Studied by 35 people
Looks like no one added any tags here yet for you.
Imperial Bureaucracy
Government system in Song China
Civil Service Exams
Exams that were given to Chinese applicants for a government position
Meritocracy
Exams taken by the people transformed the Chinese government into this
Grand Canal
Cheap form of transportation that connected northern and southern China
Champa rice
Fast ripening crop that expanded agricultural production
Proto-industrialization
Time in China where rural workers produced more goods than that sold in their community so they went outward to sell
Artisans
Produced luxury goods in China
Kowtow
Chinese custom where you would bow your head to the emperor
Scholar Gentry
New class where they would study Confucianism and take the exams
Foot binding
Practice that began in the Song Dynasty where women would bind their feet
Woodblock printing
System that the Chinese would use to copy stuff from one paper to another
Theravada Buddhism
Type of Buddhism popular in Southeast Asia
Mahayana Buddhism
Type of Buddhism popular in China and Korea
Tibetan Buddhism
Type of Buddhism popular in Tibet
Zen Buddhism
Type of Buddhism that combined with Daoust religion which made it a syncretic belief
Filial Piety
Respect for parents in Song China
Neo-Confucianism
Syncretic system combining Daoism Buddhism and Confucianism used by the government to appease the population
Heian Period
Japan copied a bunch of Chinese traditions
Feudalism in Japan
Type of system in Japan with the shogun daimyo samurai and peasants
Nuclear Family
Type of family in Vietnam with wife husband and children
House of Wisdom
Center of learning in Baghdad
Mamluks
Ethnic Turks from Central Asia who served as soldiers to Arabs
Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluks seized control of the in Egypt and established this empire
Seljuk Turks
Muslims who were from Central Asia and provided a challenge to the Abbasids
Crusaders
European Christians organized groups of soldiers to reopen access to Jerusalem
Abbasid Caliphate
Empire that was led by Arabs and Persians but later fell apart and area was shaped by Turkic peoples from people from Central Asia
Vijayanagara Empire
Empire in Southern India that was established by two brothers
Qutub Minar
#monumentalarchitecture and this example has both Islam + Hinduism
Animism
Belief that the Incans believed in
Hausa Kingdom
Collection of states loosely connected through kinship ties
Lay Investiture Controversy
A great struggle between church and state in the medieval West
Theocracy
Type of government used by the Aztecs
Temple of the Sun
Core of the Incan religion and this was basically the cultural capital
Zanj Rebellion
a major uprising against the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate
Nasir al-Din Tusi
Islamic scholar who made many scientific and mathematical advancements
Aishah al-Ba'uniyyah
Sufi female writer and poet
Sufis
Mystical Muslim group
Rajput Kingdoms
Hindu decentralized kingdoms formed in Northern India
Delhi Sultanate
Islamic state in northern India that reigned for 309 years
Bhakti Movement
Movement that was mystical and wanted to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam
Srivijaya Empire
Hindu kingdom in Southeast Asia that charged fees for ships passing between India and China
Majapahit kingdom
Buddhist kingdom that controlled sea routes
Sinhala Dynasties
Kingdom in Sri Lanka that was mainly Buddhist
Khmer Empire
Kingdom in Southeast Asia that had complex irrigation systems
Sukhothai Kingdom
Kicked the Khmer Empire out
Cahokia
Huge mound created by the Mississippian Culture
Human sacrifices
Used by the Mayans and the Aztecs to control the population
City-state
Type of government used by the Mayans where a king would rule a city
Pachacuti
Leader of the Incas
Mita System
System used by the Incas that was mandatory public service
Carpa Nan
Large road made by the Incans
Quipu
System of knots
Kin-based networks
Structure in Africa where families governed themselves
Great Zimbabwe
Large wall that encompassed the entire city
Swahili
Language that blended Bantu and Arabic
Feudalism
European system with nobles knights and peasants
Manorial System
Economic system that is based on self-sufficient manors
Serfs
Peasants tied to the land
three-field system
System where crops were rotated
Estates General
France's first parliament
Magna Carta
Kings had to respect some rights for the nobles in court
English Parliament
Development that increased the rights of the English nobility and represented the nobles in government
Hundred Years War
War between England and France
Great Schism
Split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church
Primogeniture
A system where the eldest son inherits all
Crusades
Europeans tried to retake Jerusalem in these series of wars
Little Ice Age
Period of cooling which reduced agricultural productivity so cities and trade grew slower
Renaissance
Rebirth movement following the Middle Ages in Europe which originated in Italy
Humanism
Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from the church and more towards the individual
Shinto
Religion in Japan
Goryeo
Rulers of Korea
Note
Flashcard