Feather Serpent God chased out the toltec capital vowed that he would return to reestablish his reign

When: Mesoamerica

Where:Teotihuacan

Why:Gods were associated with the production of corn the staple of peoples diets

What:City

Where:Central Mexico

When:Classical Era Mesoamerica

Why:Flowering of a remarkable civilization built by new people, great commercial center for trade and culture for all

What:Floating gardens

Where:Central Mexico

When:Mesoamerica

Why:Dredged soil from bottom of  lake put soil on mats of woven wigs then planted crops(corn). Yielded up to three harvests a year

Who:Inca

What:Cords of various colours were attached to a main cord with knots. The number and position of knots as well as the colour of each cord represented information about commercial goods and resources

Where:Inca

Why: Keep records and accounts

What:Cornerstone of English Justice and Law

When: High Middle Ages

Signifies the principle that the king and the government shall be under the law and that everyone including the king must obey the law

What:Document

When:Renaissance

Why: A papal statement granting remission of a priest imposed penalty for sin. It was signed by the pope or another church

High Middle Ages

Questioned everything contrasted pegan ideas with the bible

"RockStar"

High Middle Ages

Gave positions of powers to his followers, founded the Merovingian dynasty, his followers did not follow his son and therefore the dynasty lost its power

Who: vassal and lord: reciprocal relationship

post charlemenge, middle ages

where: europe

why: showed loyalty between both, sometimes gave land for the serfs to work and gave a percentage to the lord, lord gave them protection

dancing with corpses, death did not escape anyone

europe, black death

late middle ages

What:Indigenous Religion
Where:Japan

When: Post Classical Era

Why: Means Way of the Gods Believed in Spirits (Kami)

Did ritualistic dance (Sumo wrestling)

Who: Prince Shotoku

What:strengthen Yamato rule by adopting Chinese style bureacratic practices

Where: Japan

Drew from Confucian and Buddhist teachings

Who:Samurai

What: Way of the Warrior

Where: Japan

Why: A code that stressed military honor, courage, loyalty soft living was despised as weak and unworthy

What :Ritual Suicide

Where: Japan

When: Disloyalty Social Disgrace

Ritual suicide by slashing the belly done to restore family honor

What:Japanese Literary Masterpiece by Lady Murasaki

Where:Japan

About Japanese Royal Court Life

Heian Period

What:Skilled warriors

When:Japan

Why: Samurai and Lord has double bond in return of loyalty and services he was given land or income

What: A Canal bult that connected the Yellow river and Yangzi River facilited the shipping of tax grain to centers of politcal and Military Power in North China

When:Sui Dynasty

What: Religion/philosophy

When: Song Dynasty

Harsher then Confucianism changes how chines view outsiders anything is not chinese is not good, suppressed women, xenophobia

Who: Explorer

What: Foreign vistor met Kublai Kha

When: Yuan Dynasty

Wrote about his travel in his book, expanded travel to asia and ideas between europe and asia

Who: Grandson of Genghis Khan

What: Creates the Yuan Dynasty (Khan)

Assimilates with chinese made laws to preserve differences between Mongol and Chinese

Nomads

Tried to invade the Gupta Empire

pastoral nomads from the north

Who: People of Cambodia and the Khmer Empire

Indian influence Populate was of Servile Status

Cambodia

Religious part of Christianity

Founder of Mali

Emerged from Ghana decline
Caliph rulers used islam to suppor authority by combining Church and State

What: Modification of Human Speech

Helped to explain the migratory patterns of African people east and south

Language

Axum

Town in Africa

Black Athena

Christianity from Islam

Who:Ruler

Makes pilgrimmage to Meccah Brought back muslim scholars and built mosques

What: Saddles for use on the camel develped by the North Africans

Significance: came to dominate the desert and to create Route across it  has  powerful politcal and military advantage

Peoples of the Books

(Dhimmis)

Protected People ( non muslims)

Included jews, Christains  Zoroastrians

Allowed them to practice their religion, maintain house of worship

Paid small tax and gave unequivocal recognition to Muslim political supremacy

Religious and politcal community led by Muhammad for the achievement for gods will on earth

Commitment not a tribal tie

Sacred book of islam 

Muslims revere the Qur'an for its sacred message and the beauty of its Arabic Language

legal problems were solved by these people

islam

Islamic Empire

Supporters of Ali make up one of the two divisions of Islam

Dispute about succesion to Muhammad claimed to posses divine knowledge that Muhammad had given them as his heirs

Succesors to Muhammad

Islamic Empire

Representative or deputy of God

What: Muslim Law

When:Islamic Empire

Covers social, criminal, politcal,commerical and religious matters