Unit 1: 1200-1450 Flashcards
(13 cards)
what is the 1200-1450
global tapestry and exchange networks
confusianism
respects elders, filial piety
filial piety
duty and devotion and respect to elders
state building:
centralized government like kings and emporers. ex: mali empire, song, mongol etc.
serf
peseant who worked. not slave but not free
who were inca and aztecs conquered by?
spanish
song china
printed gunpowder and conquered by mongols
main city in Mali
timbuktu
zhengHe
chinese explorer collects tribute for emperor and makes them very rich. realizes china has everything it needs
coerced labor
forced labor
feudalism
land was exchanged for military service and loyalty, with a hierarchy of kings, nobles, knights, and peasants or serfs.
main religions in this time
hindu and budhism, islamic was spreading
environmental consequences
bubonic plague, black death