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For Midterm Flashcards

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Timbuktu

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City in Niger River in Mali
Major terminus in the trains Saharan trade
Center of Islamic learning

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12 tables

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Roman law

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Constantine

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Roman emperor
Made Christianity the state religion
And Constantinople the new capital

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Caliph

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Successor of Muhammad

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Pericles

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Aristocratic leader guided Athenian state
Supervised the construction of the Acropolis
Started peloponnesian war

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6
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Mansa musa

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Ruler of Mali

His pilgrimage through Egypt and Mecca set the empire reputation for wealth

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Jesuits

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A member of the society of Jews

Roman Catholic order of priests

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Malacca

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Port city in Malaysia

Strait of malacca

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9
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Renaissance

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A period of intense artistic and intellectual rebirth

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Ibn battuta

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Moroccan scholar

Most widely traveled in his time

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Reconquista

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In medieval Spain and Portugal
To recapture the territory from the Muslims
Iberian peninsula

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Crusades

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By Christians to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims

Brought and end to intellectual and cultural isolation

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Constantinople

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Largest city and former capital of turkey rebuilt on the site of Byzantium by Constantine

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Guild

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An association of men who worked on something particular to promote their economic and political interests

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Zheng he

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Muslim

Went through Indian Ocean from Southeast Asia to Africa

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Johann Gutenberg

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A German printer ingested the printing press and the technique of printing with a movable type

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Bantu

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Collective name for a group of sub Saharan African languages

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Great Zimbabwe

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City that’s now in ruins

Was a trading center and the capital of a large state

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Charlemagne

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King of Frank’s/ emperor
Series of military conquests
Sponsored an brief intellectual revival

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Khubilai khan

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Last of the Mongol great khans founder of yuan empire

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Genghis khan

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Founder of the Mongol empire

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The Black Death

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An outbreak of bubonic plague spread across Asia North Africa and Europe

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Agricultural revolution

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Change from food gathering to food production

Neolithic revolution

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Hammurabis code

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Ruler of Babylon

On black stone pillars

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Patriarchy

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Father or older at male in charge

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St. Paul

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Spread Christianity

Departed Christianity from judaism

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Siddartha Gautama

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Buddha

Enunciated the principles of Buddhism

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Justinians code

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Byzantine emperor

Collection of laws

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Hellenism

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National character or culture of Greece

30
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Aztecs

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Central Mexico

31
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Mayans

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Yucatan peninsula

Most advanced

32
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Incas

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Andes mountain

City states in the valleys

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1492

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The year Christian expel Muslims from Spain

34
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1494

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Treaty of tordesillas

Spain and Portugal to devise new world

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Christianity

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Jesus
Bible
Monotheism
Israel/ Rome

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Judaism

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Abraham/ Moses 
Synagogues/ Torah 
Monotheism 
Jerusalem 
Spread to Jerusalem
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Buddhism

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Buddha 
Shrines/ temples 
Eighthfold path 4 noble truths nirvana 
India 
Spread all over Asia
38
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Islam

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Mosque/ Qur’an
Charity Ramadan
Saudi Arabia
Spread through Asia

39
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Hinduism

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Vedas
Reincarnation achieve darma/ moksha
Ancient India
Spread through Southeast Asia

40
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Confucianism

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Confucius
Filial piety Mandate of Heaven patriarchal
China
Press to Mongolia and Korea

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Hajj

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All Muslim do this

42
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Hijra

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Muhammad’s pilgrimage to Mecca

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Pax Romana

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“Roman peace”

Trade helped spread culture

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