WHAP 1.5-1.6 AMSCO Vocab

Kin-based networks

when families govern themselves

Swahili

result of trade occuring on the Indian Ocean Representing a linguistic blend of Bantu and Arabic

Zanji Rebellion

African slaves held in Mesopotamia were able to overthrow their owners, these slaves were able to capture and hold the city of Basra representing one of the most successful slave rebellions in history.

Trans-saharan trade

Network of exchange which connected Western African kingdoms to the worlds of the mediterranean.

Indian Ocean Slave Trade

trade route in which slaves from east Africa were imported to the Middle East

Great Zimbabwe

large city in Southern Africa, had massive walls

Chief

male head of kin based network

Hausa Kingdom

Group of seven ethically bound states, connected loosely through kinship ties in Western Africa

Ghana

West African state, sold gold and ivory, peaked between 8th and llth centuries

Mali

West African state, rose after Ghana, was one of the first Muslim states in West Africa

Zimbabwe

civilization based in southeastern Africa which at its peak boasted 20,000 people residing in it's royal city. Active in agriculture and trade on the indian ocean

Ethiopia

East african state, christian, trade along Indian ocean

Magna Carta

Document created in England in which the King of England guaranteed certain rights and freedoms to his nobles

English Parliament

the noblemen of England that worked to guarantee their rights in the kingdom.

Manors

Large fiefs or estates

Manorial System

System of economic self-sufficiency in Europe where everything was produced by the people living on the land. Limited dependence on interactions or trade with others

Three-field system

system where fields were rotated to not deplete the soil of important nutrients

Feudalism

System where people exchanged protection for loyalty

serfs

peasants

Primogeniture

this system of inheritance favored the first born son which left younger sons with little access to wealth and land

Bourgeoisie

the middle class, non peasants, but not noble, merchants, shopkeepers, tradespeople.

Burghers

Same as the bourgeoisie.

Estates General

a body in the french government to work with the king to improve France

Estates

the three legal classes of France; clergy, nobility, and commoners

Otto I

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 962, represents the ongoing power struggle between the papacy and secular governments known as the lay investiture controversy

Crusades

a series of military conflicts in the Middle East between 1095 and 1200 CE.

Marco Polo

Italian merchant who traveled to China

Renaissance

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

Humanism

Making and ideological shift into the Renaissance, these types of secular ideas focused on individuals rather than god and encouraged education and secular literature.

Lay investiture

conflict over who gets to appoint the clergy in a kingdom, the king or the Church

Great schism

a fragment between the Catholic Church in Rome and the Orthodox Church based in Constantinople

Antisemitism

anti-Jewish sentiment

Little Ice Age

five century period of cooling