11-17 Flashcards

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1
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labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion, all communities were expected to contribute, an essential part of Incan control

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Mit’a

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1258 CE

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Mongols obliterate Baghdad, end of Islamic caliphates

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Genghis Kahn

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Unifies Mongolia in 1206

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Subatai

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Genghis’ best general, only emperor to conquer Russia and he did it twice

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Venetian merchant who traveled through Yuan dynasty (1271-1295) brought coal, gunpowder, noodles back to Europe

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Marco Polo

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Champa rice

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double rice crop first introduced in Song Dynasty

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Grand Canal

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longest waterway ever dug by humans, Sui Dynasty, Yangdi led the construction

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Song inventions

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magnetic compass, gunpowder, rockets, oars, sails, checks

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lived in clans like pre Islamic Arabia, lots of fighting and clan rivalry

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Mongols

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succeeds Genghis, reign was the peak of Mongolian empire

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Ogedei Khan

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Ming Dynasty

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first dynasty to have royal family rooted in peasantry, court life becomes ceremonial like in Japan

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12
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Portugal, Brazil Sugar Islands, North America

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Forced Labor

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13
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Coerced Labor

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Spain

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between New and Old world, 250+ year process, creates a biologically singular world

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Columbian Exchange

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581 CE, Yuan di 2nd ruler murdered father to rise to power, restores Confucian examination system

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Sui Dynasty

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16
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Jinshi

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title given to those who pass the highest level of the Civil Service exam

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led to the creation of three Chinas: Song, Xia, Lao/Jin

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Decline of Tang dynasty

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largest empire in pre-columbian America, center was located in Cusco (modern day Peru)

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Inca

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Brought the greeks out of their dark ages by bringing their alphabet with them while trading

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Phoenicians

20
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drained swamps then built elevated fields for year round agriculture

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Maya/Aztecs

21
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The binding of womens feet existed which started with upper class women but then spread to everyone was started in what dynasty

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Song

22
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Incan prosperity and military strength depended on

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llama and alpaca

23
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Zheng He

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Chinese sailor, supported social mobility and travel, led 7 voyages to acquire and maintain city states

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Delivered 95 theses which criticized the Catholic church, and published them in 1520, translated Bible into vernacular which profoundly influences German language

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Martin Luther