HN World Lap 5 - Dark Ages - Knowledge / Define / Understanding

Know the capital city of Byzantium, its main language, and when it fell/ to whom -

Constantinople, Greek, Ottoman Turks (1453)

Know the basis of the Byzantine economy -

TRADE and agriculture

List three things for which Justinian is famous -

War - reconquered territory reached its greatest size

Law - Corpus Juris Civilis

Engineering: Hagia Sophia 

Know ways Greece and Rome influenced Byzantine engineering and art - 

Engineering - Aqueducts, roads, arches, domes…

Art - Roman mosaics & frescoes

Know how Byzantines impacted learning - 

Preserved ancient learning

Know the basis of the Byzantine and Muslim economies -

Byzantine - TRADE and agriculture

Muslim - Middle East/ N. African trade routes

Know what areas of the Roman Empire were conquered by the Muslims -

Northern Africa and the Middle East

Know the religious capital + three political centers of the Muslim world in this period -

Religious capital: Mecca

Political centers: Baghdad, Cairo, and Cordoba

Know the Five Pillars of Islam -

• Prayer 5 times a day

• Journey to Mecca 

• Holy month, Ramada

• Allah is God; only God 

• Fasting 

Know the both the holy book of Islam and its impact on learning -

Koran consisting of poems, stories, rules

Know how conquered people were encouraged to convert to Islam -

Lower taxes 

Know what’s prohibited in Muslim art and what they do instead -

Depictions of living beings (humans and animals), especially in religious contexts. Instead, they do calligraphy and architecture.

Know several STEM contributions by Muslims to us today -

Astrolabe, steel, hospitals, and med. textbooks

Know what the Dark Ages in Europe were dark- political/ economic/ cultural changes -

P: lack of gov’t

E: Decline of trade

C: Decline of cities leading to lack of culture/ civ

Know how feudalism solved problems in Europe after the fall of Rome 

Established  a system of decentralized, localized power to provide security and order after the collapse of centralized authority, fueling the beginning of a stable economy 

Know the political problem associated with feudalism - 

Vassals can be loyal to more than one Lord

Know the purpose of serfdom and how a person obtained his class 

Serfs provided a steady supply of labor.

Class was inherited.

Know two Dark Ages inventions/ technologies -

Stirrups and defensive castles

Know four actions by Charlemagne to promote Christianity

Missionaries, parishes, tithes, and conquest/forced conversion

List ways Charlemagne had strengthened his empire politically 

New law code, appointed judges, and decreasing the power of the nobles

Know the three capitals of early Russia and why they moved 

Novgorod, Kiev, and Moscow

They moved because of invasions??

List two ways Yaroslav the Wise was like Justinian 

Codification of Laws and promoted Christianity

Know three ways Vikings were responsible for cultural diffusion 

Expansion through raids and exploration, they settled as farmers, merchants, and artisans 

Know political and trade practices revived by the Tang dynasty 

Civil service exams continued, expanding roads and canals for trade with paper money

Know what Chinese goods were trade practices revived by the Tang dynasty

Rice and tea, porcelain (+silk)

Know examples/ characteristics of social changes in China

Urbanization and mobility with the revival of Confucianism 

Ex: foot binding 

Know several STEM contributions/innovations by the Tang and Song

Woodblock printing, gunpowder, magnetic compass

Know practices Korea adopted from China

Buddhism + Confucianism, Chinese writing, civil exams, agricultural economy, and centralized gov’t

Know what group took over Russia, China, and Korea

The Mongols

Corpus Juris Civilis -

Byzantium’s revised law code

Hagia Sophia

Cathedral built in 533 to illustrate the power and wealth of Byzantium 

Caliph -

successor or next in lunch

Sunni -

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, based on the beliefs and practices of the Prophet Muhammad (Sunnah) and the consensus of the community

Shi’ia 

the belief that leadership after the Prophet Muhammad should have passed to his cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abu Talib

House of Wisdom -

Most famous Muslim school

Astrolabe -

Tool Muslims perfected to help with oceanic navigation

Battle of Tours - 

A 732 AD battle between a Frankish army led by Charles Martel and an invading army of the Umayyad Caliphate from Spain

Feudalism -

Land exchange for military service

Tithe -

Church tax

Self-sufficient -

Being able to provide for oneself

Icons 

Symbols that represent objects, actions, or ideas

Cyrillic alphabet -

Alphabet created by the Russians

Longboats -

Boats made and used by the Vikings 

Celadon Pottery - 

Korean pottery type

Relate the terms- Allah, Muhammad, and mosque

Allah - God of Islam

Muhammad - Prophet of Islam

Mosque - Place of worship for Islamic

Contrast the political actions of the Umayyads and the Abbasids 

Umayyads - Added new territory to the new Muslim empire. First, to expand political territory. Capital in Demacus.

Abbasids - Overthrew the Umayyads. Focused on ed. literature. More Persian than others. Capital in Baghdad.

Contrast what a lord received from a vassal and what vassals got from

The Lord received loyalty from the vassal in the form of military service, whereas the vassals received protection from the Lord.

Relate the terms- fief, manor, and serf

Fief - Land traded for the military service of vassals 

Manor - A place where vassals resided

Serf - 

Cause and Effect: What was the impact of the Treaty of Verdun

Divided the territory, leading to a decline

Cause and Effect: How did Vladimir impact religion in Russia

Vladimir converted all to Greek Orthodox

Cause and Effect: Know how rice impacted China (socio-economic)