Unit 1 (1250 - 1450) Flashcards

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1
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How did the Song Dynasty maintain power?

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  1. Confucianism
  2. Imperial Bureaucracy
  3. Economy
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2
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Neo-Confucianism

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New Confucianism adapted from Tang Dynasty
- Rid Confucianism of Buddhism
- Hierarchy
- Filial Piety

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3
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Filial Piety (Confucianism)

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Child were to respect their elders

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4
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Women in Song Dynasty

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  • No legal rights
  • Social restrictions and education
  • Footbinding
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5
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Foot binding (Song Dynasty)

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Status symbol that broke women’s feet and didn’t allow them to participate in society since they couldn’t walk

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6
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Song Dynasty directly influenced…

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Korea, Japan, Vietnam

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7
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Buddhism in Song Dynasty

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4 Noble Truths
- Led to new branches

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8
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Theravada Buddhism

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In Sri Lanka
- Only monks could practice
- Commoners were too busy to fully commit to the practice

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9
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Mahayana Buddhism

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In East Asia
- Broadened who could practice
- Bodhisattvas helped other achieve enlightenment

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10
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Bodhisattvas

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In Mahayana Buddism, people who had already reached enlightenment

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11
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Commercialized Economy (Song Dynasty)

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More goods for export than consumption (Silk and Porcelain)

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12
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Champa Rice (Song Dynasty)

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Increase rice production and fed more people… increasing population

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13
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Transportation Innovation (Song Dynasty)

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Expansion of the Grand Canal
- led to more water based trade

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14
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Major Monotheistic religions

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Islam, Judaism, Christianity

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15
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Abbasid Caliphate

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Ethnically Arab empire that fell and led to the rise of Turkic ruled Islamic empires

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16
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Seljuk Empire

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  • Aided Abbasid military and then took over power
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17
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Continuity in Turkic Empires

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  1. Military administered states
  2. Enforced Sharia Law
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18
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Sharia Law

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Legal code of the Quran

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19
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Cultural and Technology Innovation

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  • Trig and Maths advancements
  • Greek philosophy was translated into Arab
  • House of Wisdom
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20
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House of Wisdom

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Hotspot for scholars in Baghdad which contributed to the Golden Age of Islam

21
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Expansion of Muslim Rule

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  1. Military Expansion
  2. Muslim Merchants
  3. Muslim Missionaries
22
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South and Southeast Asian Belief Systems

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  • Buddhism (reduced)
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
23
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Dehli Sultanate

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Powerful empire in India that forced Islam on many
- made Islam the religion of the elite

24
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Change in Hinduism

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Bhakti Movement

25
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Bhakti Movement

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Innovation on traditional hinduism
- movement from many gods to one
- challenged gender and social roles

26
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Resistance to Delhi Sultanate

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  • Rajput Kingdom
  • Vijayanagara Empire
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Rajput Kingdom

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Hindu empires from before the Delhi Sultanate were able to keep Islam at bay

28
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Vijayanagara Empire

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Established via a failed Islamic empire by muslims who reverted to Hinduism to counter the sultanate

29
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Majapahit Kingdom

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  • Sea based
  • Buddhist
  • controlled sea trade (power)
30
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Khmer Empire

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  • Hindu converted to Buddhism
  • land based
  • Angkor Wat
31
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Angkor Wat

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Build as a Hindu temple but Buddhist aspects were added over time
- Religious synthesis and continuity

32
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Mesoamerica

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Aztec Civilization

33
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Aztec Administration

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  • System of tribute states
  • Enslaved people play role in relation (human sacrifice)
  • Decentralized
34
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Tribute States (Aztecs)

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Required labor for all conquered people

35
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Andean Civilizations

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Incas

36
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Inca Civilization

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  • Elaborate Bureaucracy
  • rigid hierarchy
  • Very centralized
  • Mita System
37
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Mita System

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Required all people under their rule to provide labor on state projects

38
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Mississippian Culture

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Large towns dominated smaller settlements politically

39
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Swahili Civilization

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  • Politically independent
  • Merchants > Commoners
  • Influenced by muslim traders
  • rapidly became Islamic
40
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Swahili Language

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Mix of African Bantu and Arabic from Islamic influence in Swahili Civilization

41
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Great Zimbabwe

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  • lots of large architecture
  • wealthy from gold exports
  • NEVER converted to Islam
42
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Kingdom of Ethiopia

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  • CHRISTIANITY
  • Hierarchy
43
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Christianity in Europe

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  • Eastern Orthodox
  • Roman Catholicism
44
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Roman Catholicism

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United independent European states

45
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European state power

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Decentralized and fragmented

46
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Feudalism

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Alligences between lords, monarchs and knights
- vassals get land from lords for military service

47
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Manorism

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Peasants work for a lord on the land in exchange for protection from the lord

48
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Manor

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land owned by a lord rented to a peasant for work

49
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Serfs

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Peasants who worked on manors, bound to the land not the lord… form of slavery