Ways of the World Chapter 2

Song Dynasty

occurred from the year 1960 to 1279, ruled over large parts of Chinese civilization and was a golden age of arts and literature

Hangzhou

The Song Dynasty capital, was home to more than a million people

Foot binding

the practice of tightly wrapping young girls feet which would usually cause breaking of bones and intense pain

Hangul

Developed in the mid 1400s and is a phonetic alphabet for writing the Korean language

Chu Nom

Vietnamese style of writing

Bushido

the way of the samurai, a distinctive set of values such as bravery, loyalty, endurance, honor, great skill in martial arts, and most importantly a preference for death over surrender

Abbasid caliphate

had ruled the Islamic world since 750, but was beginning to weaken and face challengers

Seljuk Turkic Empire

They began to claim the Muslim title of Sultan during 11th and 12th centuries, as they became major players in the Islamic Middle East

Ottoman Empire

was the creation of one of the many Turkic warrior groups that had migrated into Anatolia that brought greater long-term political unity to the Islamic Middle East and North Africa

al-Andalus

How Muslims refer to spain

The Byzantine Empire

a sophisticated and powerful Christian empire but had entered a steady state of decline by 1200

Constantinople

was the capital of Byzantine and was also referred to as New Rome and their people as Romans

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

defined the authority of the emperor as supreme and absolute because was anointed by God

The Crusades

were launched in 1095 by the Catholic pope against the forces of Islam

Kievan Rus

emerged in a region near where Ukraine is now and was a significant region of expansion for orthodox Christianity

Roman Catholic Church

had an extreme amount of influence spread across the entire western European region

European Renaissance

began in the vibrant cities of Italy between 1350 and 1500, lead to citizens actively inspiration in art and literature of Ancient Greece and Romeo

Maya civilization

dominated a region centered on modern day Guatemala between 250 and 900 CE

Aztec Empire

prospered from 1345 to 1528 and was the last and largest of the Mesoamerican states to emerge before the Spanish conquered the region in the early 16th century

Inca Empire

stretched 2500 miles along the Andes and contained an estimation of 10 million subjects during short life in the 15th and early 16th centuries