Unit 1: The Global Tapestry - East Asia Song Dynasty China

These flashcards cover key concepts and vocabulary related to the Song Dynasty in East Asia, including social structures, philosophies, and agricultural advancements.

Confucianism

The foundation of Chinese society emphasizing respect for elders, loyalty to rulers, and clearly defined social roles.

Neo-Confucianism

A blend of traditional Confucian ideas with Buddhism and Daoism, becoming the official state philosophy.

Key inventions of the Song Dynasty

Woodblock printing, gunpowder, magnetic compass, and paper money.

Meritocracy

A system where officials earn their rank through civil service exams based on Confucian texts, rather than through familial connections.

Patriarchal system

A social structure where women are expected to obey their father, husband, and sons, often leading to restricted rights and roles.

Foot binding

A practice in Chinese society considered beautiful that caused permanent pain and served to keep women in control.

Champa rice

A quick-growing rice variety imported from Vietnam that allowed two harvests per year, supporting a booming population.

Bureaucracy

Tribute system (used in china, aztec)

States send tribute to acknowledge the emperor (kowtowing also)

Bushido (Japan)

Don’t surrender

Purview

Saw and undertook

who conquered Constantinople and when?

Mehmet I in 1453

What did Suleiman the Magnificent do?

Capture Mecca and Medina

Janissary

Troops of the ottoman empire with use of gunpowder technology

Devshirme

Christian boys taken as “blood tax” (trained, elite, loyal to sultan)

Reconquista

Spain by Christians (1492)

Vijayanagar empire

1336-1646, sea roads, guilds, mostly hindu, religiously tolerant, bhakti movement, caste based

Swahihi language and religion

Bantu and arabic language, islam

Mali Empire

1200-1450, conquered timbuktu, gold-salt trade, sharia law (islam), Mansa Musa, caravansari

Mansa Musa Rule

Wealth from gold (tribute or taxes), hajj, muslim scholars

Renaissance Period

Advances in art, culture, began in italian city states

Aztec empire

1345-1528, human sacrifice, bureaucracy, chinampas

Inca Empire

1438-1533, state-building, bureaucracy, mita system, women were politically powerful, terrace farming, roads, human sacrifice