Unit 1 + 2 WHAP

The mystical system of the Sufis in Islam

The largest sea-based system of communication and exchange stretching from southern China to eastern Africa

A ceremonial center, around 900 BCE, located in the Andean highlands in a village called Chavín de Huántar

A Chinese philosophy that advocates simplicity and understanding of the world of nature

5 requirements for believrs of Islam that represented the main values and message of the Quran

People depending on herding of demesticated animals for their food

300-400 CE, the trek across the Sahara, from sub-Saharan Africa to North Africa, to transport slaves to sell

589-618, a dynasty established after the collapse of the Han, was known as the golden age of arts and literature

14th century, traveler who wrote exclusively about his journeys throughout the Islamic world

960-1279, Chinese dynasty that followed the Tang "By far the richest, most skilled, and most populous country on earth"

The Indian Prince who founded Buddhism (566-486 B.C.E)

Early form of Buddhism, in which the Buddha was a wise teacher and not divine and which emphasize practices over beliefs

The slow spread of people south of the equator to Africa since 3000 BCE, collection of 400 distinct cultures.

Significant syncretic religion evolved in India after Islamic conquest, blended elements of Islam and Hinduism

A body of thoughts created by scholars, about Confucius' teachings, elaborated after his death.

A branch in the Christian faith centralized in the Byzantine

Ceremonial centers , in present day Guatemala and Yucatán region of Mexico, constructed by the Mayan people

618-907, dynasty that followed the Sui, known as "the best ordered state in the world" and more scholastic than the Sui

Authorized invasions led by the Pope, justified by God, spread Christianity further West and weakened some civilizations

14th century, disease that wiped out half of European civilization, similar death toll in China + parts of Islamic world

The middle stretches of the Niger River in West Africa, the people created a distinctive city-based civilization

Germanic kingdom led by Otto I of Saxony following Charlemagne, tried to continue the Roman empires reputation

200 BCE-200 CE, a set of practices that required non-Chinese authorites to acknowledge Chinese superiority

200 BCE-200 CE, Central Asia and Arabia, netowork of land-based trade routes that linked civilizations together

Eastern Orthodox that built off of fallen Roman Empire, an Orthodox society was main divide between the Eastern Orthodox