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Unit 8 Expanding Zones Of Encounter And Exchange Flashcards

1
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Ghana’s original religion?

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Animistic beliefs

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Gold salt trade

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  • western had gold (2/3 worlds supply

- northeaster had salt (Sahara desert)

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Decline of Ghana?

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Muslim Almoravids completed conquest of Ghana which disrupted gold-salt trade

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Location of the Mayans

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Yucatan peninsula

  • mountains
  • dry scrub forests
  • steamy jungles
  • highlands
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Farming methods of Mayans

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  • slash and burn

- planting on raised beds above swamps

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Important cities of maya

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  • Tikal
  • copán
  • all independent city states
  • centers for religious ceremonies and trade
  • pyramids, temples, palaces, and elaborate stone carvings were dedicated to the gods
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Religion of Mayans

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  • polytheistic
  • offerings of food, flowers, and incense
  • offering of blood (nourished gods)
  • human sacrifice
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Agriculture of Mayans

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  • maize
  • squash
  • beans
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Writing system of Mayans

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  • 800 glyphs
  • stood for words and syllables
  • codex - bark paper important historical events, only 3 remain
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Achievements of Mayans

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  • 260 day religious calendar
  • 365 day solar calendar
  • two synced every 52 years
  • base 20 number system
  • glyphs
  • agriculture
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Decline of Mayans

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  • mystery
  • theories of warfare that led to disruption of trade and economic hardship
  • theories of population growth and over farming that led to food shortages, famine, and disease
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When did the Tang Dynasty take place?

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618-907

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Ghana dates

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700s-1076

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Dates of Mayans

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-250-900s

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Achievements of Tang Dynasty

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  • civil service exam
  • expansion of roads and canals
  • strengthened central government
  • empress wu - first woman to assume title of emperor
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Decline of Tang Dynasty

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  • crushing taxes
  • invasions from Muslim armies
  • 907 - Chinese rebels burned and sacked tan capita
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Song Dynasty date

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960-1279

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Achievements of Song Dynasty

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  • moveable type
  • magnetic compass
  • gunpowder
  • porcelain
  • paper money
  • mechanical clock
  • sailing technology
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Gentry definition

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Larger upperclassmen made up of scholar officials and their families

20
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Decline of Song Dynasty

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-Mongols take over

21
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Early Japan date

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500s CE

22
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Location and geography of Japan

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  • archipelago
  • 80% mountains
  • 15% farmable land
  • located on ring of fire, so many earthquakes and volcanoes
23
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Creation myth of Japan

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  • izanagi and izanami dipped spear into water, drops of brine became islands of Japan
  • sun goddess Amaterasu was afraid of storm God susanowo (ruined her crops)
  • other gods banished susanowo
  • first inhabitants of Japan were susanowo’ descendants
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Early inhabitants of Japan

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  • hunter gatherers
  • organized in clans
  • Yamato clan claimed to be descendants of Amaterasu
25
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Religion of Japan

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  • Shintoism “way of the gods”
  • kami - spirits and multiple gods
  • kami dwelled in people, animals, and no living objects
  • Shinto gods were worshipped in Buddhist temples
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Cultural diffusion in Japan

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-ideas came from China through Korea

27
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Heian period of Japan

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  • strict rules
  • etiquette was important
  • poetry and painting was expected
  • lady muraski was one of finest writers
  • neglected central government
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Clovis

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  • accepted Christianity

- military victories and religious conversion led to throne stability

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Charles Martel

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  • “Charles the hammer”
  • protected Christianity
  • successful defense of tours from Muslim Forces
  • extended franks reign
30
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Pepin the short

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  • “king by grace of God” said pope
  • started process of helping pope
  • made pope look to franks for help
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Charlemagne

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  • nearly doubled empire
  • revived learning (palace school)
  • “holy roman emperor”
32
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Counts and Missi dominici

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Counts - local officials

  • looked after local problems
  • protected weak
  • raised armies

Missi dominici - royal officials

33
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Louis the pious

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  • charlemagnes son

- couldn’t fulfill fathers responsibilities

34
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Treaty of verdin

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Rule passed from Louis the pious to three sons Charles the bald, lothair, and Louis the German

35
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Decline of Frankish kingdoms

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  • Muslims came from south
  • Magyar came from east
  • Vikings came from north
36
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Marco Polo

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  • traveler in late 1200s
  • went to China, met ruler kublai khan
  • stayed as envoy
  • captured at war
  • Europeans didn’t believe fabulous places existed from his stories
37
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Ibn battuttu

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  • traveled late 1300s
  • prolific writer
  • visited places within Islamic empire
  • devout Muslim
38
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Ghana

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War chief

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