Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards
Aztecs (Mexica)
Semi-nomadic people who settled in modern day Mexico and built an empire built on invasion and city-states.
Bhakti Movement
Form of Hinduism. To achieve union with one of the Hindu deities through songs, prayers, dances, poetry and rituals. Set aside caste system.
Buddhism
Religion that requires individuals to meditate, reflect, and refrain from excessive earthly desires to achieve Moksha.
Champa Rice
Quick-maturing rice, originally introduced into Champa from India; later sent to china
Dar al-Islam
means ‘House of Islam’, or basically the parts of the world where Islam is a dominant force.
Feudalism
A system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and worked and fought for them in return. Monarchs, nobles, knights, peasant/serf
Filial Piety
An attitude of respect for parents and ancestors in societies influenced by Confucian thought.
Foot Binding
Tightly bandaging the feet of women to alter their shape for aesthetic purposes.
Grand Canal
To transport surplus grain from the agriculturally rich Yangtze (Chang) and Huai river valleys to feed the capital cities and large standing armies in northern China.
Great Zimbabwe
A powerful Islamic state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African
Heian Period in Japan
Japan’s Golden Age, a time of significant artistic, literary, and cultural development.
House of Wisdom
a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad or to a large private library belonging to Caliphs
Inca Empire
a kingdom that developed in the Andes region of South America and gradually grew larger through the military strength and diplomacy of their emperors.
Jihad
A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal.
Jizya
A tax paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers.
Mamluk Sultanate
A ruling state in Egypt, a strong and centralized state that was known for its military prowess and its cultural achievements.
Manorialism
the economic and social structure of medieval Europe which rendered peasants dependent on both their lord and their land.
Muslim Iberia/ Al-Andalus
Arabic name given to a nation in the parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims. A centre for the arts, medicine, science, music, literature and philosophy.
Neo-Confucianism
the revival of the various strands of Confucian philosophy and political culture
Seljuk Empire
Turkic tribes that invaded southwestern Asia in the 11th century and eventually founded an empire that included Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and most of Iran.
Serfdom
An institutional system which obliged a peasant to provide forced labor services to his landlord in exchange for being allowed to occupy land.
Sharia
the divine counsel that Muslims follow to live moral lives and grow close to God.
Song Dynasty
a Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 960 to 1279, known for cultural achievements.
Srivijaya Empire
The Srivijaya Empire was a Indonesian Hindu empire which was an important center for trade between China and India as well as for the expansion of Buddhism
Sufism
viewed the worldly success of islam as a distraction from Allah. Aided in the spread of Islam in the frontier regions.
Turkic Peoples
a collection of diverse ethnic groups of West, Central, East, and North Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.
