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UNIT V: Golden Ages
Byzantine Empire:
 Eastern part of the Roman Empire (after it fell)
 Location allowed them to control trade routes and build a strong economy –
Constantinople
 Cultural diffusion
 Hagia Sophia
 Emperor Justinian –Justinian’s Code (laws) - “golden age”
Islamic Empire:
 spread of Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula to northern Africa, Spain, central Asia
and India
 “golden age” – advances in medicine, science, math, art, literature
African Kingdoms:
Importance of the trans-Saharan gold/salt trade, camels
 Ghana– matriarchal society
 Mali – Mansa Musa – adoption of Islam – Timbuktu (important capital city and center
for learning)
VOCABULARY
Diocletian
Constantine
Justinian
Justinian’s Code
Cyrillic Alphabet
Byzantine Empire
Patriarch
Icons
Eastern Orthodox Church
Schism
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople
mosaic
Theodora
Islamic Empire
Mohammad
Mecca
Allah
Caliph
Abu Bakr
Prophet
Shi’ite
Golden Age of Islam
Ghana
Tribute
Trans-Saharan trade (camels)
Gold/salt
Animism
Matrilineal
Patrilineal
Religious freedom
Shariah
Koran/Qur’an
House of Wisdom
Islam/Muslim
Ramadan
Sunni
Cordoba
mosque
People of the Book
Five Pillars of Islam
Four Rightly Guided Caliphs
Umayyad Dynasty (Damascus)
Abbasid Dynasty (Baghdad)
Sufis
West African Empires
Mali
Sundiata
Mansa Musa (hajj)
Timbuktu
University of Sankore
Ibn Battuta
UNIT VI – Empires of East Asia
Tang and Song Dynasties (China):
 expanded empire
 strong economy and foreign trade
 civil service exam
 “golden age” – canal system, calligraphy, porcelain
Japan
Mongols
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Feudalism – “centralized” feudalism
Role of the shogun, samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants
Bushido code
Similarities/differences between European feudalism and Japanese feudalism
Tokugawa shogunate
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Largest empire in the world – Four Khanates: China, Russia, Persia and Central
Asia
Pax Mongolia: kept trade safe between Asia and Europe along the Silk Roads
Military expertise (horses)
Rule of China
Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan
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VOCABULARY
Tang/Song China
foot binding
selective borrowing
scholar-gentry
Mongols
pastorialist
nomadic
clan
yurt
steppe
khanate
Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
kamikaze
tribute
Japan
Shinto (kami)
clan
samurai
bushido
Heian Period
feudalism
shogun
Kamakura Shogunate
UNIT VII: Middle Ages in Europe
Dark Age – economic and political instability = few cultural achievements
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Factors that led to European “dark age” – fall of Rome, rise of feudalism
Feudalism – strict social structure, based on relationships between social classes
Manorialism – self-sufficient, traditional (barter) economy
Role of the Roman Catholic Church – very powerful institution, had influence over both
religious and secular areas of life
Crusades – holy wars (failed), causes and long term effects - help to end the Middle Ages
because they lead to increased trade, cultural diffusion, and economic growth, growth of
towns and cities
VOCABULARY
Pope Leo III
Roman Catholic Church
monastery
feudalism
manorialism
vassal
fief
lord
sacraments
manor
oath of fealty
chivalry
troubadours
Gothic Architecture
Holy Roman Empire
Excommuication
Lay Investiture
Franks
Charlemagne
Crusades
secular
tithe
clergy
canon law (church law)
serf
knight
Gregorian Chants
simony
heretic
Inquisition
Pope Urban II
Seljuk Turks
Interdict
UNIT VIII – Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution
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Commercial revolution – re-emergence of capitalism, money-based economy, banking
Renaissance
o Golden age
o Why did it begin in Italy?
o Humanism, questioning authority, focus on secular issues, patrons
Protestant Reformation
o Where and why?
o Martin Luther, 95 Theses,
o Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anglicanism
o Counter/Catholic Reformation – Council of Trent, Inquisition
Scientific revolution – individuals and their accomplishments, connection to the
Renaissance
VOCABULARY
spiritual
secular
Renaissance
Italian city-states
merchants and bankers
middle class
humanism
Greco-Roman
patron/patronage
Renaissance Man/Renaissance Woman
Machiavelli (The Prince)
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
William Shakespeare
Johannes Gutenberg
Erasmus
John Wycliffe
Jan Huss
simony
indulgences
Johan Tetzel
Martin Luther
Ninety-five Theses
Lutheranism
The Protestant Reformation
Salvation by faith alone
Pope Leo X
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
Frederick of Saxony
excommunication
schism
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
anti-Semitism
witch hunts
Elizabethan settlement
Index of Forbidden Books
The Renaissance
Andreas Vesalius
Nicolaus Copernicus
Albrecht Durer
Elizabeth I
Isabella I
perspective (in paintings)
classical
Florence
Petrarch
Medici family
vernacular
Titian
Raphael
Miguel Cervantes
printing press
The Reformation
Anabaptists
King Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
English Reformation
Anglican Church (Church of England)
Queen Elizabeth I
Mary Tudor
Spanish Inquisition
John Calvin
predestination
theocracy
Counter-Reformation/Catholic Reformation
Council of Trent (1545)
Ignatius of Loyola
Peasants' Revolt (1524)
Peace of Augsburg (1555)
Canonized
Book of Common Prayer
Diet of Worms