AP World History Flashcards

11607650626	Western Europe	Consisted of a series of regional kingdoms- led by Visigoths in Spain, Franks in France, Lombards in Italy, and Angles and Saxon in England. The kingdoms were meant to replace Roman authority but many of the Germanic people were already romanized and their rulers embraced written Roman laws.	0
11607772119	Byzantine continued Rome by	Keeping Roman roads, taxation systems, military structures, centralized administrations, imperial courts, laws, and their Christian church's. They wore Roman style robes and sandals, called themselves Roman, and wanted to preserve the Roman legacy.	1
11607824742	Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church	Split because they had opposite veiws on idols and whether they should have them.	2
11607838169	The origins of Islam	The angel Gabriel went to Muhammad and it was recorded. It later became known as the Qu'ran	3
11608013257	Five Pillars of Islam	1.there is only one god and one prophet( Allah is good and Muhammad is the prophet) 2.pray 5 times a day 3.fasting during Ramadan(a month long) 4.give to the poor 5.pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime	4
11608096663	China and the Mongols	The Mongols began their envasion in Northern China. The Mongols originally planned on killing all the people there and turn the country into pastureland for Mongol herbs but they instead chose to extract as much wealth as possible from China. The Mongols accommodated themselves to Chinese culture as they knew nothing about the operation if their society.	5
11608314426	Persia and the Mongols	-Mongol takeover was far more abrupt than any other previous invasion -Extreme violence -Pushed people out of agriculture by placing huge taxes and torturing people -Persian government was mostly left untouched -Persia went back to their original governments and Mongols became Persians rather than being kicked out like in China -Started with Genghis Khan and ended with his grandson Hulegu who became the first subordinate Khan of Persia	6
11608382319	Russia and the Mongols	The Mongols dominated Russia from the steppes. They didn't see a reason to stay in Russia because it wasn't on major international trade routesblike China and their economy wasn't developed like Persia. Those who resisted the Mongols were devestated but those who didn't was left alone.	7
11608860747	Aztec and the Incas	Both thought men and women are in two separate but equal and opposite fields role wise.	8
11608947874	China and Japan	Since they couldn't conquerbeach other they traded and shared ideas which affected their culture. For example a whole lot of Japanese comes from Chinese words and phrases.	9