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Chapter 11

Pastoral Peoples Pastoral societies were characterized by certain traits and they were needed larger grazing areas and had less productive economies, scattered and smaller communities, women had higher status and related by kinship lines More mobile than other societies and depended on big societies that had agricultural systems The mongol empire was the biggest pastoral society in history They were unique in that the people they conquered did not have to follow Mongol customs or traditions they could do whatever they wanted Chinggis Khan was the leader of the Mongols who brought together all the tribes to unite in one Mongol empire that would conquer a lot of land They conquered lots of kingdoms and incorporated a lot of their people and technological advances into their army They also took tradespeople such as artisans, craftsman, and skilled workers and sent them away to perfect their work Mongols taking of China was harsh but also a give and take relationship They tried ad...
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Chapter 8

China and the World China regained their unity at around the same time the Roman Empire fell They made 6 ministries which controlled certain areas of the governement Censorate became the major way to test future officials Drought resistant and fast ripening strain of rice was developed along with gunpowder Foot binding was popular during this time in wealthy families This was the practice of binding women feet in certain ways so that the bones break and reform in the way they want to form it to show a elegance or class Tribute system which was how non chinese people were able to interact with China Foreign countries would send a party to show their respect of chinese culture and offer their best and most distinguished product in exchange to trade in China Korea and China were very reluctant to interact with each other unless it benefitted them Took some political structural aspects of China but remained mostly independent Vietnam and China were different as Vietnam was fully...
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Chapter 10 Christianity

Asian Christianity: Took root in China in 635 by a Persian missionary monk with the approval of the Tang dynasty. Art and literature told the Christian message using Buddhist and Daoist concepts. The conquest of the Mongols led to the rebirth of Christianity as they allowed people to practice different religions and some of the majority leaders converted. Short lived as the Ming dynasty was very Confucian. African Christianity: Across North Africa there was a sweeping conversion to Islam which shrunk the Christian communities. In Egypt, Christianity was the majority religion when the Muslims conquered and followed for 500 years after. They were called dihimmis which were people who were legally inferior but protected people paying a special tax. But in the mid 14th century Christians were persecuted which forced them to convert to Islam. In the several kingdoms of Nubia, Christianity saw a home base where they had power and a following. For over 600 years they thrived until ...
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Chapter 9

The main homeland of Islam was in Arabia which was in between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire which were remnants of the Roman and Persian Empires. The biggest city in Arabia was Mecca which is the capital for Islam today. The biggest and most known figure for the spread of Islam was Muhammad. Around 610 C.E. Muhammad's revelations began a 20 year period where all his actions and ideas became the Quran the core and teachings of the Islamic faith. The religion centered around Allah which was their representation of god a single being that is all powerful and almighty, and Muhammad was the messenger of God. The Quran was viewed as a corrective to new religions such as Christianity and Jews but also as a pure religion that people could follow. The Pillars of Islam were the 5 requirements of every believer that had to be followed. The first pillar was that there is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God, the second was ritual prayer that was to be done 5 times...
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Intro Part 3 and Chapter 7

Intro We see the introduction of small civilizations such as Swahili, Ghana,Mali, Songhay,Islam, Chinese, and the Mayans and aztecs. Also civilizations started to interact with each other which led to interblending of cultures and the creation of long distance trade and examples of this are the Silk Road and across rivers and oceans. Chapter 7 Civilizations started to trade objects or resources that were exclusively found in their regions such as silk from asia, salt from africa, and frankincense and myrrh from Arabia. Silk roads were a major resource of trade in Eurasia as it connected people from the agriculture part of the region to the domesticated part of the region for trade. Some of the goods traded from the outer region were agriculture products and manufactured goods and from the inner region was livestock, furs, wool, and amber. Also we saw the use of horses, oxen, and camels to transport tradable items. Silk was the major trade item as every civilization needed silk as i...
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Chapter 4 Recap and document

Chapter 4 was all about how religions and culture played hand in hand with each other. Religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism played a big role in history and the making of civilizations in the past. Lots of these different religions were what brought people of certain regions together to make some of the more well known civilizations we learned about in the past. Some such as Christianity and Judaism are still very relevant in the world today. I found the article that we had to read about serving and helping interesting. I never thought of helping as being a method to owe someone and maybe make someone think that they have to reciprocate. So when I want to do something for someone without asking for something in return should i say i would like to serve you instead of I would like to help you? I did not also think that asking to help someone would make them feel inferior or less powerful and could ruin their self confidence.
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Chapter 3 Documents

I feel that these accounts are amazing as this writer listed all of the practices of some of the nations he observed. But as with every piece of writing it can be biased because depending on how the writer was treated is how they will slant their writing of their experience. Like people say what some people do cannot represent everyone.
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