Unit 1 - The Global Tapestry Vocabulary

Kin based clan, basis of Andean society

Nomadic people who controlled caravan trade

Development in Hinduism advocating intense devotion toward a deity

enlightened beings who don’t enter paradise in order to help others reach it

the office of the political leader of the Muslim state

Floating gardens constructed by Aztecs

Wars by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule

a territory where Muslims are free to practice their religion

Special status given to Jews and Christian

The dispersion of people from their original homeland

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land

land granted by a lord to a vassal

Confucian belief of love and respect to one’s ancestors

aristocracy

An African tribal storyteller and musician

Pilgrimage to Mecca

Special tax on conquered people who didn’t convert to Islam

Chinese sailing vessel

Islamic schools

Principle that states the the king and government are not above the law

Economic system lords and peasants shared the farming land

Coerced labor on conquered people instead of tribute

religiously devoted completely to spiritual work

The combination of Confucian and Buddhist beliefs

the office held by the Pope

Campaigns by Christian states to recapture land from the Moors

Japanese warrior

a rejection of communion with the authorities of a Church

agricultural labor bound under the feudal system

Islamic law code based on the Qu’ran and Hadith

Hereditary military leader of Japan

A Buddhist burial site or place for religious objects

Version of Islam involving spiritual connection rather than reading of the Qu’ran

Non-religious ruler of an Islamic empire

Conservative religious scholars of Islamic law

Universal community of Muslims

a person under the protection of a feudal lord