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medieval system of economic self sufficiency
manorialism
Lord provided serfs with
housing protection and land
built by lords for defense
castles
influenced changes in religion, society, politics, and economics
The Crusades
called on all Christians to unite and fight a holy Crusade
Urban II
In addition to European demand for products, the Crusades also led to
intolerance
The Byzantine capital
Constantinople
ruled the Byzantine Empire at its height; Became Emperor in 527
Justinian
codification of all previous Roman laws - basis for future legal systems
Justinian's Code
Persuaded Justinian to issue a decree giving a wife the right to own land
Theodora
devised an alphabet that helped spread Orthodox Christianity to the Slavic peoples
Cyril and Methodius
Grand Canal built that unified the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers – brought China together
Sui Dynastty
Tang Dynasty (618 CE)
Scholar-Gentry emerged from examinations (an elite class of government officials)
philosophy that the world is real and good comes from participation in it – not withdrawal
Neo Confucianism
Song Dynasty
est. 960 CE
new strain that could be harvested more than once a year
Champa
established the Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan
reported to Europe about the greatness of the Yuan Dynasty
Marco Polo
founded Yi dynasty
Yi Song-gye
early example of a novel
Tale of Genji
south of Asia Minor (Between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf)
The Arabian Peninsula
prophet of Islam; Born in Makkah- 570 CE
Muhammad
town north of Makkah
Yathrib
the foundation of an Islamic state
Madinah Compact
body of law which covers all aspects of Muslim private and public life
Shariah
successor to Islamic political and religious leadership
Caliph
believed that the caliph should only be descendants of Muhammad
Shi'ite
copied ancient Greek and Roman texts and translated them into Arabic
Muslim scholars
Islamic art
emphasis on geometric design
Islamic medical innovation
diagnosis of measles
Technological borrowing of the Islamic world
astrolabe, lateen sail
Ruled from 661-750
Expanded to the borders of India, North Africa, and into Spain
Umayyad Caliphate
Built Baghdad on the banks of the Tigris River (Present day Iraq) and made it the new capital.
Abbasid Caliphate
Responsible for the conquest of Constantinope in 1453
Ottomans
Islamic Realm
dar al Islam
nearly doubled the borders of his kingdom to include Germany, France, northern Spain, and most of Italy
Charlemagne
the spreading out of the Jewish demographic in Medieval Europe
diaspora
medieval system of mutual responsibility between lord and vassal
feudalism
religious practice of full devotion to faith and withdrawal from the outside world
Monasticism
"of the world"
secular
savior sent by god
Messiah
old and new testament
Bible
founded the Christian Church in Rome
Peter
His authority becomes an issue of controversy and debate
The Pope
many later emperors of Rome were
weak and ineffective
paid soldiers
mercenaries
led to economic difficulties
inflation and unemployment
Goths and the Huns
invaders of Rome
Roman concepts of justice, equality before the law and natural law based on reason influenced
later legal systems
Architectural style developed by Romans
the arch
Language(s) that evolved from Latin
spanish, french, italian
Built by Romans - connected major cities
roads and aqueducts
900-500 B.C.- ruled North Italy and did not speak Indo- European languages
900-500 B.C.- ruled North Italy and did not speak Indo- European languages
Legendary founders of Rome
Romulus and Remus
Roman wealthy class
Patricians
Plebeian representatives
tribunes
a community in which the people elect their leaders
Republic
Hero of the common people
Caesar
Members of the triumvirate
Caesar, Crassus, Pompey
gave himself title Augustus or “Majestic One”
Octavian
Free grain was imported into Rome from
North Africa
31 B.C. to 180 A.D.- Roman period of relative peace and prosperity
Pax Romana
Architectural achievement(s) of the Pax Romana
coliseum, circus maximus, aqueducts
Technology/knowledge that facilitated long distance trade
Algebra
developed across far flung networks of communication and exchange.
technology, food crops, disease pathogens
spread in the wake of collapsing empires.
Christianity and Buddhism
Includes the Balkan Peninsula and a group of surrounding islands
Greek geography
Epic poems set during the Trojan War
Illiad and Odyssey
What kinds of qualities did Greek gods possess?
human
fortified hill - found in the center of a polis
acropolis
Southern Greece
Peloponnesus
Spartan slaves
helots
Topics studied in Athenian schools
arithmetic and geometry
An organize system of thought - "love of knowledge"
philosophy
Socrates’ student – questioned reality
Plato
Greek book that espouses a lack of trust in democracy
The Republic
Wrote about ethics, logic, politics, poetry, astronomy, geology, biology, and physics
Aristotle
stretched from Egypt and Macedonia in the west to the Indus River in the east
Alexander's Empire
After Alexander's death a series of __________ arose where his empire had been.
successor kingdoms
Greek ways mixed with other cultures
Hellenistic
Major intellectual center with many museums
Alexandria
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