WH: Unit 1 Vocab

Song Dynasty

During this Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 AD) China saw many important inventions. There was a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton); paper money, gun powder; landscape black and white paintings

Champa rice

tributary gift from Vietnam to China, led to population increase

-drought resistent

-grows twice a season

Grand Canal

A canal linking northern and southern China; a trade canal

-first canal with locks

Textile Industry

Silk was mainly produced by China

-production of cotton

-India and persia: leading growers of cotton

Porcelain

a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China (lightweight yet strong)

-desired in and out of china

Islam

rooted in Judeo-Christian tradition (Abrahamic religions)

-monotheistic

Judaism

the monotheistic religion of the Jews.

Christianity

A religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus

Turks

people that came from Central Asia gained power (and started an empire called Ottoman Empire) after the Arabs and Persians

Seljuk Empire

An empire formed by Turkish and Persian Sunnis, lasting from 1037 to 1194 A.D.

Mamluks

enslaved people who were frequently ethnic Turks from Central Asia, to serve as soldiers and later as bureaucrats

Delhi Sultanates

Muslim empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent during the period of Medieval India, for 320 years.

Sufis

mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, & simple life

Dar al-Islam

an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule

Hinduism

most common in South Asia (India)

 a polytheistic religion that believes in Brahma, the creator god, the basis of the caste system

Bhakti Movement

•  a significant religious movement in medieval Hinduism that sought to bring religious reforms to all strata of society, launched on monotheistic ideas and opposed idol worship

Monasticism

The practice of living the life of a monk

Mali Empire

From 1235-1400, this was a strong empire of Western African. With its trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao, it had many mosques and universities. The Empire was ruled by two great rulers, Sundiata and Mansa Musa. Thy upheld a strong gold-salt trade. The fall of the empire was caused by the lack of strong rulers who could govern well.

Great Zimbabwe

City, now in ruins (in the modern African country of Zimbabwe), whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state.

Feudalism

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land

manorial system

an economic system in the Middle Ages that was built around large estates called manors

serfdom

A type of labor commonly used in feudal systems in which the laborers work the land in return for protection but they are bound to the land and are not allowed to leave or to peruse their a new occupation.

Confucianism

the belief system that promoted the Five Relationships and filial piety;

-hierarchical in nature

Filial Piety

respect shown by children for their parents and elders

Renaissance (European)

a period characterized by a revival of interest in classical Greek and Roman literature, art, culture, and civic virtue

Abbasid Caliphate

third caliphate to succeed muhammad

-captial: baghdad

Abbasid

a dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from 750 to about 1250