1200-1450 CE

Question 1

Swahili Civilization

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An East African civilization that emerged in the either century CE from a blending of Bantu, Islamic, and other Indian Ocean trade elements.

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Ghana

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First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West African between the sixth and thirteenth centuries CE,

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American web

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The network of trade that linked parts of the pre-Columian Americas. Provided a means of exchange for luxury goods and ideas over large areas

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Song Dynasty

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Best ordered state in the world. Paper currency, foot binding. Silk, tea ceramics (fine China).

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al-Andulus

Answer 5

What spain is

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Inca Empire

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Empire in Peru, conquered by Pizarro, who began an empire for the Spanish in 1535

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Byzantine Empire

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A major force in the eastern Mediterranean controlling Greece and much of the Balkans. Had merchant and naval vessels active in the Mediterranean.

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Aztec Empire

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Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I.

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Western Christendom

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Western European branch of Christianity that gradually defined itself as separate from Eastern Orthodoxy, with a major break in 1054 CE.

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Hangzhou

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The capital city of the Song Dynasty, had over 1 million people. Finest and most noble city in the world.

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Seljuk Turks

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Nomadic Turks from Asia who conquered Baghdad in 1055 and allowed the caliph to remain only as religious leader. Governed strictly

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Maya civilization

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A major civilization of Mesoamerica, flourished from 250 to 900 CE

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Caesaropapism

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A political-religious system in which the secular ruler is also head of the religious establishment, as in the Byzantine Empire

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Roman Catholic Church

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The Christain church headed by the pope in Rome

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Ottoman Empire

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A creation of one of the many Turkik warrior groups. Brought long-term political unity to the middle east.

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Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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Official religion of the Roman and Byzantine empires. Broke away from the Catholic Church.

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Bushido

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Japanese samari culture “Way of the warrior”

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Constantinople

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A large and wealthy city that was the imperial capital of the Byzantine empire, and later the Ottoman empire, now known as Istanbul