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Chapter 21 Flashcards

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Marco Polo

Charlie McClain

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Italian traveler who spent a lot of time in China and was very well-liked by the Great Khan who loved his storytelling. He worked for the Great Khan and wrote about all o his adventures.

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Ibn Battuta

Charlie McClain

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muslim traveler who provided guidance in the way of Islam to places that were newly converted. Was the Qadi of the Sultan of Delhi and the Maldive Islands

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Pope Innocent IV

Charlie McClain

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Christian Europeans wanted to take back Jerusalem from the muslims so he sent envoys to the Mongols trying to convert them to Christianity and make an alliance to take down the muslims who were currently in Jerusalem

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Rabban Sauma

Charlie McClain

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a nestorian Christian priest who was born in the Mongol Capital but was of turkish ancestry, was sent as an envoy to the Pope and other European leaders by the Persian Ilkhanate. He did not succeed.

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King Louis XI

Charlie McClain

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King of France who maintained a permanent army of about 15000 troops after the bubonic plague

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Marco Polo’s homeland. Frequently fought with Genoa.

Roberts

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Venice

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Mongol capital where Rabban Sauma was born.

Roberts

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Khanbaliq

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During the little ice age, the Norse abandoned their colonies here that had existed since the tenth century.

Roberts

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Greenland

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This place strangely avoided the plague. Their population actually grew during the epidemics.

Roberts

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India

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Prosperous trading port city which was the hub of fur trade and was involved in the Hanseatic League.

Roberts

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Novgorod

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“Little Ice Age”

Rob Enright

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around 1300 CE, shorter summers and longer winters in Northern Europe led to the decline in crop production, and eventually the Black Plague

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sharia

Rob Enright

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used by Ibn Battuta in his travel to strictly govern others

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bubonic plague

Rob Enright

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effect of the Little Ice Age; deadly disease that led to massive population declines, shortage of workers, and ended feudalism

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Renaissance

Rob Enright

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“rebirth” of classic culture, Italian artists use perspective in paintings; advancement of culture (especially art)

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realism

Rob Enright

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artists create more accurate depictions in their works (first nude pictures since the 13th century)

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This killed a large portion of the indigenous population of the Americas.
(Max Parsa)

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Disease pathogens brought from Europe.

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Europeans imported this from China as a status symbol.

Max Parsa

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Porcelain

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This was invented by the Chinese, but used for weapons by the Europeans.
(Max Parsa)

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Gunpowder

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This kind of plantation was established by Europeans in Atlantic island groups.
(Max Parsa)

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Sugarcane

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The Dutch East India Company tried to establish a monopoly on this in eastern Asia.
(Max Parsa)

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Spices

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Dynasty that took over china after the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty

Peddicord

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Ming dynasty

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The mongol empire in China

Peddicord

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Yuan Dynasty

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Vast empire that protected trade along the silk road allowing trade to prosper

Peddicord

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Mongol Empire

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Empire in Rome, ruled over small area around the vatican

Peddicord

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Holy Roman Empire

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Which came first the Yuan or Ming Dynasty?

Peddicord

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Yuan Dynasty

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Songs and Stories - troubadours
European scientists consulted with Muslim and Jewish counterparts on understanding of natural world
The magnetic compass from China

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Cultural Exchanges

Paul Kaster

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Citrus fruits, Asian rice, cotton. Muslims introduce crystallized sugar to Europeans, demand increases rapidly

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Spread of Crops

Paul Kaster

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Conscripted labor to repair, rebuild irrigation systems
Promoted manufacturing of porcelain, silk
Cultural revival
Attempt to eradicate Mongol legacy by promoting traditional Chinese culture

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Chinese Economic Recovery

Paul Kaster

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Europe: regional states
	Hundred years war: England VS France
	Europe develops new taxes
		Italian states: bonds
		France: salt tax, sales tax
		England: hearth tax, head tax, plow tax
	Establish large standing armies
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European Centralization

Paul Kaster

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Dante - The Divine Comedy
Cervantes - Don Quixote
Shakespeare - English writer during the 1600’s, he focused on the joys and sorrows of human life.
Machiavelli - The Prince

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Literary Achievements

Paul Kaster

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Southern tip of Africa, Bartolomeu Dias was the first Portuguese sailor to pass this landmark.

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Cape of Good Hope

Landon Ginther

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Islands where Christopher Columbus first landed.

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Bahamas

Landon Ginther

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Piece of land regained from the Muslims by Spaniards during the reconquista.

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Iberian Peninsula

Landon Ginther

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The final city under Muslim control during the reconquista

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Granada

Landon Ginther

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City that Vasco da Gama initially traded with Indians for goods such as pepper and cinnamon.

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Calicut

Landon Ginther

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A place located in modern Malaysia, founded in the 1390s. Became the principal clearinghouse of trade in the eastern Indian Ocean.

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Melaka

Angus Pellant

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situated in Northern India. Was a powerful and important city of trade within India.

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Delhi

Angus Pellant

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Instigated merchant trade over seas all over the world, the first European power to travel by boat around to India and China for trade.

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Portugal

Angus Pellant

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Situated on the East African coast, De Gama stopped here shortly before continuing his voyage.

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Kilwa

Angus Pellant

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These islands discovered by the Portuguese, in the Atlantic, these islands were both uninhabited, until colonized by the Portuguese.

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Madeiras and Azores Islands

Angus Pellant

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Troubadours

Lennemann

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drew on the poetry, music, and love songs of Muslim performers when developing the literature of courtly love

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Hanseatic League

Lennemann

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an association of trading cities stretching from Novgorod to London and embracing all the significant commercial centers of Poland, northern Germany, and Scandinavia

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Humanists

Lennemann

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humanist referred to scholars interested in the humanities—literature, history, and moral philosophy. Deeply devoted to Christianity

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Scholastic theologians

James Patterson

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People who worked to see how religion could be thought out with reason. Like St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Hanseatic League (James Patterson)

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a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe

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troubadors (James Patterson)

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French medieval lyric poet on the theme of love

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Christian Missionaries (james Patterson)

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Ones who felt is was their duty to spread the Christian faith. Often sent by the church

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Nestorian Christians (James Patterson)

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Section of the church that originated in Asia

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Sufi Missionaries

Lennemann

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Muslim missionaries that prioritized spreading the general idea and less about the strict rules of Islam

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Portuguese Fishermen

Lennemann

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had a long tradition of seafaring in the stormy Atlantic Ocean

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Ideology that all human ethnic groups belong to a single community based on a shared morality.

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Cosmopolitanism

Jonathan Perry

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A system involving trade items being given to one party from another as a sign of submission or allegiance.

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Tributary System

Jonathan Perry

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A permanent army/armies.

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Standing Armies

Jonathan Perry

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Objects decoratively covered with lacquer.

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Lacquerware

Jonathan Perry

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What were two reasons for Portugal going around Africa to get more involved in the Indian Ocean?

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Asian silk and spices

Jonathan Perry

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Portuguese sailor who sailed around the cape of good hope.

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Vasco de Gama

McLeese

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Italian merchant that traveled to China and spent 17 years there.

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Marco Polo

McLeese

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A Nestorian Christian sent as an envoy by the ilkhan of Persia to ally with Europe.

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Rabban Sauma

McLeese

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Muslim explorer who traveled throughout the Muslim world and served as a quadi in various courts

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Ibn Battuta

McLeese

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An Italian Franciscan who went to china in 1291

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John of Montecorvino

McLeese

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Navigational instrument that helped sailors during overseas trade

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Magnetic Compass
(Ethan Packel)
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Southern tip of Africa; held a key trade route to Asia

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Cape of Good Hope

Ethan Packel

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Main trade of Asia

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Asian spice trade

Ethan Packel

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Main private trading company in India

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VOC

Ethan Packel

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Crop that spread the fastest as an effect of overseas trade

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Sugarcane

Ethan Packel

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Rome

William Loper

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Large city in italy and capitol of the Roman empire

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Indian ocean

William Loper

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Ocean off the coast of india containing the largest amountof trade in the world

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Mecca

William Loper

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Muslem Holy city

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West african coast

William Loper

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Slave trade occured here and europeans stopped when going around the cape of good hope

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Moscow

William Loper

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Capitol of russia and launching point for explorations.

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Genoan sailor who intended to sail to India

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Christopher Columbus

Evan Meyer

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Venetian mariner who visited Kublai Khan during his ventures throughout Asia

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Marco Polo

Evan Meyer

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Portuguese explorer, first European know to have sailed around the southern tip of Africa

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Bartolomeu Dias

Evan Meyer

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Moroccan Muslim explorer who sailed as far as the eastern coast of China

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Ibn Battuta

Evan Meyer

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Italian painter, sculptor and scientist during the Renaissance era

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Leonardo da Vinci

Evan Meyer

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