unit2TestPrep

=//**Things to study:**//= Read all of the chapters (including the specialized sections, maps, charts and timelines) Focus on various specifics of themes: economics, political structures, religion, interchange of culture/ideas, etc.) Islam’s beginnings, beliefs/practices/sacred sites, and post Muhammad era Important Muslim battles Islamic power shifts Justinian
 * Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565
 * During his rein bubonic plague appeared and was named after him as "The Plague of Justinian"

__Byzantine Empire__ 
 * Had Christianity as there official religion
 * 634-650 Arab armies captured the Byzantine Empire
 * Byzantine fall to Muslims in 1453
 * End of 12th century two-thirds of the christian population had adopted the muslim faith due to the Arab armies

Chinese dynasties and their political rivals Central Asian nomads Buddhism throughout the east (including China and India) Women in the east (India, Asia, etc.) Mesoamericas Roman Empire’s fall Roman Catholic Church (10th century) __**Korea**__
 * mountians in East and North
 * covered in forests
 * only 20% of land was suitable for agriculture
 * Koguryo fell after a conflict with the Sui and Tang, Silla came into power and took control of the Korean Peninsula
 * threat with the Liao and Jin and made realtions with the Song Dynasty
 * came up with a woodblock print


 * __Japan__**
 * 4 main islands and other smaller ones
 * In early times Japan was more mountianous and had more forests(only 11% of land suitable for agriculture)


 * __Vietnam__**
 * 2 main rivers: Red River(in the North) and Mekong(in the south)
 * agriculture was possible in the smaller coastal regions where monsoons would hit
 * riced based agriculture
 * adopted confucian bureaucratic training

Mongols
 * Nomads
 * After 1206 Mongols established enourmous empire under Genghis Khan
 * They helped link Western Eurasia with Eastern Eurasia
 * Also helped reunify China as seen today

Africa Russia Eastern Europe European Crusades Battlefield advances in Latin West Technologies of Latin West Social reform in Latin West Economic structure of Latin West (Guilds) Women in the Latin West Epidemics and results Renaissance
 * "Rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture
 * started in mid-fourteenth century, with Northern Italy and later spread to Northern Europe, as an intense artistic and intectual period

Monasticism
 * living in religious community and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience, and poverty
 * prominent to miedevil Christianity and Buddhism
 * Monasteries used as primary center of learning and literacy

Strait of Malacca
 * principle passage from Indian Ocean into South China Sea
 * As trade increased in 14th and 15th centuries this commercial point became object of political rivalry

Maritime innovations of various regions and oceans (including ships)
 * The Dhow

Cities and peoples of influence in the western hemisphere