Post classical

expansion of bureaucracy

Mandate of heaven

Confucianism

filial piety

Neo confucianism

blend of daoism

trade improved

paper money

grand canal

champa rice

Gunpowder

Paper

Marco Polo

Japan

Korea

Nirvana

reincarnation

no caste system

theravada; Mahayana; Tibetan

trade along the silk road

Abrahamic

Torah

Abrahamic

Monastic lifestyle; Jesus

Decentralization led to smaller states

Feudalism

Manorial System

Serfdom

Abrahamic

5 pillars of Islam; Muhammad

Dar Al-Islam

Subtopic

Violence to conquer states

Il Khanate

Adopted Islam; Assimilation into Persian culture

Let Persian officials run government

Wine and silk industry benefited

Golden Hoarde

Ruled from distant

Orthodox Church flourished

First invasion by Mongols

Yuan dynasty

Steepe life

Rule in China was short

Ming dynasty

Used Chinese administrative practices and techniques of taxation

resurrection of trade and silk road

bubonic plague

steep decline in population

Death of trade routes

fall of Mongols

paper diffusing into Europe from China

Army was well organized leading to success

Math

Literature

medicine

House of Wisdom

Mexica

Theocracy

polytheistic

human sacrifice; used slaves

no central figure; unstable

brought mesoamerica to unity

Andes

structured and bureaucratic

quipus recorded births and deaths

societies sought access through colonization

Great Zimbabwe

Ethiopia

Hausa kingdoms

Naval technology allowed S.E.A to be connected

Diasporic communities

Spread of Islam

Great wealth to the region

Zheng He from China set mission to explore Indian Ocean

transportation costs were cheaper; bulk goods

Sand roads

New empires; Kan, Hausa Empire

Provided resource for development in cities

Spread of Islam by merchants

Nirvana

reincarnation

no caste system

trade along the silk road

Spread of Buddhism to SEA through merchants

theravada; Mahayana; Tibetan

connected Europe to Asia

Diffusion of ideas, luxury goods, and spices

Trading cities: Kashgar and Samarkand

Caravanserai