11-17 Flashcards
labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion, all communities were expected to contribute, an essential part of Incan control
Mit’a
1258 CE
Mongols obliterate Baghdad, end of Islamic caliphates
Genghis Kahn
Unifies Mongolia in 1206
Subatai
Genghis’ best general, only emperor to conquer Russia and he did it twice
Venetian merchant who traveled through Yuan dynasty (1271-1295) brought coal, gunpowder, noodles back to Europe
Marco Polo
Champa rice
double rice crop first introduced in Song Dynasty
Grand Canal
longest waterway ever dug by humans, Sui Dynasty, Yangdi led the construction
Song inventions
magnetic compass, gunpowder, rockets, oars, sails, checks
lived in clans like pre Islamic Arabia, lots of fighting and clan rivalry
Mongols
succeeds Genghis, reign was the peak of Mongolian empire
Ogedei Khan
Ming Dynasty
first dynasty to have royal family rooted in peasantry, court life becomes ceremonial like in Japan
Portugal, Brazil Sugar Islands, North America
Forced Labor
Coerced Labor
Spain
between New and Old world, 250+ year process, creates a biologically singular world
Columbian Exchange
581 CE, Yuan di 2nd ruler murdered father to rise to power, restores Confucian examination system
Sui Dynasty
Jinshi
title given to those who pass the highest level of the Civil Service exam
led to the creation of three Chinas: Song, Xia, Lao/Jin
Decline of Tang dynasty
largest empire in pre-columbian America, center was located in Cusco (modern day Peru)
Inca
Brought the greeks out of their dark ages by bringing their alphabet with them while trading
Phoenicians
drained swamps then built elevated fields for year round agriculture
Maya/Aztecs
The binding of womens feet existed which started with upper class women but then spread to everyone was started in what dynasty
Song
Incan prosperity and military strength depended on
llama and alpaca
Zheng He
Chinese sailor, supported social mobility and travel, led 7 voyages to acquire and maintain city states
Delivered 95 theses which criticized the Catholic church, and published them in 1520, translated Bible into vernacular which profoundly influences German language
Martin Luther
