unit 1 Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is a state
a political entity under one government
who did song dynasty maintian and justify rule
Confusinuim: defended chineses culture, humal society is herachal and there is a proper order (elders, men, woman)
Filial Piety: childern obeying those older then them (everone has a role)
Imperial buricary: carries out the will of the empire
Role of woman in society
Had no legal rights, limited education, Practice of foot binding (wealth symbol if your wife could not walk you were rich enough to hire someone to do the wife’s tasks)
what is imperial buracrary
government entity that carries out the will of the emperor
Civil service exam:
How did china infuelnce there neighbors
Korea: similar civil service exam, adtopted buddisum
Japan:
Vietnam:
Role of buddisum
- originated in india and spread way before song china
- Four noble truths, we suffer bvecause we crave
- Hindusim: cycle of death and reacarnation the ultamtalme goal to become one with universe/ nirvana
song dynasty economy
- commercialization of economy (more goods than needed/ sold extras)
-sold porclian and silk
-champa rice: could be grown multiple times a year and drought resistant= population growth - transportantion: Grand canal helped with trade/communication of chinas multiple regions
what is the connection between islam, Judaism and Christianity
- they are all monotheistic, wherever those religions were practice people would use them to help shape there societys
- All were practiced in Dar al-Islam and the prophet Mohammad
claimed to be the final prophet in the line of God’s messengers stretched
back through the Jewish and Christian scriptures. A
What happed to the abbastid caliphate
- abbasid caliphate was ethnically arab but as that collpased new empire arose that were turks
mamluk sultanate: slaves were forced to be in the military and when there was a period of rest they revolted and created a new empire
Seljuk empire: The Seljuks were Turks from Central Asia who the Abbasids tried to use
to prop up their failing state. However, they created their own empire
instead and became a dominant force in the region.
What practices in the new
Islamic empires were borrowed
from previous empires?
Sharia law, a legal code based on the Quran
what are some islamic intellectual innovations
-trig was invented
- house of wisdom was created where islamic scholars could preserve the works of other philosophers like the greeks
how did muslim rule expand
- military conquest (mamluck)
-traveling muslim merchants(mail converted to islam for help with trade)
-mulsim missionaries called sufis; could adpated it self to local beliefs
what were the religions in south and southeast asia
hinduism(most wide spread in india), Buddhism, islam(a runner up because of the establisment of the delhi sultanate)
What is the Bhakti Movemnt
-innovation of the orgianal polytheistic hindusim
-enphazied the devotion to just one hindu god
-mountaed changes to socail and poltical hierachy
Describe the emergence of new
states in South and Southeast Asia
and how they kept power.
- delhi sultante: muslims howver most of population was hindu
- rajput kingdoms: were rival hindu kingdoms that were constantly fighting but were able to keep the dehli sultante from conquering more land
vijayanagara empire: was a failed attempted of delhi sultante to establish muslim rule sent people
majaphat empire: one of the most powerful empire and maintain rule by controlling sea routes for trade
khmer empire: hindu kingdom, converted to islam, arctureture reflected faith
decribe the aztec cilviaztion
-were founded in mexico (mesoamerica)
-expanded and created a huge empire
- decentralized
-tribute sytem
- conquered other people and forced them to pay tribute to the empire (sometimes inslaved and sacrficed)
How did the inca control there conquered areas
-centralized
-burracuracy: had a hierarchy of official spread through out that empire
- mit’a sytem requres people under there rule to provide labor to the states projects
decribe the missisipan culture
Located in North America around the Mississippi River Valley, they focused on agriculture. Larger towns
controlled smaller ones around them. They were known as mound builders, one of the largest was built by the
Cahokia people & consisted of 80 burial mounds up to 100 feet tall.
Describe the developments of the swahili cilvization
- promenent in indian ocean trade (merchant elite above commoners) (common culture and grew powerful over trade)
-poltical decentralized
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what religions were in europe/europe dominated by
-chistianity, but in the east the most powerful state (Byzantine Empire) they practice othrodox Christianity
-roman cathloic church was the most powerful enity however when the romans fell, roman catholism bound the states culturally
- jews: were minority antisemtisum
What is feadualism
The political system of decentralized Europe where powerful lords and
kings gained allegiance from lesser lords, who became their vassals.
Vassals got land in exchange for military service.
