Unit 1: 1200 - 1450 Flashcards
Global Tapestry & Networks of Exchange
“The way of the Elders” or the “Small Vehicle”
Theravada Buddhism
The oldest school of Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
The “Great Vehicle” or the Big Boat”
Mahayana Buddhism
Buddhism for the masses
Mahayana
“Wise beings”
Bodhisattvas
The “Diamond Vehicle”
Vajrayana
1200-1450
Lamas - Dalai Lama
Vajarayana
1200-1450
Largest city in the world (at the time)
- land port city for the silk road
Chang’an
1200-1450
Embraced traditional Chinese beliefs in nature’s harmony and mystery
Daoism
1200-1450
Nature has divine power
Daoism
1200-1450
Main goal -> become a Junzi
person whose humane conduct (ren) makes him a moral exemplar.
1200-1450
Used to pick between aristocratic apointees
- began Han Dynasty
Imperial examination
1200-1450
Built to increase communication, ease troop movement, imperial highway , transport rice to southern population.
The Grand Canal
1200-1450
Accomplishments of the ________ Dynasty:
1) Grand Canal
2) Equal Field System
3) Gread Wall improvements
4) Spread of Buddhism
Sui Dynasty
1200-1450
Accomplishments of the _______ Dynasty
1) printer and gunpowder
2) China went from Buddhism to neo-confucianism (officially)
3) Imperial Exam
Tang Dynasty
1200-1450
Creations of the _____ Dynasty
1) Woodblock Printing
2) Gunpowder
3) Porcelain
4) Early Paper
Tang Dynasty
1200-1450
Which Dynasty?:
the “golden age of China” / “renaissance china”
Tang Dynasty
1200-1450
Accomplishments of ______ Dynasty
1) Lose the traditional Chinese homeland (yellow river)
Song Dynasty
1200-1450
Korea mainly disunifies and at times under Chinese control
Song Dynasty
1200-1450
Footbinding associated with _______ (religion)
Neo-Confucianism
1200-1450
Footbinding began with _______ dynasty
Tang Dynasty
A situation where one nation-state plays a predominant role in organizing, regulation, and stabilizing political economy of its neighbors
Hegemony
1200-1450
Ecomonic exchange along the Silk Roads
Relay trade
1200-1450
______ Law= Law Code
Sharia Law
1200-1450
Lodging stations for merchants: ______
Caravanserai
1200-1450
“PROPERTY” Arabic designation for slaves
The Mamluks
1200-1450
Slaves trained in martial arts, court etiquette, and sciences. Freed once trained.
Mamluks
1200-1450
Emergence in Islam in the 7th century led to their Christians and their church becoming tied to the Copic Church of Egypt
(hint: africa)
Axum (Ethiopia)
1200-1450
Events of the _______ Dynasty:
1) Marco Polo (1271-1295)
2) Mongol invasion of Japan (1274-1281)
Yuan
(1271-1368)
Accomplishments of the ________ Dynasty:
1) Rebuilt Grand Canal
2) Built forbidden city
3) Zhenghe Voyages
Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644)
1200-1450
Founder of the Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan
Founder of the yuan dynasty
Kublai Khan
This Dynasty had:
1) Magnetic compass
2) Navy
3) Traded with india and presia
4) Paper money
5) Gun powder
Song dynasty
Religion:
shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct
Confucianism
One of the virtues to be cultivated, a love for one’s parents and ancestors
Filial Piety
Buddhism + Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism
Quick maturing rice
vietnam -> india -> China
Champa rice
Waterway linking yellow and the yangzi rivers
Grand Canal
Merchants developing a new language (bantu and arabic)
Swahilli
Early form of currency, reduced danger of robbery
Flying money
Established Turks as major ethnic group carrying islam across Eurasia
spread islam throughout region
Seljuk Empire
FIRST islamic government established in india from 1206-1520.
Delhi Sultanate
After the Umayyads, focused on adinistration than conquering
Abbasid Caliphate
Polytheistic and animalistic religion, revolves around Kami.
Shinto
