world history test 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 constantinople | center of byzantine. named after Constantine |
| Justinian | most famous byzantine leader |
| Hagia Sophia | a massive church that was rebuilt by Justinian. symbolized the power of Christians |
| Justinian's Code | legal system set up by Justinian |
| autocrat | an absolute ruler/ruler with complete authority |
| Empress Theodora | Justinian's wife |
| Great Schism | the split between the Roman Catholic church and the Byzantine church |
| patriarch | the highest church official in a major city |
| icon | a holy image |
| Bedouins | tribes of nomads in the middle east |
| Muhammad | founder of Islam |
| Mecca | the holy city of Islam |
| Hijra | the escape of Muhammad to Medina |
| Medina | city that Muhammad fell to |
| kaaba | the most holy site in Mecca |
| Quran | the word of god through Muhammad |
| Mosque | holy place of worship for muslims |
| minarets | towers that were built to remind people it was time to pray |
| Five Pillars Of Faith | one god, pray daily, donate to the poor, fast during Ramadan, hajj |
| Hajj | pilgrimage to Mecca |
| Jihad | an effort in gods service |
| people of the book | what muslims referred to Jews and Christians |
| Sharia | legal code based on Quran |
| Arabic | only language that can be used when practicing Islam |
| Abu Bakr | the first caliph |
| caliph | the leader of Islam/successor to muhammad |
| sumi | ones who believe that good Muslims should be caliph |
| shiite | ones who believe direct ancestors from Muhammad should be caliph |
| sumi/shiite split | the split because of disagreement over caliph/leadership |
| sufi | recruits people to muslim faith |
| Umaayyad | a group of caliphs responsible for conquest |
| Abbasid | a group of caliphs to stop Umaayyads |
| sultan | person in charge of turks |
| seljuk Turks | people who invade and take over power from the caliphs |
| Baghdad | most culturally developed and richest city in the midwest |
| Mongols | a group who invaded the middle east |
| social mobility | the ability for someone to rise in class |
| Sahara | largest desert in the world. platform for gold-salt trade |
| Axum | an east african trade kingdom that trades to the middle east. became first african-christian kingdom |
| Ghana | west african trade kingdom. large producer of gold |
| Mali | 1200-1450 most dominant west african kingdom. specialist in gold-salt trade |
| songhai | most recent large kingdom of the west. 1460-1600 |
| sundiata | founder of Mali empire |
| Mansa Musa | most famous Mali ruler. brought Islam to west africa. created alliance with east africa |
| swahili | east african culture mixed with african and middle eastern traditions |
| Ibn Battuta | famous trader. traveled to the middle east |
| Griot | historian story tellers who passed down their religion |
| Banta migrations | people who migrated to south africa |
| Islamic Culture | culture that spread through trade with the middle east |
| Trans-Saharan Trade | the techniques of berbian guides |
| gold-salt trade | exchange of gold and salt that made west africa wealthy |
| silk trade | a very important trade route that traded ideas and goods |
| Tang dynasty | dynasty that united china. conquered tibet and korea |
| daoism | harmony with nature. trying to find balance in life |
| legalism | extremely harsh government rule |
| confucianism | a philosophy of life. using facts when considering options |
| Mongol empire | empire led by Genghis Khan. invaded china and the rest of asia. largest land empire ever created |
| Kublai Khan | Genghis Khan's grandson |
| Yuan dynasty | what Kublai Khan called his dynasty |
| Ming dynasty | dynasty that pushed back mongols. experts in trade and exploration |
| Marco Polo | european explorer who made contact with Monols |
| Zheng He | led exploration all over the world |
| Tokugawas | family that unites japan |
| shogun | the king of Japan |
| feudalism | class system based on land ownership and military sevice |
| Bushido code | code of being brave and loyal |
| samurai | military class of warriors |
| shinto | the philosophy of Japan. like daoism |
| silk | most prosperous effort in china. leads to chinese wealth |
| spices | another commodity traded to the west |
| Isolationism | the process china went through after Zheng He dies |
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