unit test Jan 21 Flashcards
what were the silk roads
routes that connect china to India and the middle east
what were the west African (trans-saharan) trade routes
routes that connected Saharan Africa to the middleast and to the Mediterranean coast of africa
what transportation was used on these routes
camel caravans
what geographic fueterues impacted the west African trade routes
Sahara desert, savanna, forests
what goods where traded on the west African trade routes
gold, salt,
what was traded within Africa?
salt from the Sahara was traded to West Africa in exchange for gold
what wealthy empires in west Africa formed as a result of the salt trade
GANA, mali, Songhai
what impact did the west african trade routes have on culture
Muslim merchants settled south of the Saharan desert and spread Islamic faith.
what was timbiktu
a historic city in mali, it became a very wealthy and known for being full of knowledge and scholars
what was the byzantine empire
the continuation of the Roman empire after its fall,
what was the capital (trade center of the byzantine empire)
constantinople
where did the byzantine empire get its culture, laws and traditions from
Rome
what culture was the byzantine empire
eastern Orthodox christianity
what was the byzantines most famouse ruler
Justinian
what was Justinian famouse for doing
building the haiga Sophia
justians code of laws
where did justinians code of laws origin from
the Romans twelve tables
what was the great schism and why did it happen
the division of Christianity into Roman catholicism in Rome and eastern Orthodox Christianity in byzantines, due to differences and disagreements
what did the byzantines do to culture
took some of there culture from Rome and created there own, spread language religion and trade to Russia and eastern Europe
what era was all of this
post classical era
what are worshippers of Islam known as
muslims
who founded Islam and where
prophet Muhammad, arabian penninsula
what’s the signifigant writing in Islam religion
quran
where do Islam’s worship
mosques
what was the Islamic caliphate
an empire that formed after muhammades death,
who was the caliph
the person that formed the Islamic caliphates, he replaced Muhammad after his death
who was allah
the god of Islamic religion
where was the Islamic caliphates located
middle east, north Africa, spain
what was different about Islamic religion that made it so popular
racial equality, religious tolerance, highly equipped military and weapons
what where the Islamic dynasty’s that came after the Islamic caliphates
the ummayad dynasty
the Abbasid dynasty
what was the umyadd dynasty known for
conquering new lands and spreading islam
what was the Abbasid dynasty known for
for having the golden age of the Islamic empire
what was the capital of the Islamic caliphates
baghdad
what was signifigant about baghdad
very diverse city, had advanced medicine, knowledge, poetry, algebra
what post classical empire was known for advanced healthcare and medicine
the Islamic caliphates empire
what is every Muslim expected to do
follow the five pillars of islam
what are the five pillars of islam
. confession of faith
. pray
.give charity
. fasting during ramadan
.make a pilgrimage to mecca (Hajj)
what are the laws of the Islamic caliphates called
shari’ah based on the quran
what where the west African empires
Ghana and mali
how did the empire Ghana become wealthy
through the gold and salt trade
what religion was ghana
Islam, because it spread to Ghana through trade routes
how did mali form
gold and salt trade
what was mali known form
strongly based of islamic culture,
what was a hajj
something every Muslim must do, a journey they must take to mecca to worship Allah
what empire was timbiktu located in
mali
what was timbuktu known for
a major center of Islamic scholarship, kingdom of wisdom and some of the smartest people
where was the haiga Sophia located
byzantine mpire
what was the haiga sophia
famouse place where all religions could come to worship
what are the different part of this unit
Islamic caliphates, byzantine empire, west African citys
who was ibn battuta
famous Muslim traveler who documented his travels
what empire was known for medicine
Islamic caliphates
what caliphate had a capital city of bahdad
the Abbasid
what are the famouse Islamic caliphates
the abbasid caliphates
the ummayad caliphate
where were Islamic caliphates
all over Spain Africa and middleeast
where were mali and ghana
west africa
