Chapter 7,8,9 Quiz Flashcards
Two dynasties during the Golden Age
Tang and Song
The emergence of this is an example of the declining status of woman
foot binding
How was the tribute system an expression of chinas view of itself and its relationship with the rest of the world
Non Chinese acknowledged Chinese superiority and their own subordinate place in a Chinese-centered world order
The political structure of the Swahili civilization was similar to
the competitive and independent city states of ancient greece
A powerful state that emerged from the growing o trade of gold to the east and peaked between 1250-1350
Mali
One of the important states that developed in sub-sarahan west Africa and participated in the trans saharan trade
Ghana
a 14th century arab traveler who wrote about his extensive journeys throughout the muslim world
Ibn Battuta
Two factors that lay behind the flourishing of commerce across the Indian ocean
new technology and increased goods
2 positives of the trade across the silk, sand, and Indian ocean
exchange of goods, spread of culture and religion
2 negatives of the trade across the silk, sand, and Indian ocean
spread of disease and lack of trust between countries because of wars
Lack of cultural dominance by one region over another was the result of
relay trade
Reason for increase in Buddhism after the fall of the Han Dynasty
China faced a period of political disunity, religion held them together- filled the political need
reason for decrease in buddhism during the tang and song dynasties
Many of the reasons for this suppression were economic.
Sand roads linked North Africa and the mediterranean world to
west africa
two reasons for success in islamic world
they were the center of trade and found a route to wealth and social promotion in military expansion.
