Buzz Words! The Middle Ages (500-1300) Around the World

Buzz Words!The Middle Ages (500-1300)

Around the World

Europe Buzz Words: feudalism, chaos,

chivalry, Crusades, guilds, manor,

Roman Catholic Church, Plague,

decentralized gov’t, invasions

Byzantine Empire Buzz Words: preservation of Greek & Roman ideas, Eastern Orthodox, Cyrillic

Alphabet, Spread to Russia, Justinian’s Code, strategic

location (cross roads)

Mongol Buzz Words: Genghiz Khan, military skills, Pax Mongolica (wealth/trade), political stability, Plague, Travelers: Marco Polo, Ibn

Battuta

Japan Buzz Words: feudalism, bushido, samurai, archipelago, mountains, lack of resources, Shinto

(spirits/nature), Korea=bridge, Togukawa Shogunate, Closed Country Edict (isolation)

Tang & Song Buzz Words: golden age. Zheng He (voyages), Ming,

gunpowder, pagodas, technological advances

Aztec Buzz Words: math & science, trade, advances prior to Euro arrival, adapt to environment, polytheism, chinampas,

Montezuma, Cortes

Inca Buzz Words: Andes Mtns, terrace farming, polytheistic, adapt to environment, roads,

unity

Ottoman Empire: Control of Med, Muslim, Sick Man of Europe (WWI), loss of Baltic

States, Istanbul, Turkey, strategic location (crossroads)