Islamic

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Islamic Empire
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Africa
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Eastern Europe
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Western Europe
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Americas
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Just For Fun
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Arabs
Africa
Eastern
Western
Americas
Fun
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This nomadic group went on to found the greatest
Middle- Eastern empire of the Post-Classical
period.
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Who are the Bedouins?
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This sect of Islam believed that only a relative
of Muhammud could lead the empire. Their rivals
believed that any disciple was acceptable.
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Who are the Shi'a and Sunni?
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Between the Bedouins, Umayyads and Abbassids,
this group extended the greatest liberties to
women.
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Who are the Bedouins?
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Falling prey to a lavish lifestyle, Umayyad
and Abbassid caliphs quickly gave
political control to advisors from this region.
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Who are Persians?
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Known as "people of the book", this group was
granted a surprising number of freedoms under
Muslim rule.
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Who are the dhimmi?
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Prior to the introduction of the major
world religions, this was the most common form of
spiritualism in Africa
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What is animism?
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This religion became prevalent among the Western
kingdoms of Africa.
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What is Islam?
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Contact with the Muslim world had this effect on
an existing African institution... albeit with
unforseen consequences.
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What is the slave trade?
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This was the base language for much of civilized
Africa.
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What is Bantu?
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The coastal regions of East Africa were
connected with India through this form of
exchange.
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What is trade?
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Byzantium would view this empire as its
parent ...and this empire as its offspring.
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What is Rome and Russia?
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This was the capital of the eastern
world... although its name would later be changed
to this.
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What is Constaninople Istanbul?
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Vladimir I (of this country) use this excuse to
explain his adoption of Eastern Orthodoxy over
Catholocism.
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What is Russia and fear of papal control?
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Byzantium had conflicts with this group
over religion, and this group over territory.
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Who is Western Europe and Arab Muslims?
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The Byzantine Empire ultimately fell to
this expanding "heathen" empire out of Turkey.
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Who are the Ottoman Turks?
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So let me get this straight... I farm, you take
my food, and you pay me almost nothing in return
for "protection"? -"Yep"
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What is manorialism?
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Contrary to popular belief that it had to do with
a lack of learning, this period was
actually named for the unavailability of
incandescent lightbulbs.
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What are the Dark Ages?
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Rathan than a centralized empire, this was the
more common political arrangement in Western
Europe.
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What are regional kingdoms?
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Due to a general lack of scholars and
other learned people, this organization
controlled much of the information available in
Western Europe.
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What is the Catholic Church?
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The feudal relationship between lord and
vassal prevented this sort of political
system from developing.
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What is centralized authority or empire?
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This is the river-valley civilization
equivalent in Mesoamerica.
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Who are the Olmecs?
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The lack of these 2 "normal" developments may
have prevented Mesoamericans from reaching even
greater levels of sophistication.
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What are the wheel and domesticated beasts of
burden?
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Similar in necessity to Roman acqueducts, these
ingenious "floating fields" allowed for
the expansion of Indian agriculture.
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What are chinampas?
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These were the predecssors of the Aztecs, who
mistakenly gave them credit as being the founders
of civilization.
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Who are the Toltecs?
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Daily Double!!
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The Aztecs were conquered by this man. The Incas
met the same fate at the hands of this fellow
countryman.
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Who are Hernand Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro?
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Place?
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What is Tenochtitlan?
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Place?
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What is the Hagia Sophia?
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Place?
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What is the Kaaba?
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Place?
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What is Timbuktu?
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Who?
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Who is Charlemagne?
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Double Jeopardy!!
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China
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Japan
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Korea / Vietnam
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Mongols
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15th Century
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China
Japan
Korea/ Vietnam
Mongols
15th Cent.
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These 2 dynasties oversaw the height of Chinese
culture during the Post-Classical period.
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What are the Tang Song?
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Used during the early period of
exploration, these ships (the largest in the
world), commanded by this Muslim eunich sailed
the Indian Ocean in search of new goods and ideas.
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What are "junks" commanded by Zheng He?
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Despite never becoming the dominant religion in
China, this religion would become the vehicle for
Chinese cultural diffusion.
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What is Buddhism?
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This dynasty preceeded the Tang and Song, and set
the stage for cultural resurgence in China.
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What is the Sui dynasty?
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This was the principal motivation behind
the neo-Confucianist movement.
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What is reverting to their "classical" heritage?
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Unlike their Chinese counterparts, they actually
gained considerable political power in Japan.
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Who are the Buddhists?
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Also known as harikari, this ritual, while
very permanent, ensured the preservation of an
individual's honor.
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What is seppuku?
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Leaders of the warrior class, these men
dominated the Japanese countryside and owned the
loyalty of their samurai soldiers.
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What are bushi?
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These reforms attempted to turn Japan into a
Chinese-style empire.
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What are the Taika Reforms?
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Eventually replacing the emperor, these
political leaders also served as the head of the
military.
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What are shoguns?
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This East Asian country would most closely follow
the examples set by China.
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Who is Korea?
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Out of China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, this
nation gave the greatest freedom to women.
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What is Vietnam?
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Meaning "becoming like China."
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What is "sinfication?"
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Because Korean elites monopolized the cultural
exchange with China, the development of this
professional class was severely curtailed.
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What is a merchant class?
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Emblamatic of their resistance to
Chinese culture, Vietnamese bureaucrats
actually identified with and protected members
of this social class.
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What are peasants / lower class?
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This was the form of religion practiced by the
Mongols.
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What is shamanistic?
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This philosophy explains why the Mongols were so
tolerant of competing religions.
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All religions are descended from a single God.
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This Egyptian slave dynasty was the first to
defeat the Mongols in combat. This product of
Mother Nature took care of the navy.
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What are the Mamalukes and a typhoon?
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These 3 empires felt the greatest impact from the
Mongol conquests.
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Who are the Chinese, Russians, and Arab Muslims?
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In Russia, the Mongols were also known by this
name.
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Who are the Tatars?
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This deadly epidemic, also known as the "Black
Death" or "Black Plague", killed thousands in
Europe and Asia.
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What is the bubonic plague?
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Regarded as a period of incredible
intellectual growth in Europe, it really only
served to help them catch up to the Chinese and
the Arabs.
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What is the Renaissance?
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These 2 societies were on the way out at the end
of the Post-Classical period. This society was
on the rise.
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Who are the Mongols/Arabs and Western Europeans.
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Western Europe's relationship with this group
(or lack thereof) prompted a series
of exploratory voyages throughout the Old and New
Worlds.
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Who are the Ottoman Turks?
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Daily Double!!
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The adoption of these 2 navigational tools
(one borrowed from the Chinese, the other
from the Arabs) would allow Europeans to
achieve great success in navigation.
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What are the compass and astrolabe?
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Who?
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What are samurai?
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What is the Black Plague?
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What is a treasure junk?
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What is the Silk Road?
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What is a yurt?
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Final Jeopardy
What are 2 reasons for the abandonment of
exploration by the Chinese?
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1. Preferred to spend on war with Mongols 2.
Inferiority of outside world