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Tang Empire emerges in Inner and East Asia, brings in Buddhism and also cultural influences from new trade routes throughout the empire.
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travel to Mecca marked the beginning of the Muslim calendar and then the followers and some previous residents at Mecca form into an Umma.
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after only a brief illness Muhammad passed, caused a disruption on who would continue Muhammad's practices, important because he then expanded Muslim authority over Arabia
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Kongjo came to marry Tibetan King, with her she brought Buddhism which then combined with the native religion- creating a distinctive form of Buddhism
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(634- 650) made the empire become weaker, by the 12th century at least 2/3 of former Christians in the Byzantine Empire became Muslim
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becomes major part of the IOT because of the peoples demands, attracts Iranian and Arab merchants
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(711-732) Disunited Europens could not stop the Muslims, ended up conquering most of Southern coast until Charles Martel stopped their party in 732.
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after the empire was unrest for about a decade, one final rebellion overthrew the last Caliph and causing the empire to fall
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known as the "Golden Age", gov'nt became more complex and new theology and law appeared
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Plague and wars caused population to dramatically decrease by 25%, in particular Rome went from 1,000,000, to 10,000 by 900
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After the death of the emperor, the Tang Empire started to decline because of rebellions and nomads, causing China to be divided for 50 years
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political fragmentation and an overwhelming amount amount of people in the empire led to the fall
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(1000-1200) populations are almost doubling as advancements in technology occur, inventions like the plow and draft harness for pulling wagons
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while conquering different areas, they also spreads the religion along the way
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significant because it allowed more seafair and improved navigation/traveling through Indian Ocean
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Holy War that began by Urban II telling Christians to go fight Muslims instead of one another, led to three more Crusades
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When Turks were left to rule, riots between Shi'ites and Sunnis broke out, this was significant because it then caused a pop. decline in Mesopotamia and never recovered fully
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Song was tired of making annual payments, so they entered an alliance with Jurchens to destroy Lio Dynasty
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important event because after the alliance with the Song, the Jurchens turned on them and created their own Empire, causing the Song to move south.
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(1200-1500) estimated 2.5 million slaves traded, slaves trained either in military or mining, both sexes were used as slaves
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intensive cultivation allowed dense populations in South Asia, importance was that the cultivation gave India very good vegetation
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introduced new extensive water control systems and made it possible to grow crops throughout the year
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(1206-1236) when Sultan Iltutmish went around conquering N. India, he wanted to make his empire bigger, Muslim conquerors then became rulers and offered freedom to some conquered people
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brought up trade in West Africa to Eurasia and also help spread Islam
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was much bigger than the Ghana, but it depended on trade for its wealth, Islam was spread by Muslim rulers
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became very wealthy because of teh gold and being apart of the IOTR
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Trade expanded which caused city states to arise(1250-1500)-significance was that it enriched the language of the coastal Africans and allowed for more advance archeology
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new systems were vulnerable to attack, invaders from South India came in and disrupted the government, caused a spread of tropical diseases and population decline
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disrupted land routes and the state suffered from the initial conquest, but it did increase trade with the ruling class
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took a pilgrimage to Mecca, when he came back he wanted to spread Islam in his Empire, so he built Mosques and Quaranic schools
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Ibn sailed down to Aden, this is important because he tells of how the slaves were treated differently from the rest of the population and how Aden in general had great wealth
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Islam was spread through West Africa, Hindus converted to Islam, Islam also adapted the cultures of West Africa as it spread
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involvement in trade routes brought Islam into part of the religion in East Africa