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| The root language of West africa |
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| the location of the Nubian ruler's capital; commanded both north to south nile routes and the east to west land route; rich in iron ore |
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| soldier king of Songhai; used his powerful army to forge the largest state that had ever existed in West Africa |
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| Mali ruler; won control of gold trade routes and founded Mali |
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| Muslims of North Africa who launched a campaign to spread Islam |
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| greatest Mali emperor; expanded Mali's borders west-ward to the Atlantica and northward to conquer many North African cities |
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| located to the southeast of the ancient Nile kingdom of Nubia; strategic locations help trade production; major trade center of Africa |
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| Axum's conversion to Christianity |
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| Axum's great king Ezana converted to Christianity; the new religion took hold among the people, Christian churches replaced older temples |
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| extended from the Sub-Saharan Wast African kingdoms across the Sahara desert to Europe. the saharan trade linked such african empires as Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to the European world |
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| Patrillineal/Matrillneal cultures |
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| in patrillneal cultures, important kinship and ties of inheritance were passed through the father's side. A bride would move to her husbands village and join his family. In matrillneal culture it's the exact opposite; also, strong ties are forged between brothers and sisters |
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| professional poets who recited ancient stories |
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| trade between Africa and India |
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| the kingdom of Axum was a big trader with india. they were set right on the red sea. they basically connected africa with india |
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| "great stone buildings" Bantu speaking people; tapped gold nearby, created links with Sofala; traded with india; great center of manufacturing and trade; ruler may have shared authority with queen mother. A central bureaucracy may have been present as well. |
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| Conversion of Africans to Islam |
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| many africans converted to Islam, didnt take over completely however |
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| Traditional African religious beliefs |
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| many africans believed that a single supreme being stood above all. They also believed that the spirits of their ancestors could help, warn, or punish them |
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| plentiful in Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal |
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| artisans from ife taught people of Benin how to cast bronze and brass. Their works became widely known |
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| Barriers to movement in Africa |
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| the Sahara did become a highway for migration but its size and harsh terrain limited movement. The Kalahari and Nambi were forbidding. Fertile Land was in north Africa. Africa has an enormous coastline but few good harbors. Much of the interior is a plateau. As rivers approach the coast cascade and hinder travel. Many rivers were navigable though. The red sea and the indian ocean linked east africa to the middle east and asian lands while north africa was a part of the Mediterranean world. |
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| "world emperor" Mongol Emperor. He imposed strict military discipline. They often tolerated conquered people. He conquered a vast territory and dominated much of Asia |
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| appointed shogun in 1912. He set up the Kamakura shogunate, the first of three military dynasties that would rule Japan. |
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| Korea's most celebrated ruler. Developed hangul, an amphabet using symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean. Its use led to an extremely high literacy rate. |
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| Li shimin took this title after his and his father established the Tang dynasty. Li asked his father to step down and he took over. He would become the Tang's most admired ruler. |
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| best known heian writer. wrote the Tale of Genji: recounts adventures and loves of the fictional Prince Genji |
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| Genghiz Khan's son. ruled all of china, as well as korea, tibet, and vietnam. tried to prevent mongols from being absorbed in Chinese traditions. he adopted a Chinese name for his empire: Yuan. |
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| greatest tang poet. He wrote 2000 poems celebrating harmony with nature |
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| prince of Japan. Ruled the Yamato Clan. He outlines ideals of behavior for the royal court and ordinary people. |
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| Japanese leader, founded the Tokugawa Shogunate; first shogun |
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| The impact of the Grand Canal in China |
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| linked the huange He and the Yangzi rivers; food grown in the south could be shipped to the north capital |
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| Chinese admiral who went on extraordinary voyages into distant waters; 1405 he commanded the first of seven expeditions |
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| Diffusion of Chinese culture to Korea and Japan |
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| Korea served as a cultural bridge linking China and Japan |
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| blending of cultures from 794-1185 |
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| Confucianism in Tang and Song China |
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| smart people studied Confucianism; gentry valued learning and revived confucian thinking; merchants were lower than peasants. |
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| Characterists of Mongol rule in china |
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| uneasy mix of chinese and foreign ways developed |
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| characteristics of Ming rule in china |
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| immensely productive, revival of arts and literature |
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| reasons for population growth in Ming China |
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| well-irrigated, fertile plains |
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| real power lay in the hands of the shogun; shogun only controlled a small part of Hapan; lands were distributed to vassal lords (daimyo), and the daimyo granted lands to the lesser lords (samurai); samurai had their own code of values (bushido-way of the warrior); peasants formed the backbone of the society, raising crops on the samurai's estates. artisans provided necessary goods for the samurai's and merchants had the lowest rank in Japanese feudal society. |
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| supreme military commander |
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| Buddhist monasteries grew rich and powerful |
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| Characterists of Tokugawa rule |
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| unified, ordered, created new laws |
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| role of civil service exams in China |
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| gentry class only took it; very grueling and hard; peasant passes and their family is raised |
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| reasons for the end of oversea explorations from china |
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| china was superior, no need to go to other lands |
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| status of women in china and japan |
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| subordinate; housewives; foot binding |
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| dominated corner of Honshu, heartland of govt, set up first and only dynasty |
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| reasons for the defeat of the Mongol invasion of Japan |
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| two typhoons wrecked the ships |
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| celadon porcelain in Korea |
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| celadon is porcelaion with an unusual blue-green glaze. These celadon vases and jars were prized throughout Asia. When Korea was overran, the secret for making celadon was lost forever. =[ |
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| cronology of dynasties in Korea |
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The Shilla- 668-918
The Koryo- 918-1392
The Choson or Yi- 1392-1910 |
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| a floentine who was an early renaissance humanist. he found and assembled a library of greek and roman manuscripts. he also wrote "sonnets to laura", love pome,s inspired by a woman he knew from a distance |
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| an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent to Petrarch. was an important Renaissance in his own right and author of a number of notable works, including "On Famous Women" and "Decameron", and his poems in the vernacular |
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| a great dutch priest and humanist; produced a new greek edition of the New Testement. also translated the bible into vernacular. He wrote the "Praise of Folly" |
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| wrote "The Prince". used his personal experience of politics and knowledge of the past to offer a guide to rulers on how to gain power. he saw himself as an enemy of oppression and corruption but many critics attacked him. |
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| artist; most popular work of art is the Mona Lisa. also painted the Last Supper; studied botany, optics, anatomy, music, architecture, and engineering. |
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| English humanist who pressed for reform. He wrote "Utopia", which describes an ideal society where everyone lives in harmony. The word utopia comes from this society. |
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| wrote Don Quixote, an entertaining tale that mocks romantic notion or medieval chilvary |
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| a magnificent write; he produced over 37 plays |
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| wrote "the Book of the Courtier" which describes the manners, skills, learning, and education of a member of the court. He said men should be good at games but not a gambler and women offer balance to men |
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| english poet, philosopher, and poet |
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| The role of the merchant class in italian city-states |
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| the merchant class was very powerful and wealthy in this time. It also promoted the cultural rebirth. These merchants exerted both political and economic leaders. They stressed education and individual achievement |
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| Reasons for the rebirth of learning in Italy |
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| spurred by a reawakened interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome, creative minds set to transform their age. their era they felt was a time of rebirth after what they saw as the disorder and disunity of the medieval world. Their cities were in the center |
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| unlike Italy, northern Europe covered slowly from the ravages of the black Death. only after 1450 did the north enjoy the economic growth that had earlier supported the Renaissance in Italy |
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| Subjects of Renaissance artists |
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| humanism, perspective, architecture, writing, painting |
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| Effect of the printing revolution |
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| the printing ervolution brought immense changes. Printed books were easier and cheaper to produce then hand-copied books. More people learned to read. Readers gained access to a broader range of knowledge |
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| Renaissance ideas about education |
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| education and classical learning was stressed, while still emphasizing religious themes. They believed that the revival of ancient learning should be used to bring about religious and moral reform |
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