Ch 12 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Igbo
West African hunters and gatherers
Palaeolithic persistence
Hunter and gatherer communities still practicing. Example in Australia, North America, and Siberia
Iroqouis
Agricultural aboriginal people of northeast North America
Timur
Turkic warrior who tried to restore the former Mongolian empire
Fulbe
West Africa’s largest pastoral society, they resented agricultural people
Ming dynasty China
China in 1368 to 1644. Tried to eliminate all signs of foreign rule. They promoted Confucius teachings and traditional gender roles
European Renaissance
A renewed cultural blossoming. Are we celebration of Greco – Roman traditions
ZHeng he
Leader of China’s naval fleet
Ottoman Empire
Islamic states created by Turk warriors in the end Tholie and Peninsula and surrounding area
Seizure of Constantinople
Ottoman takeover of Constantinople, marked the final demise of Christian byzantium
Safavid
Empire
Turk lead empire, which emerged from the Sufi religious order. Shia style muslims Who clashed with the Ottoman Empire
Songhay
West African empire. They text commerce from Sahar in trade. Muslims governed non-Muslims
Timbuktu
A central trade city located in the songhay empire
Mughal empire
Muslim empire located in the Indian subcontinent, and ruling over non-Muslim people, giving the area a rare political unity
Malacca
Major Muslim port city. Provided a springboard for the spread of Islam
Aztec empire
The Mexico people, semi – nomadic, highly militaristic, with a 5 to 6,000,000 population. Who focused on tribute from conquered cities and peoples
Inca empire
Largest Imperial State in North America, encompassing the entire Andean civilization. They were bureaucratic
