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Confucianism
Chinese belief system that promoted the Five Relationships and filial piety
Mandate of Heaven
Emperor gets power from the gods
Bureaucracy
government officials who assist in governing
civil service exam
test which needed to work in any high ranking bureaucratic position in china, based on confucian teachings
champa rice
came from vietnam: grows twice a season; huge increase in population in the Song Dynasty
money economies
used coins and flying cash or paper currency to promote trade
Sufis
Islamic missionaries; syncretism with local cultures beliefs with islam-successful at converting people; did whirling dances; Sunni or Shi’a
New intellectual innovations in Muslim empire
Math- algebra arabic numerals, quadratic equations, trig
Science- surgical centers/hospitals, pharmacy, physics
transfer of ideas to muslim empires
Medical advances built upon indian and greek doctors
House of Wisdom
Library/school that translated many of the most signifigant medical or science books in the world- destroyed by mongols in 1258
Mansa Musa
Leader of Mali empire; spread islam through his hajj; build mosques and libraries in his capital
Mit’a System
forced labor in Inca empires citizens had mandatory public service for a few months a year to build roads and buildings
Self-sufficient
Characteristics of manorialism; everything people needed was on the manor
Serfdom
Form of coerced labor; peasants were bound to the land in exchange for protection
caravanserai
rest stops along the silk road; camels can go about 100 miles before needed water and rest; it was a place to sleep get water and supplies
Luxury goods
products bought by wealthy; examples such as steel or iron, porcelain, textiles
Mongols in china
Yuan dynasty; moved scholars down and merchants up; banned intermarriage; kept most of the chinese government structure
mongols in russia
decentralized; local princes in charge; Mongols rule from afar
exchange of innovations during mongol rule
Pax mongolia: peace of mongols; from china to europe-gunpowder astrolabe; compass; paper making
swahili coast- east africa
Blend of arabic and bantu culture and language. Large diasporic community of arabic and persian merchants; city states that traded interior products on the coast
sultanate of malacca
strategic region connecting the indian ocean to south china sea; local leaders/rulers muslim with a very diverse population
Zheng He
Chinese Muslim admiral and explorer; sent by the ming emporer to re-establish tributary states
Ibn Battuta
Muslim explorer in the 1300s and used indian ocean and trans-saharan routes to travel the muslim world
camel saddels and caravans
helped increase trade along the trans saharan trade route
bubonic plague/ black death
Had been around for 1000 years; in 1300’s killed approximately 60% Europeans and 50% in china
Tributary states
regions around china that send money in order not to be invaded
Incan Government
Split into four provinces- each had its own governor, emperor was god-like. Stored food for times of famine
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