AP World History Modern : Unit 1 Global Tapestry 2023 / 2024
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- Minamoto Yoritomo
Answer: Founder of the first shogunate, the Kamakura Shogunate
- Genghis Khan
Answer: A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.
- Kublai Khan
Answer: Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who
completed his grandfather's conquest of China
- Marco Polo
Answer: Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
- Ibn Battuta
Answer: Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time.He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.
- Zhenghe
Answer: Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded a series of expeditions to the
Indian ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea between 1405 and 1433.
- Neo-Confucianism
Answer: term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of
Confucian scholars during the T'ang Dynasty; a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism
- Champa Rice
Answer: Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season.
Originally introduced into Champa from India, it was later sent to China as a tribute gift by the Champa state (as part of the tributary system.)
- Song Dynasty
Answer: During this Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 AD) China saw many important
inventions. There was a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with India and Persia (brought pepper and cotton); paper money, gun powder; landscape black and white 1 / 2
paintings
- Khanates
Answer: Mongol kingdoms, in particular the subdivisions of Genghis Khan's empire ruled by his heirs
- Pax Mongolica
Answer: The period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability
created by the Mongol Empire.
- Sinification
Answer: Extensive adoption of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
- Shogunate
Answer: The japanese system of centralized government under a shogun, who
exercised actual power while the emperor was reduced to a figurehead.
- Shinto
Answer: A Japanese religion whose followers believe that all things in the natural world are filled with divine spirits
- Bushido
Answer: The Feudal Japanese code of honor among the warrior class.
- Goryeo
Answer: The dynasty that started the middle ages of Korea and closed the ancient times
- Buddhism
Answer: A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.
- Taoism
Answer: A Chinese philosophy in which people live a simple life in harmony with
nature.
- Dar al-Islam
Answer: an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule
- Al-Razi
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Answer: A Persian Philosopher who made fundamental and lasting contributions to