of an empire	42
4265388975	empire	a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler	43
4265388976	feudalism	loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord	44
4265388977	foraging	a food-getting strategy that does not involve food production or domestication of animals	45
4265388978	hierarchy	the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body	46
4265388979	hierarchical	arranging things one above the other by rank	47
4265388980	hunter-gatherer	a member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.	48
4265388981	irrigation	a way of supplying water to an area of land	49