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Test Three ~ Ch. 11-15 Flashcards

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Tula

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Toltects capital. Before Aztecs

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Contacts in Americas in postclassical

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Look at back of chapter 11. No contacts until 1492. Western is isolated from rest of the world.

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Toltec culture

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Concentration on war, human scarfifrce- Aztecs copy and replace them

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Aztecs

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Empire

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Texcoco

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Center of Aztec power. Capital of

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Huizulpoki

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sun god of Aztecs. Needed energy to rise, feed human blood

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Aztec view of history

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When sun god doesn’t rise, world is destroyed and remade again.

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China pas

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Agricultural technique. Beds of soil that float on the lake.

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Cuzco

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Inca capital. Massive temple of the sun- no human scarf rice

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Spilt-inheritance

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Inca. All offspring get things. Everyone gets a portion of the empire.

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Cult of the sun

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Inca. Important god. Responsible for keeping the temple-kings. Name of temple. That’s the type of relgion

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Inca socialism

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Did not mix. Strict social class. 10 Allyu-social classes.
Inca conquer people cause of spilt inheritance to build up their own empire. They owe revenue in labor. Socialism everyone is working together for the group.

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Era of division

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No dynasty in charge. Between Han and Sui. Sui Wendi ends the era-Sui. Han, era, Sui,

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Sui dynasty

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Grand canal

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Tang Dynasty

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Confusian scholar gentry- gotta pass with your brain, not birth to be in gov. Han Wudi FIRST started it. Tang brought it back. Top level- jenshi.

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Ministry of rights

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Government vero that puts on the exam.

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Pure land Buddism

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Lower class. Salvation one. There is an after life. You can be saved and go to heaven. They want something to look forward too

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Chan Buddism

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Educated elite. Zen Buddism. Meditation. Philosophical ideas.

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Empress Wu

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Tries to make Buddism state relgion. No strict social class- equality. Buddies a isn’t Chinese, it’s Indian. It’s better than our own. Monks had ALOT of power and land. Backlash against Buddism.

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Song/Tang Dynasty

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Tang comes first. Tang more centralized, border stretched beyond mordern China. (Southern) Song paid tribute to nomads, became too expensive. Sing pick up and move south into Wung he.

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Grand canal

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Connected Wung he and Yung Tze rivers. Made for connecting north and south. Gotta get food to population in north.

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Buddism in Japan

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Got it from China through Korea. Religious writing needs to be translated. Chinese writing needs to be adapted to Japan.

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Takin reforms

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Reforming society. Trying to be Chinese in style. Tried to make emperor like China, didn’t succeed, feudalism. Court really doesn’t run Japan. Military does

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Tale of Gengi

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First novel EVER. gives us a look inside the heian court. lady Mursaki wrote it.

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Fujiawara family

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Intermarried with Yamoto clan - Japanese emporers.

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Bushi

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Generals of futal armies. Regional warlords, comanders of war lords- lords in Europe

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Samurai

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Like knights.under the power of bushi

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Bakufu

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Military government. Emporer didn’t really rule.

Samurai fought in Gempa wars. Where they rule from Kamkurra

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Zen Buddism. Dimiyo

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Higher classes. Valued by samurai. Like chan Buddism. Dimyo-war lords Promoted it. Academic practice of Buddism.
Dim.. -Obedience

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Buddism in Korea

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Just Buddism in general- High class. Buddist monks carried it from China. Middle passage.

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Mongol culture

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Nomadic. Warlike. Inter clan rivalry. Middle men along Silk Road. Military was all Calvary- archers. Pretend to retreat and then surround enemy. Learned in the hunt.

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Mongol military

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Strong archers- Calvary. Very good communication

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Kankorum

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Capital of Mongol empire. Very odd since nomadic.

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Chiggis Khan, succession.

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When King died, chief status went to son. Ogdie succeeded him. Split into 4 kingdoms, Middle East, Russia, steps, China- Khanate

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Khanate of golden hoard

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Russia. Referred to tents. Kiev was destoryed- didn’t surrender. Moscow became big trading base, became capital- did surrender. Ivan- prince- tax collector.

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Russia before Mongols

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Eastern Orthodox(continued after). Political fragmentation. Petty kingdoms had a princes in charge. They didn’t work together to save Russia.

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Effect of Mongols on Russia

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Unified, stronger as a result. More centralized. Tsar- ruler after Mongols leave. Missed renaissance

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Mogols defeat Egypt

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Slaves that were sold to Egypt some years early rose up to military power and with the the help of the Christians that allowed them to cross through Palestine were able to defeat the Mongols.

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Yuan dynasty

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Follows Song. Mongols in charge of China.

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Mongol changes to china government.

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Mongols have top position. No more exams. Chinese have lower.

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Status if Mongol women

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More equal. Males had leadership. Women could fight in battle. Everyone was taught to hunt. They relay on women and men for survival.

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Ming dynasty

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Took over the Mongols. Leader of rebel group to drive out Mongols. Chinese person back in charge. Zha- PEASENT CLASS.

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Timur I Lang

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Nomadic leader from turkey. Torments Middle East

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Area outside of Turkic Expansion

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China and Europe

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Important side effects of Mongol empire

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Rival of trade- safe. Pax Mongolcia- unification of Silk Road. Plague, relgion. Ming expiations- yulong - looking for more trade contacts- Muslim captain zheng he.

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15th century global trade

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Chinese- Indonesia, Polynesian,

Western Europe- ottomen put tariffs on Silk Road. Portuguese Sail around Africa.

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European advances in 1450 and beyond

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Renaissance- math, science, lit.

Compass and gunpowder has come thanks to Mongols. Take ports by force.

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European imitative for expansion

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Ottomen taxed Europe

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Early explorers

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Vasco de Gama- sailed around Africa and first to reach India by sea. Columbus- go east to get to China, finds America

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Dutch and Portuguese territorial disputes.

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South America, Indonesia(spice islands). Dutch take control of spice islands- cinnamon.

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Colombian exchanges food

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Sugar- Caribbean
corn, potatoes help increase population
Sheep, cattle, horses old world

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Japan closed country policy

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Close off all ports to west. No one comes in and no one goes out. Ditch are allowed to go to one port novisoki.

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Eastern and Western Europe trade relations

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West sails in ocean. East relays on west for grain. East gives luxury items to west. Trading depends on location- ocean.

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