chapter 2 terms Flashcards
Song Dynasty
in the 1200s the dynasty ruled parts of China it was a golden age with different arts literature and philosophies
China’s economic revolution
made China rich and wealthy caused by rapid population growth the population growth caused agriculture to improve and Champa rice begin to be grown in China
hangzhou
The capital of song dynasty which had a large population of people the city had lots of huge successful industries especially in iron
footbinding
finding woman’s feet by breaking the bones and wrapping the young women’s feet to make them look smaller this cause women to rely on men and not be able to work which caused more patriarchy
hangul
A phonetic alphabet for writing in Korean instead of writing in Chinese this became popular in Korea to private correspondence fiction and women
chu nom
A variation of Chinese writing called southern script which was for women and national literature
bushido
this was considered the way of the warrior it was a set of skills which included bravery loyalty skills martial arts honor which every warrior had to have these skills
abbasid caliphate
Arab dynasty that was in the 1200s which rule the Islamic world the dynasty flourished until their political grip on the Arab empire slipped
seljuk turkic empire
Clean the Muslim title is Sultan in the 11 and 12 centuries their political power grip and they switched to Islam and became a major sustainer of Islam and help spread the religion
al-andalus
Spain was called Al-andalus by Muslims in this place there was a cross cultural interactions. muslim spain to flourish as well as agriculture
byzantine empire
A powerful Christian empire before the 1200s which then it began to decline when the empire disappeared it’s tradition influence the Rus which was a new civilization
constantinople
Created in 330ce and called new Rome where the Byzantines political authority was located the caption of byzantine 
caesaropapism
The political authorities also had a religious power the emperor also was the People’s religious leader
eastern orthodox christianity
what is the supreme authority of the emperor they believe they were right thinking Christians it was a cultural identity for the people of Rome
crusades
created in 1095 by the pope against Islam western forces took over Constantinople in the fourth crusade