AP WORLD unit 1 & 2 vocab

Pure Land School of Buddhism

Form of Buddhism revolving around Amitabha Buddha

An Lushan Rebellion

Civil war against tang dynasty, caused conflict leading to less support of Buddhism, those in power wanted to return to purity

Ulama

Islamic learned scholar, (international elite who taught/spread the Quran)

Madrassas

Formal colleges for advanced instruction of the Qaurn, law, math, medicine

Sufis

religious teachers for personal transformation. (spread faith supported blended Islam)

The hajj

a grand pilgrimage to Mecca

Baghdad (pg 438)

House of Wisdom

Neo-Confucianism

Censorate

Hangzhou (Song capital)

City with over one million people

Foot binding in ancient china

feet were deliberately broken and tightly bound to create “lotus feet,” considered a symbol of beauty and status

“middle kingdom”

Chinese belief that they were the center of the world, thus superior

kowtow

series of rituals from foreign dignitaries before presenting their tribute to the emperor to trade in China

Xiongnu

an early nomadic confederacy around the same time of the Han dynasty. (raided N. China and asked for bribes so they would not attack the Chinese emperor to be seen an equal.

Sultanate of Delhi

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Sufis

Kabir

Sikhism

Timbuktu

Mexica

Triple Alliance

Tenochtitlan

Chinampas, aka “floating gardens”

Huitzilopochtli

Quechua

Gender Parallelism

Yuan Dynasty

Khubilai Khan

Hulegu

Khutulun

Kipchak Khanate/ Golden Horde

Monsoon winds

Swahili language

Great Zimbabwe

Jenne-Jeno

Camel caravans

Dar al Islam

Caliph

Civil Service Exams

Hindu Devotional Cults

Angkor

Mansa Musa

Trans Saharan Trade

Bantu

Swahili

Zanj Revolt

Feudalism

Black Death

The Crusades

Mita

Quipus

Champa Rice

Islamic Agricultural Revolution