Heimler’s History Review

• civilizations grow

  • song dynasty (chinas golden age)

    • grand canal

    • Champa rice

    • gunpowder

    • more people

    • civil service exam

  • Delhi Sultanate

    • Muslim

    • Islam

  • Vijayanagara Empire (South Asia)

    • trade

  • Chola Kingdom (South Asia)

    • trade

  • Mali (Africa)

    • centralized power

    • wealthy

    • mansa musa

  • Aztecs

    • tribute system

    • powerful military

  • Inca

    • mita system (mandatory public service)

• religions spread

  • Confucianism revival (song)

  • Feudalism (Europe)

    • class system

  • Islam was able to create a system of shared beliefs that united Islam

  • Hinduism + Buddhism (south and southeast Asia)

    • caste system

  • roman catholic

    • church-organized society apart from the state

  • Christianity Islam and Buddhism sent out missionaries

  • conversion by military invasion

    • Muslims invaded northern India and established the Delhi Sultanate

    • Jie Jie-the tax people would pay for not being a Muslim

  • conversion by trade

• technological advancements

  • paper (china)

  • learning in medicine and mathematics

    • house of wisdom (school) established in Baghdad during the Abbasid dynasty

• small states decline

  • Abbasid Caliphate

• local religions decline

  • Christianity Islam and Buddhism sent out missionaries which caused local religions to decline

• nomads

  • Mongols

    • Central Asia

    • political stability

  • Turks

  • nomadic people's influence declined

In class notes:

• Byzantine Empire (eastern side)

  • caesaropapism-church and religious leaders are the same

  • Russia converted

  • theme system-free land

  • Orthodox church

• medieval times/the dark ages (western side)

  • catholic church

  • gothic cathedrals

  • barter

  • pope grew in power

  • monasteries took the role of taking care of the poor

  • decentralized small kingdoms

  • substance farming

  • serfs

  • plows and hoser collars

  • fuldel order-caste system

  • chilvarly