Post Classical Era, 600-1450 CE
Part I—(500)600-1000CE Post Classical Era
Chapter 13 The Commonwealth of Byzantium
Balkan region
Body of Civil Law
Byzantine Empire
caesaropapism
Constantinople
Eastern Orthodox Church
Greek fire
Hagia Sophia
iconoclasm
Justinian
Kiev Rus
mosiac
Prince Vladimir
Saints Cyril and Methodius
schism
St. Basil
theme system
Theodora
Chapter 14 The Expansive Realm of Islam
Abbasid Dynasty
Abu Bakr
Allah
Arabic numerals
Baghdad
Bedouin peoples
Berbers
caliph
Cordoba
Dar al-Islam
Dhimmis
Five Pillars
hajj
hijra
Iberian Peninsula
Islam
jihad
jizya
Ka’ba
madrasas
Mecca
minaret
mosque
Muhammad
Muslim
Persian miniatures
qadis
Quran (Koran)
Ramadan
seal of the prophets
sharia
Shia
Sufis
sultan
Sunni
The Thousand and One Nights
ulama
Umayyad dynasty
umma
Chapter 15 The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
bushido
Chan Buddhism
Chang-an
daimyo
equal field system
flying cash
foot binding
Grand Canal
Hangzhou
Heian Japan
magnetic compass
Mahayana Buddhism
meritocracy
moveable Type
Nara Japan
Neo-Confucianism
samurai
seppuku
Silla kingdom
Song
Song economic revolution
Sui dynasty
Taika Reforms
Tang
The Tale of Genji
Trung Sisters
Vietnam
Xuanzang
Chapter 16 India and the Indian Ocean Basin
Angkor
Angkor Wat
Axum
Chola Kingdom
dhows
Funan
guilds
Indian Ocean trade
jati
Java
junks
Melaka
raja
Shiva
Srivijava
Sultanate of Delhi
Vishnu
Chapter 17 The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe
“Dark Ages”
Charlemagne
Clovis
feudalism
lord
manorialism
monasticism
Norse
Papacy
primogeniture
serfs
vassal
Vikings
Part II An Age of Cross-Cultural Interaction 1000—1500 C.E.
Chapter 18 Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
Bubonic Plague
Chinggis Khan
Golden Horde
Istanbul
kamikaze
Karakorum
khan
Khanates
Kublai Khan
Mamluks
Mongols
Nestorians
Ottoman Empire
Saljuq Turks (Seljuk Turks)
Samarkand
Tamerlane
Turkish Migrations
Yuan Dynasty
yurts
Chapter 19 States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Benin
chiefdoms
Ethiopia
Gao
Ghana
Great Zimbabwe
griots
Ife
Jenne
Kongo
kinship
Mali
Mansa Musa
stateless societies
Sundiata
Swahili city-states
Timbuktu
Trans-Saharan trade
Chapter 20 Western Europe During the High Middle Ages
Crusades
Gothic
Guilds
Hanseatic League
Holy Roman Empire
investiture
Italian States
Pope Urban II
reconquista
Romanesque
Scholasticism
St. Thomas Aquinas
three estates
three-field systems
troubadours
universities
Venice
vernacular
William the Conqueror
Chapter 21 Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
Aztecs
chinampas
Cuzco
Hawaii
Incas
Iroquois Peoples
Maoris
Maya
Mexica
Mississippian culture
Pre-Columbian
Pueblo and Navajo
Quipu
split inheritance
Tenochtitlan
Toltecs
tribute
Chapter 22 Reaching out: Cross-Cultural Interactions
“little ice age”
Bartolemeu Dias
Black Death
eunuchs
Fernando and Isabel
Humanism
Hundred Years’ War
Ibn Battuta
Marco Polo
Ming
Mandarins
Prince Henry the Navigator
Renaissance
Silk routes
Vasco da Gama
Zheng He