Exam Review: 600 to 1450 part 2 Flashcards
cyclical view of world
(maya) rise and fall of the earth
sloping heads
mayan beauty concept, neanderthal looking
Aztec
central mexico, capital tenochtitlan, as big as europe, 20m ppl, theocracy, no pack animals only barkless doodles, chinampas, polytheistic, human sacrifice, cannibalism, large gap in rich/poor
Inca
south america, loose confederation of tribes, 4000 miles long, diverse geo, emperors/their wives seen as gods, machu picchu is religious capital, terrace farming(step gardens), great road system, sun god, quipus, mummies
mita system
forced service to government
Nazca lines
shapes only visible from above/outer space
Mongols
nomads, leaders were khans, lived off tribute and trade, wives/mothers of khans can rule until new succesor, religiously pluralistic/tolerant, shamans, traded iron, wood, cotton, sild, grain, Genghis Khan conquered north china/central asia, largeste empire in history, capital at Karakorum, passports, loved taxes and horses
Ming China
started by Zhu Yuangzhang, closed off trade with Khanates, brought back Confucianism, capital was bejing, porcelain making, vases, lost knowlege of bronze/steel
Zheng He
admiral, built 6 HUGE ships called junks
Korea
from koryo dynasty, joined mongols by marriage, traded with yuan dynasty, fell to yi dynasty
Japan
attack by mongols failed bc of jungle/rainforest, lords of kamakura united against mongols, ashikaga period developed feudal lords, regional lords traded with continental asia
vietnam
china influenced annam in the north, india influenced champa in the south, fought w/each other when yuan fell, ming ruled annam, annam eventually conquered champa
Ghana
west african kingdom, traded salt, gold iron, conquered by mali
mali
west african kingdom, sundiata kieta was founder, timbuktu was capital, gold
songhai
sunni ali was first king, muhammad ture founded askia dynasty, had great navy, traded gold and salt
