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Victoria

letschev17 — 2016-01-14 14:01:32 UTC

the greatest contact was through what? (the crusades)

Kristen

elmlingerk17 — 2016-01-14 14:02:08 UTC

East: Orthodox, headed by Patriarch, Byzantine Empire

West: Christendom, headed by Pope

1453 - the capital of Byzantine Empire conquered by Ottoman Turks

Dijya - second class citizens had to pay this special tax to practice their religion

Icons - religious paintings

1054 - Great Schism

Victoria

letschev17 — 2016-01-14 14:05:53 UTC

West: developed the notion that they do not have to accept something on faith alone

St. Thomas Aquinas wrote the Suma Theological

The Estates:

1. the clergy
2. nobility
3. merchants
- merchants were lower class in China

Kristen

elmlingerk17 — 2016-01-14 14:06:28 UTC

Abomination - anything greatly disliked or abhorred

Materialism - preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.

Ritualism - adherence to or insistence on ritual.

Catalyst - something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected.

Charismatic - characterizing Christians of various denominations who seek an ecstatic religious experience, sometimes including speaking in tongues and instantaneous healing.

Status quo - the existing state or condition.

Patriarch - the male head of a family or tribal line.

Apostolic - of or characteristic of an apostle.

Amenities - an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility

Macabre - gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.

Gnostic - possessing knowledge, especially esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.

Effete - lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent

Saccharine - of the nature of or resembling that of sugar

Victoria

letschev17 — 2016-01-14 14:08:43 UTC

City states

venice
genoa
pisa
milan
florence

Bridget

2016-02-24 02:55:44 UTC

https://quizlet.com/122932438/world-history-questions-flash-cards/

about 1/2 the notes we took in class is on this!

Kristen

elmlingerk17 — 2016-02-24 13:39:56 UTC

1/18
• Nomads = barbarians
• Uighurs – Turkish Muslims on China’s boarder
• 220AD – Han Dynasty collapse
• Confucius – had ideas on how society should be run; founded Confucianism
• The Analects – a book comprised of Confucius’ ideas
• Tang Dynasty – Establish the pattern of Chinese life
• Golden Age of China – time of great literature and visual arts
• Censorate – keep an eye over all people doing jobs
• Civil Service exam – males tested over writings of Analects; way to raise up in society
• Hang Zhou – capital of China
1/21
• Confucianism – women obey their husbands
• Foot binding – girls; break feet and wrap them like flower; etc.
• Courtesans – women hired to entertain men
• Interquarters – women restricted to this part of the house when their feet were bound
• Concubine – man had many wives
1/25
• Extortion – a way of getting something (if you don’t give me this then I will…)
• Amber – hardened fluid that traps bugs, very beautiful
• Silk road – trading network for China
• Kowtow – series of ritual bowings (in order to be recognized by the Chinese to trade)
• Tribute – something of value given to the emperor
• Bestowal – gifts from the emperor
1/27
• Xiongnu – conducted raids to get China to recognize them; Chinese gave them a princess and wine to get them to stop
• Khitan - A group of nomads who came in and took control of a small part of northern china and ruled it for some time
• Korea – conquered by Chinese in the Han Dynasty; Buddhism takes hold
• Hangul – Korean alphabet
• Vietnam – believed in the Mandate from Heaven
• Mandate From Heaven - The explanation why Chinese dynasties can be overthrown
o The Chinese believed they were given a mandate from god to rule

2/4
• Japan – China never conquered or invaded Japan; high point of Japanese borrowing of Chinese culture was during the Tong Dynasty
• Taishi – leader of Japan at the time
• Two capital cities in Japan – Naro and Kyoto
• The Samurai – Japanese army; Hari Kari
• The bushido – set of rules by which the Samurai lived
• Hari kari – disembowelment by sward; pain was a way of preserving your honor
• Tale of Genji – most famous book in Japanese literature; written by a woman
2/10
• Solar evaporation – use sun to help evaporate water from salt
• Papermaking – invented by Chinese
• Printing of books – invented by Chinese; led to increase in literacy and movable type
• Movable type - have a metal or wooden letter or symbol that was raised so it would be inked, and could arrange them in a frame so they can't move and then ink that frame and press the paper on the frame, pull it off, and you have a printed page
• Sutras – important Buddhism texts
• John Gutenberg – invented printing press
2/16
• From India – sugar and cotton
• From Vietnamese – new kind of rice
• From Persian Empire – windmills
• Indian Buddhist monk – gunpowder
• Salt peter – soil that produced purple flame when in fire
• Buddhism – most important gift China received; originated in India; about reflection
• Monasteries – people could be fed, pray, be safe
• Dharma – Buddhist teachings
• Mahayana – Buddhism practiced in China