Unit 1 Vocab and MKD Flashcards
Cries and sobs in sadness and pain
Kow-tow
The act of showing deep respect by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one’s head touching the ground. Typically performed before the Emperor of China as a sign of resepct(and superiority by diplomats)
Tribute
Payment in money, goods, or labor to a government. Best example is China. Foreign regions that didn’t pay tribute to the Chinese emperor were not allowed to trade with them.
Neo-Confucianism.
A PHILOSOPHY that merged Confucian, Buddhist, and Dalits thought. Primarily developed during the Song dusty but can be traced to the Tang. Became the stare religion of CHina from the Ming Dynasty- 1949.
Is Confucianism a religion?
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Sinification
Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions, especially around East Asia.
Vassal state.
A state with varying degrees os independence in its internal affairs, but dominated by another state in its foreign affairs.
Vassal state alternate?
Tributary state.
Daimyo
Powerful territorial warlords in early feudal Japan.
Bushido.
The way of the warrior; unwritten behavior code widely observed by samurai in feudal Japan. loyalty, mastery of martial arts, and honor to the death.
Samurai
Mounted troops; loyal to the local lords and not the emperor.
Shogun
Term that refers to a Japanese military general.9practical leader)
Bafuku(Shoganate)
‘Tent government” the feudal military dictatorship of Japan.
When did bafuku happen
1192
Caliph
Political and religious successor to Muhammad
Caliphate
A form of Islamic government led by a caliph.
Sharia
A body of law governing the lives of Muslims.
Dhimmi
“People of the book” - applied as inclusive term to Christians and Jews in Islamic territories. Eventually included Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Buddhists.
Dar al-Islam
an Arabic term that means the “house of Islam’ and that refers to lands under Islamic rule.
Jizya
A yearly tax historically levied by Islamic states on dhimmis permanently living in Muslim lands.
Umma
The whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.
Manorial system
Describes economic relations between landlords and peasant laborers - involved a hierarchy of reciprocal obligations that exchanged labor or rent for access to land nad protection.
feudalism
Social and political organization of the Middle Ages whereby grants of land or fiefs were exchanged for formal oaths of allegiance and promises of loyal services.
Chivalry
Unwritten code of behavior for European knights stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion.
Serfdom
Form of coercive labor - peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate.
Monasticism
A religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.
Corvee labor
Type of annual tax that is payable by labor. Used to complete state projects and to maintain roads and public facilities. Originally used in feudal societies.
Split inheritance.
INCA practice of ruler descent; all titles and political power went to successor, but wealth and land remained in hands of male descendants for support of the dead Inca’s mummy.
Sovereignty
The exclusive right to exercise sumpreme authority over a geographic region or group of people.
Mita
Labor extracted from lands assigned to the state and the religion; all communities were expected to contribute; and essential part of Inca control.
Chinampas
Jan artificially built floating field on a shallow lake bed used by the Aztecs to grow crops.
When did Genghis Khan begins Mongol Conquests
1206
When did King John sign the Magna Carta
1215
When did Marco Polo’s travels start and end?
1271-1295
When did the Mongol sack Baghdad
1258
Start of the yuan/mongol dynasty?
1279-1368
Mansa Munsa’s pilgrimage?
1324
Travels of the Ibn Battuta start and end?
1325-1349
The spread of the bubonic plague
1347-1348
Ming Dynasty time period
1368-1644
Zheng He’s travels
1405-1433
Rise of the Incas
1438
