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1
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What dominated 1000 to 1300 CE?

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  1. Trade increased, coastal cities expand.
  2. Greater trade and religious expansion
  3. Mongol Empire ruled over huge swaths of land.
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What were the four major cultural spheres?

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Islamic world, India, China, and Europe

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3
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Anchorages

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Maritime commercial hubs

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4
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Who invented the compass?

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Chinese

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5
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Entre pots

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Multiethnic trading stations

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What was the Mediterraneans commercial center?

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Cairo and Alexandria

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The Song Government

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set up offices in its three major ports: Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Shanghai

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Jizya

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Special tax non-Muslims had to pay in exchange for security, property, and cultural autonomy.

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9
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Sufism

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Emotional and mythical form of Islam

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10
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Ulama

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Scholar

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11
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Who were Indias rival chiefs?

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Rajas

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12
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Another word for non-violence

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Abisma

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13
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Who introduced the varna system?

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Turks

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14
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What did Zhao Kuangyin do as a general for China?

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Ended fragmentation, reunified China, and assumed the Mandate of Heaven for the song dynasty

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Flying cash

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Early predecessors of paper money

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16
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What were outsiders referred as?

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Barbarians

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17
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What made China the wealthiest of the four major cultural spheres?

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Huge population base, strong agrarian base and manufacturing innovations.

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18
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Monorialism

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manor served as the basic unit of economic power.

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19
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When was the first crusade attack?

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1095

20
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What was the Mali empire?

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West African founded by Sundiata, facilitated commerce through Atlantic Ocean, the Sahara, and beyond.

21
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What was south americas first empire?

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The Chimú Empire
-agriculture based

22
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Who were the Toltecs?

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Mesoamerican people’s who filled the political vacuum left by Teotihuacáns decline.
-Capital: Tula

23
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What was the largest city in North America?

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Cahokia

  • commercial center for trade
24
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What is Islam?

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Islam, based on the message of the prohet Muhammed, originated in Arabian Peninsula and spreads across Afro- Eurasia.

25
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What did Muhammed do?

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Muhammed emphasized an all powerful god (Allah) and urged his believers to act righteously, to set aside false deities (gods), to submit themselves to one true god, and care for the less fortunate.

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What was the text of Islam?

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Quran

27
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Why did Muhammed escape to Yathrib (later known as Medina)?

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Muhammed and a small group of followers were opposed by Mecca’s leaders cuz of radical religious beliefs, so they escape to Yathrib, later known as Medina.

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What did the five pillars of Islam represent?

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Core practices and beliefs of Muslim

29
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What were Muhammeds first 4 successors reffered as?

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Caliphs

30
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What is a calihpate?

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A caliphate has potential authority over the Muslim

31
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What was the Islamic law called?

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Sharia

32
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What is a swahili?

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Coast

33
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What agriculture was cultivated?

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Rice, taro, oranges, lemons, sugar cane

34
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Define Sunnis

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Majority section within Islam that follows a line of political succession from Muhammed through the first four caliphs.

35
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Define Shiites

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Traces political succession through the lineage of muhammed and breaks with Sunni by understanding of succesion at the death of Ali (One of the four caliphs)

36
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Who introduced civil service examinations?

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Tang State

37
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What were the civil service examinations?

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The exams tested literary siills and knowledge of the Confucian.

38
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Define Eunuchs

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Men who rose to high level of military, political, and personal power in several empires.

39
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Warlike group from Korea named what

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Tomb Culture

40
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What happened during the “Dark Ages”

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Agriculture declined, disease spread, famines occured often, colder+ drier climate.

41
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What did the Roman Catholic Church do?

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Emphasized Jesus death and aims to spread this religion as far as possible

42
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Define Monosticism

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Practice of living without the ties of marriage or family

43
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What are Vikings?

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Vikings used fighting skills and ships to raid and trade.

44
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What is the “Highway of Slaves”

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an avenue of commerce that linked scandinavia and the Baltic with Constantinople and Baghdad

45
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Who revived Confucianism?

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Tang Empire

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