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U1: APWH

Unit 1: The Global Tapestry Syllabus 9.26.22 (test on Wednesday, 28)

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What did the Song China economy depend on? peasant and artisanal labor, even though they were on the bottom of the social pyramid
What is Confucianism? a philosophy that focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality
How did the Song Dynasty rule? traditional methods of Confucianism and an imperial bureaucracy
How were political officials chosen in Song China? the Civil Service Examination system
What is Buddhism? a religion that believes that the human life is one of suffering and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment or nirvana
Who does Buddhism worship? they don't worship anyone, but Siddhartha Gautama, the prince who founded Buddhism is very important
What is Theravada Buddhism? Oldest form of Buddhism and the closest to original, meditation=nirvana, individual responsibility to attain Nirvana, respected Buddha as a teacher not as a god
What is Mahayana Buddhism? Newer form of Buddhism, more varied, incorporates ideas from other religions, others' support is necessary to reach nirvana
What is Tibetan Buddhism? emphasizes a 3 step path to enlightenment which includes a focus on the mind
What is champa rice? quick-maturing rice that was able to help grow populations quickly and allow the specialization of labor in Ancient Asia (especially Song China)
What does the term "Dar-al-Islam" mean? House of Islam
In what locations was Islam commonly practiced before 900 CE? Middle East, North Africa, Western Europe
In what locations was Islam commonly practiced after 900 CE? spread to East Africa, West Africa, Eastern Europe, Northern Indian, Southeastern Asia
Where did Islam begin? Mecca, Saudi Arabia
What was the Abbasid Caliphate? the height of Islam, the caliphate became a center of learning and innovation
What happened when the Abbasid Caliphate fragmented? new Islamic political organizations emerged, most of which were dominated by Turkic peoples
How did Muslim rule continue to expand to many parts of Afro-Eurasia? military expansion, the activities of merchants, and the Sufi missionaries
Who were the Mamluks? non-Muslims Turkic boys who were enslaved by Abbasid caliphs, forcibly converted to Islam and became soldiers... they eventually overthrew an Egyptian sultanate to form their own sultanate
What are the followers of Islam called? Muslims
Who does Islam worship? Allah, one all-knowing god; Islam is monotheistic
What were the main religions of ancient Europe? CHRISTIANITY, Islam, Judaism
What were the two main groups of Christianity in ancient Europe? Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox
Where was the majority of the Roman Catholic population found? Western Europe
Where was the majority of the Eastern Orthodox population found? Eastern Europe (the Byzantine Empire)
What was the Byzantine Empire? continuation of the Roman Empire in the east after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
Roman Catholics vs Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula Roman Catholics kick the Muslims out of the peninsula
Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire vs the Ottoman Muslim empire in Southeastern Europe the Ottoman Empire takes over the Byzantines
What were the crusades? a series of holy wars between the Catholics trying to gain control of the holy land Jerusalem from the Muslims who occupied it
What were the Dark Ages? between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance
What was feudalism? landowning nobles governed and protected the people in return for services (different from serfdom- serfdom was forced, like slavery)
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