AP World Unit 1

Study AP World Unit 1 Key Terms and Concepts!

Korea and the relationship between china

Korea visited the Song Court and worhsiped the amount of power that China had, which formed really good relationships between the two

Tributal Relationships

Relationships where one acknowledges the power of another being

Korea's Chinese Traditions

New Civil Service Exams, adopted Confucian principles, adopted family traditions and created a new role for women

Japan under Chinese Influence

Adopted the useful Chinese traditions but did not adopt the bad ones as Japan did not have to worry because of the maritime land.

Vietnam's influence

Adopted things like Confucianism and Civil Service Exams, but did not take the role of women that China did and instead made it more matriarchal

Buddhism

The Four Noble Truths say that life is suffering due to crave, but if we stop crave then we can follow the eightfold path to lead to nirvana

Theryada Buddhism

Escapes the cycle of life and Death

Mayana Buddhism

Made it so Buddhist teachings were avaible to all and grew compassion which became devoted, became popular through China

Tibute Buddhism

Included more mystical practices like lying prostate or imaginary deities

Neo-Confucianism

Combines Confucianism and Buddhism

Comission in China

Chinese traders produced a surplus of goods, so much that they started selling for paper money because of the surplus

Iron and Steel Production

Created enough iron and steel for armor, coins, and tools for agriculture.

CHampur Rice

Was drough resistant and was harvestable twice a year

More Food = More babies

more food = more babies

Grand Canal

Stretched from Beijing to Hon Jao and is the largest man-made river that was also interconnected with other rivers

Stern-Mountain Runners and Junk

Made nagivation more accurate

Gunpowder

Made by a Doast Alchemist which was first used for fireworks, which was then later used for military

Magnetic Compass

Improved navigation and sea-based trade

Abbasid Caliphate

Founded in the 8th century which replaced the Umiad who were ethnically and were power during the Golden Age until it started to become fragmented

The takeover of the Umiad

They invited 80 of the Umiad court to dinner and hacked them

New Islamic periods

Islamic Empires after the Abassid Empire fractured were made up of Turkic people, not Arabs.

Seljuk Empire

Founded in the 11th century in Central Asia who took over the Abbasids and had more political power

Mamlook Sultate

Founded by Saladin who enslaved a bunch of Turkic soldiers to take over Muslim states

Delhi Sultate

Founded in Southeast Asia, who took over Islamic states from the turkic people for over 300 years.

Continutiy in Muslim Empires

Military was in charge of administrations, implemented the sharia law which was in the quran.

How Islam Spread

Military expansion through the Delhi Sultanate, Merchant Activity through trade, and Muslim Missionaries

Sufism

A form of Islam that revolved around mythical experiences that was available to any class or gender which contributed to the spread of Islam

Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi

Invented trigonometry to find out how plants and stars move.

The House of Islam

Where a lot of people studied the natural science of the world

Plato and Aristole

Were huge philosphers that spread large messages around the world.

Middle East

Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Syria, Jordan

Judiasm

Originated in the Middle East and was monotheistic

Christianity

Created by a jewish prophet named Jesus Christ who claimed to be the prophet the jews were waiting for. After crucification, the jews spread his message of salvation

Roman Empire's affect on Christianity

Christianity used to be banned and targeted minorities, but then was adopted by the Roman Empire, which influenced continents like Africa and Europe by people like the popes. cardinals, and bishops.

Islam

Founded by Muhammad during the 7th century in the Arabian Peninsula and claimed to be the final prophet in Jewish and Christian scriptures. He was a merchant before he became a prophet. It is heavily based on long trade networks and relationships between merchants

Muhammad's teachings

Muhammad said that salvation can be earned through prayers, almsgiving, and fasting.

Five pillars of Islam

Shahada, Salat, Sawm, Zakat, Hajj

Shahada

There is no god but god, and Muhammad is the prophet of god

Salat

Ritual prayer 5 times a day at dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and late evening, however are not required if you haven't hit puberty, took sick, or mentrating

Sawm

Consists of a holiday known as Ramadan, where Muslims can not eat, drink, or smoke during daylight hours

Zakat

When non-poor Muslims have to give a percentage of their income to the poor

Hajj

The pilgrimage to Mecca that they must fulfill at least once in their lives.

After Muhammad's death

Muhammad's death in 632 caused the faith to spread through the middle east, north and subsaharan Africa, Europe, and South Asia