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Unit 3 Flashcards

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Serfdom

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A system where people saught protection under a lord in exchange for labor and service.

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Berbers

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North African Spanish Christians who self invoked martyrdom by insulting Mohhamid.

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Xuanzang

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Becam a celebrity after going to India to study Buddhism and returning to China to teach what he had learned.

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Bubonic Plaque

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A disease spread by rats that devestated Asia, Europe and Africa.

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Mit’a System

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Tribute to the Inca government in the form of mandatory service in participation of dangerous jobs.

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Hanseatic League

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An agreement made by northern germanic trading groups to protect eachothers interest in trade.

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Kievan Rus

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Became known as the 3rd rome, culturally diverse and eventually accepted Orthodoxy. Connected Scandinavia and Byzintine.

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Sogdian Merchant Communities

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Asian trading hub that facilitaded the trade of silk and religion along the Silk Roads. Major trader with China and adopted many of their customs.

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Equal Feild System

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A system during the tang dynasty where land was distributed to lower class people based on neccesity.

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Abbasid Caliphate

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Replaced the Ummayads after their fall. Political unity did not last and fractured into states ruled by turks and persians.

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Pax Mongolica

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The period of peace due to control of a major trading route which increased trade.

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Guilds

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Groups of people pursuing the same line of work in Western Europe.

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The Crusades

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Military campains to take back the holy lands and they turned against Byzantine.

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Songhay

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Empire home to Timbuktu, ruled over a largely none muslim population that became more muslim and helped connect the Muslim world. Leader was Mohhamid Toure.

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Swahili Coast

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Commercial East African Indepenndant cities were a major trading points along the coast. Had Arab and Persian rulers.

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Caesaopapism

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The relationship of the state being directy tied to the church where the leader appointed the pope or church leader under him.

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Tributary System

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The idea that a empire was greater than another and the subordinate must give gifts to maintain peace.

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Ibn Battuta

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An Arab Muslim travalar and scholar who ften critiqued and documentedd his travels to nations becoming Islamic.

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Marco Polo

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Italian travelor who traveled throughout Asia and Europe and was known for describing life in China while safely traveling on Mongolian Roads.

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Umayyad Caliphate

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First dynasty in Islam. Contributed to growing tensions with the Shia. They became corrupt and were overthrown.

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Byzantine Empire

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Eastern half that continued Roman tradition with capital of Constantinopel.

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Feudalism

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A system found where power is decentralised and spread out in a strict hiearchy. Subordinates are given land and power in exchange for service.

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Taika Reforms

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The attempt to make Japan’s government similar to the burracracy of China.

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Song Dynasty

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Chinese era where there was an explosion of scholarship of neoconfucianism and a Golden Age.

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Inca Empire

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A highly centralised buracratic empire that controlled trade and spread over 20,000 miles.

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Neoconfucianism

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A revival of scholarship traditional thinking while incorporating into some slight Buddhism and Daoism.

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Aztec

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Dynasty in founded on an Island in Mexico. Fought wars to capture people for sacrificing. Private trade.

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Zheng He

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Muslim leader of a fleet with junk ships used to enroll nations in the tribute system.

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Mali

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Conqured Ghana and gained access to salt mines in Africa.

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Mongol Khanates

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The split of the mongol empire into 4 kingdoms.

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Dar-al-Islam

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The realm or home of Islam which spread from Europe to Africa to Asia.

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Islam

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Founded by Mohhamid, son of a trader who recieved revalations from Allah and went on to create a religious political system.

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Tang Dynasty

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Empire that became good at transportation and the division of land as well as expanded the empire more. Fell apart due to curruption.

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Timbuktu

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A major center for Islamic learning as this location contained many Islamic Schools as well as a major trading post.

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Dhow Ship

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A versitile Arab ship ment for sailing and exploring the ocean.

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Ghana

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One of the first civilizations in Africa that contributed to the Trans Saharan trade. Was known for its Gold.

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Al-Andalus

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The religiously diverse area where Muslims conquered Europe and led a era of harmony. Contained Mozarabs.

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Code of Justinian

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Consolidation of Roman law that made everything simpler for everyone and was very similar to previous law doctrines.

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Bantu Migrations

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African People who moved east and south conquering and driviving out paleolithic peoples with war and disease.

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Grand Canal

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Finished by the Song Dynasty, a systym of transportation that made consolidated the Chinese Empire.

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Malacca

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A strait in south east asia under control of the Srivijaya. A major choke point for trade?

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Sunni Shia Split

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A major split in a religion concerning the next rightfull political and religious leader.

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Mansa Musa

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Known for his pilgramage to Mecca and is the King of Mali. He is also very rich that he sank the Egyption Economy.

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New Agriculture Techniques

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Floating farm beds used by the Aztecs (Chinampas) and better fast growing drought resistant rice from vietnam (Champa Rice) were part of a revolution in..

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Inca Road System

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A transportation system that was 14,000 miles long in the highlands.

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Caravanseria

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Hotels/Inns for merchants along trade routes in Africa.

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Female Monastic Orders

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The practice of withdrawing from the community specific to Buddhism and Christianity prominent in both genders.

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Paper Money

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An alternative in the Song dynasty due to lack of metal for monatery transactions.

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Viking Longships

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Boats that could travell through shallow water and were used to move upstream through rivers.

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Sui

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Started the canals and reunified China but fell rather quickly.

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