ap vocab unit 1

coercive labor

Labor system involving force

Confucianism

Teachings of Chinese philosopher

Crusades

Holy wars

Delhi sultanate

First Islamic government from India

Ethiopia

Axum, Christian kingdom

Feudalism

Political system nobles are granted land

Fief

Land granted by a Lord

Nasir Al din tusi

Mathematician and cosmetologist

Neo Confucianism

Confucian response to Buddhism by combining beliefs

Renassiance

Rebirth in the Middle Ages

Seljuk empire

Turkic empire ruled my sultans

Surf

Agricultural laborer

Song Dynasty

Chinese dynasty, golden age

Syncretism

Blending of opposing people

Sufism

Islamic mystical tradition, personal union with God

Theravada Buddhism

Oldest of two major Buddhism

Three field system

A rational system of agriculture

Tibetan Buddhism

Buddhist doctrine includes elements from India

Vassal

Person under protection from a lord

Waru

Form of farming

Woodblock Printing

A Type of print printing

Zen

Japanese school

Mahayana Buddhism

Great Vehicle branch of Buddhism

Mamluk sultanate

Political unit in Egypt

Manorialism

Economic system during the middle ages

Maya city-states

Classical culture in southern Mexico and Central America

Meritocracy

Government holding power or people selected to power

Mita system

Economic system in Inca society

Al- andalus

Muslim ruled region, Spain

Caliph

Successor of Muhammed

Dar-al- Islam

House of Islam

Dhimmi

People of the book

Hajj

5th pillar of islam

Jizya

Tax that non Muslims pay

Muhammad

Arab prophet in islam

Kabaa

Square building

Quran

Boom of revelations

Sharia

Islamic law

Shiite

Group of Islamic religion

Sufism

Mystical Muslim group

Sunni

Largest mystical Muslim group

Ulama

Muslim scholars

Umma

All Muslims

Abbasid caliphate

Caliphate after umayyads

Aishah

Sufi master and poet

Bhakti movement

Popular development in Hinduism

Buddhist monks

Community of Buddhist followers

Cahokia

Dominant center of Mississippi

Champa rice

Quick growing rice

Chinampas

Floating gardens

Filial piety

Love and respect for parents

Flying money

Chinese credit

Grand canel

1,100 mile waterway

Great schism

Divided Christianity

Great Zimbabwe

Powerful state in Africa

Greek philosophy

Investigation of questions

House of wisdom

Learning center