AP World History: Modern- Unit 1: The Global Tapestry

an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality.

Human society is hierarchical by nature

Confucian belief

Based on honoring ones ancestors and parents

Founded in the Song Dynasty.

Was influenced by Buddhist and Daoist philosophical values.

Demonstrates continuity + innovation

Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change the shape and size of their feet.

Considered a status symbol and mark of beauty.

Organization in which appointed officials enforced policies of the empire.

Exam designed to select the best candidates for the bureaucracy.

Korea, Vietnam, Japan.

Adopted the civil service exam, Confucian principals, and the role of women in society.

Adopted China’s imperial bureaucracy

Adopted Confucianism, Buddhism, literacy techniques, and the civil service exam.

Based on the Four Noble Truths by the Buddha. The goal is to achieve personal salvation called nirvana, a state of perfect spiritual independence.

1. Life is suffering.

2. We suffer because we crave.

3. We cease suffering when we cease craving.

4. The eight-fold path leads to cease suffering and craving.

It is a polytheistic religion that believes in Brahma, the creator god, and his various incarnations. The role is to reach nirvana through reincarnation.

The cycle of rebirth and reincarnation, and ultimate goal to dissolve into the oneness of the universe- Nirvana.

Located in Sri Lanka

Believers isolate themselves from ‘regular’ people who are too occupied with the world to try to get to Nirvana. Focuses more on mediation.

From East Asia

The believers of this religion have already reached Nirvana and try to help others achieve Nirvana as well. Involves more ritual practices

Artisans produced more goods than they could consumer. Sold excess around Eurasia. Became wealthly.

porcelain and silk

Champa Rice

Rice that matured early, resisted drought and could be harvested early.

Expansion of the Great Canal. This facilitated trade and communication among regions.

Means ‘the house of Islam’ refers to the parts of the world where Muslims are in the majority and the ruler practice Islam.

monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews. Judaism is characterized by a belief in one transcendent God who revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets.

Branched out of Judaism and was founded by Jesus of Nazreth. Based on the life of Jesus.

Islam is a monotheistic religion founded in the 7th century by the prophet Muhammad. Islam is based on the belief in one God (Allah) and the teachings of Muhammad as recorded in the Quran, the holy book of Islam.

was ethnically arab

ruled over the Islamic world, replacing the Umayyad Caliphate in 750 CE and lasting until 1258. It was known for its advancements in arts, science, and culture. Crumbled and were led by ethnic turks

a medieval Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim empire that existed from 1037 to 1194 CE. It played a key role in the revival of Islam and Persian culture during the Middle Ages. Controlled the Abbasid Caliphate

a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad

made advances in science and mathmatics

Military expansion, Muslim merchants, Muslim missionaries

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam

Innovated from traditional polytheistic Hinduism

Emphasized challenges to social and gender hierarchies