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| Age Grades | grouping of children in Bantu societies in Africa ? boys and girls learn the role/job of their parents ? as the children grow older they are given more responsibilities and privileges ? often found in Traditional, Agricultural Societies |
| Ankor Wat | located in Cambodia [SE Asia] part of the Khmer Empire ? buildings [architecture] started as Hindu temples circa 1100 CE ? and later influenced by Buddhism |
| Axum/Aksum | located in Ethiopia - civilization traded with Asia: India |
| Bantu | migratory (never settled down ? no permanent land ownership) group in Africa ? started in West Africa (2000 BCE)? moved east & south to central & south Africa (1000 CE) ? 500+ languages spoken ? traditional society ? male dominant |
| Bhakti Movement | off shoot of Hinduism (in India) ? 7th - - -> 17th CE ? individual spiritual devotion ? an alternative to the caste system system ? belief in communal sharing ? instead of the caste system's segregation |
| Chola Kingdom | located in SE India circa 300 BCE - 1200 CE ? influenced Malaysia & Indonesia via trade ? also traded with China ? built temples for religious purposes and trade ? known for art & architecture |
| culture | a way of life ? everything a person does ? eating, dressing, music |
| cultural diffusion | when two (2) or more cultures meet ? share ideas, food, customs |
| cultural pluralism | many different cultures in one area |
| Ghana | a west African civlization - it survived on trade in salt & gold |
| Great Zimbabwe | southern African civilization [11th - - - > 15th CE ] - stone buildings - trade with Kilwa [Kliwia] on east African coast & India in ivory (elephants & rhinocerous) ? gold & copper |
| Ibn Battuta | 1300s ? Arab traveler starts in West Africa (Morocco) & travels east towards the Middle East, India, SE Asia & China ? wrote "A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling" ? still consulted today ? often compared to Marco Polo ... |
| Jenne | Also written as Djenne ? thriving Islamic center of learning & trade (gold. Salt & slaves) ? trade from Timbuktu often passed through Jenne (Djenne) ? Existed circa 200 BCE - 1400 CE |
| Kin-Based Society | Another term for "Extended Family" ? ENTIRE Family: Grandparents, Parents, Children & Relatives often live together ?usually Patriarchal (Father led) ? but can be Matriarchal (Mother led) ? FAMILY (eldest male makes the decisions NOT the government (govt) |
| kinship | family ? your kin |
| Kliwia | also known as Kilwa ? located in east Africa [Tanzania]? settled by the Swahili people ? 8th - - - > 15th CE ? trade with Zimbabwe [Africa] ? India & China ? |
| Kongo | central African Islamic kingdom (The Congo) circa 1400 - 1900 CE ? independent ? engaged in trade: Ivory, metal & cloth ? 1500s became a major source of slaves [Trans Atlantic Slave Trade] ? eventually taken over by Belgium |
| Mali & Timbuktu | an Empire & capital in west Africa: center of Islamic learning |
| Mansa Musa | King of Mali: made a hadj/hajj (Islamic pilgrimage) across the Sahara to Mecca - used 100 camels with gold devalued the price of gold over night when he arrived in Egypt |
| Shankara | 8th CE philosopher in India ? known for organizing the ideas of Hinduism into what they are today |
| Songhai Empire | 1500 AD - replaced Mali Empire - trade with Europe & Asia |
| Southernization | modernization ? "Golden Age of" [achievements in Science, Math, Medicine] ? ideas spread via trade, which in turn leads to cultural diffusion ? starts in India circa 300 CE ? continues via Muslims [Middle East] circa 8th CE ? and China 800s CE [block printing & gunpowder] |
| sultan | ruler of a Muslim Islamic country/nation/kingdom |
| Sultanate of Delhi | Islam enters and rules southern Asia: northern India circa 1200 - 1500 CE ? leads to on going conflict with still exists today (2017) ? forces India to engage in world trade ? India produces "cotton" ? they "started" the cotton gin ? separating the seeds from the cotton fibers |
| Sundiata | founder of the Mali Empire 1200 CE ? Mansa Musa was his Grand - Nephew |
| Swahili | Bantu language of East Africa - used for trade and govt has many Arabic, Persian and Indian words |
| Timbuktu | center of the Mali Empire [a city along the main trade route in the western Sahara during the 1300 & 1400s |
| traditional society | agricultural society ? male dominant ? things are done the same way for centuries ? farming is done by hand ? "Age Grades" |
| westernization | modernization ? inventions ? technology ? machinery ?clothing ? fashion ? started in Western Europe: Spain, Italy, France and Great Britain around the late 1400s [Christopher Columbus - the Age of Exploration] the 1500s ? the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution .. influenced by Southernization |
| Zanj Revolt | Zanj were Bantu speaking slaves brought to the Middle East: Iraq - Basra ? during the Abbasid Dynasty ? Zanj revolted due to horrendous treatment ? 1.5 million killed, 500,000 casualties ? in the end the Zanj were defeated BUT the Abbasid Dynasty was SEVERLY weakened |
