Period 1 Required Vocab

Filial Piety

The respect or devotion for one’s elders in regards to Confucianism

Confucianism

Official Chinese ideology. Focuses of social harmony and good moral character. Has five fundamental relationships (how superiors should treat inferiors and inferiors should treat superiors). Shapes education system in China.

Neo-Confucianism

Combines Confucianism with the spiritual elements of Buddhism.

Patriarchal Society

A society in which class and gender affect social standing and value. Men often have more power politically, socially, and domestically than women.

Champa Rice

A type of rice from Vietnam that was imported to China. There were several yields of champa rice every year (up to 5-7). Caused population boom in China, giving rise to the empire. Think DTM stage two/three.

The Grand Canal

A canal built in Sui Dynasty China that took several centuries to complete. Rivers run from West to East in China, so the Grand Canal connected the people of China N to S.

Porcelain

One of the most sought after goods on the Silk Roads from China. Also shows cultural sophistication. Tang and Song Dynasty

Abbasid Caliphate

A once prosperous Islamic Caliphate that grew smaller as political control waned. Economically and culturally prosperous (like the Song Dynasty). Politically weaker than previous Umayyad Caliphate. Fell because of the Mongols and the presence of Turkish Kingdoms.

Seljuk Turks

The Seljuk Empire was a medieval Islamic state that emerged in the 11th century and lasted until the 14th century, encompassing parts of Central Asia, the Middle East, and Anatolia. It is significant for its role in the spread of Islam and Persian culture, as well as its influence on the Crusades and interactions with neighboring powers.

Dar al-Islam

The places that Islam has spread (only truly applicable to history as we live in a globalized world). Dar al-Islam was the biggest around the same time as Pax Mongolica, and provided a common culture to areas.

Sufism

Sufis were a group of Muslims that interpreted Islam differently, and sought spiritual connection with Allah. Naturally Shia. Opposed the views of the Ulamas.

Monasticism

Relates to monasteries. Typically Buddhist. living life isolated as a monk.

Srivijaya Empire

Controlled the Malacca Strait and was an example of syncretism. Combined Buddhism with local beliefs about magic. Vassal state of china during the Song dynasty.

The Aztecs

One of the largest Mesoamerican societies. Human sacrifice was prominent. Built bridges, roads (message system) and aqueducts. Loosely structured, unstable conquest state.

Chinampas

Aztec invention to create more farmland. Artificial islands created in swamp land, spikes in the ground and then laying dirt on top. Fueled population growth and miliarty conquest.

Incas

Empire in the Andes. Biggest empire in America at this time. Had the concept of Mita, 52 days a year where everyone had to work for the government and benefit the community. Used the Quipa. Had Inca Socialism.

Swahili City States

Founded by Bantu settlers (biggest ethnic group in Africa). Played a major role in the Sea Roads, trading raw materials for Indian, Islamic, and Chinese luxuries.

Feudalism

A hierarchical system where the ruler gives nobles land in return for their loyalty. Those nobles then give private soldiers land in return for loyalty, and those soldiers have peasants of their land. Japan and Medieval Europe.

Japan- Shogun → Daimyo → Samurai → Peasants

Europe- King → Noble → Knight → Serf

Manoralism

System of servitude and serfdom in Medieval Europe that gave Europe political and economic stability. Serfs would be born in a knight’s castle, and be in servitude there. Serfs were allocated half of a knight’s land, and three days a week the peasants would work their own land, and three days a week they would work their Knight’s land (Sunday at church). Of what the serfs produced on their own land, 85% of it was taxed, so this led to economic stability but not prosperity.

Ming Dynasty

The Chinese dynasty during the start of the Sea Roads. Traveled and traded along the Sea Roads to show Chinese superiority.

The Silk Roads

System of trade networks across Central, South, and East Asia. Facilitated the exchange of goods, technology, and culture.

Trans-Saharan Trade Routes (Sand Roads)

System of trade across North, East and West Africa. Spread Islam throughout Africa, and connected Africa for one of the first time.

Indian Ocean Trade Routes (Sea Roads)

A system of trade across the Indian Ocean that c

Bills of Exchange

Banking Houses

Credit

Flying Money

Diasporic Trade Community

Caravanserai

The Mongols

Khanates

Yuan Dynastt

I’ll-Khanate of Persia

Golden Horde

Spread by the Mongols: Technology, Disease, Culture

Sultanate of Malacca

Monsoon winds

Stern Post Rudder

Lateen Sail

Compass

The Astrolabe

Zheng He

Camel Saddle

Caravans

Ghana

Mail

Songhai

Gold-Salt Trade

Mansa Musa

Ibn Battuta

Marco Polo

Spread of Gunpowder

Spread of Paper

Bubonic Plague

Heian Japan

Theravada Buddhism\

Mahayana Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Chinese Blast Furnace

Debt Slavery (Song China)

Delhi Sultanate